Catherine Balet graduated at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and worked as an artist before turning to Photography ten years ago. As a freelancer, she has been a regular contributor to various french and international magazines, also creating images for the world of fashion. She has today specialised in portraiture with an artistico-sociologicall approach of her subjects. She lives between Paris and Brighton.

EXHIBITIONS and AWARDS

2006 : Galerie Colette – Paris
2006 : Exhibition 'Air de Paris' - Hermes - Paris
2007 : Galerie photo - Fnac forum – Paris
2007 : Biennale of photography - Urbi et Orbi” - Sedan – France
2007 : Voies Off, Arles, France.
2008 : 3 rd prize: Taylor Wessing Photographic prize – the National portrait Gallery – London
2009 : Global Photography - Si Fest Savignano Immagini Festival
2010 : Global Photography - Mestre/Venice
2011 : "Identity" Kindermuseum in FEZ - Berlin
2012 : The World in London - Photographers Gallery - London
2012 : Festival de la Luz - Buenos Aires
2012 : Nomination for the Prix Pictet

PUBLICATIONS

“IDENTITY“ 2006 (Steidl)
Strangers in the light” 2011 (Steidl) 

Couverture de Strangers in the Light

INTERVIEWS

France inter: Librairie Francophone, Canal+: Tentations 06, Le grand Journal, Le moov, Radio France International: “accents d’Europe”, Journal 19/20 France3, Télévision Suissse Romande.