Alexandre
Bagdassarian
Land of promises
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Based in Lyon, France
I’m a photographer of French-Armenian origin, born in 1992. After my studies at ENSAD (The School of Decorative Art in Paris) I lived in Chile where I made my first feature-length documentary, “Les Naufragés” (2013-2017) in the Atacama Desert. With “The Color of the Pomegranate” (2022-2023), I investigated the traces that 30 years of conflict and the memory of a genocide have imprinted on the Armenian youth. Since the beginning of 2024, I’ve been working on a photographic project focusing a very sensitive subject, the juvenile prisons of France, with the support of the ADAGP grant. Alongside my personal projects and exhibitions, I regularly collaborate with the press as well as with non-profit institutions and NGOs.
Education
ENSAD (The School of Decorative Art ), Paris, France
Universidad del Pacifico, Santiago, Chile
Exhibitions, screenings & awards
2025, Shortlisted , Belfast photo festival, Ireland
2025, Group show, Centre Culturel d'Écully, France
2024, Winner of the Adagp “Appel d'air” grant.
2024, Group show, les Boutographies, Rencontres Photographiques de Montpellier, France
2023, Finalist, Prix Maison Blanche, Marseille
2023, Personal exhibition, Centre photographique Le Bleu du Ciel, Lyon
2023, Screening and meeting at the Bullukian Foundation, Lyon
2023, Hamburg Portfolio Review, Hamburg, Germany.
2022, Finalist, Nuit de la Photographie, Festival 9PH, Lyon, France
2014, Group exhibition, Label Famille, la Carrière, Paris
2014, Finalist “European young photographer award”, Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.
Teaching & Workshop
2025 - Photography workshop, INSA (National institute of applied sciences), Lyon
2024, 2025 - Lecturer in photography, Master 1 journalism, Université Lyon II
2024, 2025 - Photography workshop in two secondary schools in Villeurbanne and Décines (Programme EAC métropole de Lyon / DRAC Auvergne Rhône-Alpes). Exhibition, Centre photographique Le Bleu du Ciel, Lyon in april 2025.
Selected publications
Libération, Le Monde, The guardian, Têtu mag, La croix, L’obs, Mediapart, Fisheye Magazine.