Pascal Maitre

Pascal Maitre (also Pascal Maître) is a French photojournalist. He was born in 1955 in Buzançais, France, and now lives southwest of Paris, France. For more than 30 years he has taken photographs in over 40 countries in Africa, and worked in Afghanistan, South America, Russia, the Middle East, Latin America and numerous other regions.

Career Maitre was born into a family of blacksmiths in the small village of Buzançais, France. He was gifted his first camera, a twins-lens Rolleiflex, by his Aunt and Uncle. Throughout the 90's and 00's, Maitre continued to document politics, religious traditions, cultures, environments, and conflicts around the Middle East and Africa, working in Afghanistan 1996, Mogadishu in 2002, and various countries in Africa throughout each year. This project won first prize in the 2018 London Business School Photography Awards. 2010: Photojournalism National Magazine Award for "Shattered Somalia" 2011: La bourse FNAC d’aide à la creation photographique 2013: Prix International Planète Albert Khan 2015: Lifetime Achievement Visa d'or Award by Le Figaro Magazine 2018: London Business School Photography Award

Exhibitions

8 personal exhibitions at Visa pour l'Image 2 personal exhibitions at Maison Europeenne de la Photography in France Exhibition at Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna Exhibition at Geological Museum in Moscow Exhibition at The Arche de la Defense in Paris Exhibition at Multimedia Art Museum of Moscow in 2021

Publications

2000: "Mon Afrique: Photographs of Sub-Saharan Africa" 2001: "Madagascar: Voyage dans un monde à part" - Pascal Maitre and Michael Stührenberg 2006: National Geographic cover photo 2012: "Amazing Africa" - Pascal Maitre, Lois Lammerhuber, Jean-Luc Marty and Michael Stührenberg 2017: "Baobob - The Magic Tree" 2017: When Light will Touch Africa 2018: Seulement Humains 2019: Paris Match- Sahel en Danger, Paris Match- Baobab Citerne, Figaro Magazine- Huile de Palme, National Geographic- A Nation on the Edge 2020: Figaro Magazine- Accord de paix en Afghanistan, Figaro Magazine- Afghanistant, Paris Match- Enfants Sorciers