Born in 1999, Paloma Laudet is a freelance photographer, member of the Collectif Item, and based in Paris. After studying photojournalism at the EMI-CFD in Paris, she started by documenting the consequences of European anti-immigration policies through the building of walls across Europe. The project No Man’s Land was awarded by the Bourse du Talent in 2022 and exhibited at the French National Library.

For the past two years, she has been working in East Africa (Rwanda, DR-Congo, Uganda…), where she collaborates with French and international medias (Le Monde, Libération, The Guardian…) and also as a videographer (Arte, France TV…). She is also developing a documentary project in Rwanda on the post-genocide society, supported by the CNAP and the Prix Mentor. In 2025, her work in DR-Congo, in the territories that fall under the control of the M23, was exhibited at Visa pour l’Image and nominated for the Visa d’or News. For her, photography is a way to bear witness to the social, environmental, and human issues shaping our society, so that indifference never takes hold.

She has also developed an interest on residencies: in Johannesburg, South Africa, supported by the French Institute  (2022), and at Édouard-Herriot Hospital in Lyon, with the Musée Urbain Tony Garnier (2024). Alongside photography, she leads workshops on media training in schools with organizations such as Dysturb and Roger-Viollet.

EXHIBITIONS - DISTINCTIONS

2025

• Lauréate of the Prix Mentor - Freelens - Ejo

• Lauréate of the Prix Varenne - DRC: Living under M23

• Shortlisted for the Visa d’Or news - DRC: Living under M23

• Screening at Visa pour l’Image - The secrets of the mermaids

• Exhibition at Visa pour l’Image - DRC: Living under M23

• Mention from the jury prize at Les Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert, France - The secret of the mermaids

• Grant from the National Centre of Art of France (CNAP)

• Exhibition at Les Femmes s’exposent festival, Houlgate, France - The secret of the mermaids

• Exhibition at Item Galerie, Lyon - Ejo: Rwanda between yesterday and tomorrow

2024

• Eddie Adams Workshop - New-york, Usa

• Finalist of the Jean-Luc Lagardère Grant

• Exhibition of Harraga - Nostre Mar Festival in Perpignan, France

• Residency and Collective Exhibition - Tony Garnier Urban Museum, Lyon, France - Ordonnance

2023

• Screening at the Night of Photojournalism in Paris and San Francisco, USA

• Exhibition of No Man's Land at the Dali International Photography Exhibition in Wuhan, China

• Collective Exhibition #WomenMatter - Dysturb, Paris, France

• Collective Exhibition Ukraine: War and Exile at Lyon 3rd City Hall, France

2022

• Exhibition of No Man's Land at the National Library of France in Paris

• Winner of the Bourse du Talent with No Man's Land

• Residency in Johannesburg, South Africa with Collectif Item supported by the French Institute

• Lauréate of the Sept.Info Swiss Photojournalism Prize with Harraga

• Exhibition of No Man's Land at the Institute of Geography in Paris

• Exhibition Ukraine: War and Exile at the ESAD in Grenoble, France

• Exhibition and screening of No Man's Land at the Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert, France

• Exhibition of No Man's Land at the Festival L’Oeil Urbain - Corbeil-Essonnes, France

2020

• Grand Prix Paris-Match Student - Underdream

• Canon Student Development Program