Young Photographers’ Award
2026
Passés repansés
It is in silence that we lose our memories, and sometimes it is by listening to that silence that we rediscover our own history. As he journeys through the landscapes of the Battle of Normandy, archaeological excavations, historical re-enactments and the still-visible traces of the Second World War, he gathers a multitude of memories to weave a narrative that resonates with the present.
By revisiting this collective memory, Mathias Benguigui also revisits his own personal history, which resurfaced during this residency. Like memories he reclaims through archives, wanderings and flashes of emotion, his work seeks to reveal the intimate traces that are often overshadowed by the grand narrative of history.
A French photographer and filmmaker born in 1991 in Avignon, Mathias Benguigui lives and works in Paris. A graduate of the École des métiers de l’information in Paris, he focuses on themes of memory, uprooting and global warming, with a personal touch gradually infusing his documentary work. From Lesbos to the Camargue delta, he documents migration and vulnerable territories through their inhabitants, landscapes and traditions. Winner of the Paris Match Grand Prix for student photojournalism and the BnF (Paris) Grand Photographic Commission, he regularly contributes to the French press and exhibits his work at international institutions and festivals such as the Rencontres d’Arles, the G-Art Museum (Fuzhou), Espaço Alto (São Paulo) and the PhMuseum (Bologna).