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BIOGRAPHY

Photographer and director, I have been traveling the planet for fifteen years, to make documentaries broadcast on major national channels and platforms such as CANAL+, FRANCE TV, DISNEY+ and ARTE .


My photographic aesthetic, forged by my encounters, is intended to be powerful, polychrome and deeply sensitive.

For several years, I have devoted my gaze to photographic appeasement. In a disturbed, uncertain and changing world, I have chosen to direct my point of view towards the simple beauty of the moment, at the bend of a street or a setting in the middle of nature, so many moments that pass through us without always seeing them.
Guided by the aesthetics of color and place, I capture these moments where strangers from all over the world consciously or unconsciously evolve in their everyday setting. These spaces, whether they are located on the other side of the world or on the street corner, are like stages where a certain idea of ephemeral beauty is drawn.

Driven by the benevolence and calm offered by these refined settings, I like to think of photography as a vector of decisive wonder.
My photos must capture us and make us question the beauty that surrounds us. They are a call to find serenity in the detail, to pick up wonder where it hides: in the interstices of everyday life.

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©Mathieu DESPIAU 2025

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