Mathieu Asselin (b.1973, France) works and lives in Arles.
He began his career working on film productions in Caracas, Venezuela, but shaped his photography practice in the United States. His work mainly consists out of long term investigative documentary projects, such as his widely known book Monsanto: A Photographic Investigation, which received international acclaim, winning the Kassel FotoBook Festival Dummy Award in 2016, the Aperture Foundation First Book Award in 2017 and was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize in 2018. Les Rencontre d'Arles in France, Photographer’s Gallery in London, Fotomuseum Antwerp in Belgium and the European Parlement in Strasbourg are amongst recent venues where his work has been exhibited.
Mathieu Asselin holds a Masters degree from ENSP in Arles, France.
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Hasselblad Foundation | Mathieu Asselin
'MONSANTO®: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION' by Mathieu Asselin 20 Apr - 9 May 2021The times we live in have been characterised as a period of post-truth – one in which fact-based truths are often replaced by so-called alternative facts. Emotions and personal beliefs...Read more -
Mathieu Asselin
'MONSANTO®: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION' 29 Jun - 31 Aug 2019The Ravestijn Gallery hosted the exhibition Monsanto®: A Photographic Investigation by Mathieu Asselin in collaboration with guest curator Sergio Valenzuela Escobedo. The exhibition shows Asselin’s exhaustive project about the origins,...Read more -
FOMU | Fotomuseum Antwerp
'MONSANTO®: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION' by Mathieu Asselin 9 Mar - 10 Oct 2018Mathieu photographs dumpsites in the United States, portraits both Vietnamese and American victems of the chemical product Agent Orange, and reveals practices linked to lobbying. By using photographs, advertisements, news...Read more
