Thomas Boivin is a French photographer. He was born in 1983. He graduated from the École supérieure des arts décoratifs de Strasbourg.

He moved to Ménilmontant in Paris in 2009. Later he moved to just outside Paris.

He works mainly in black and white and uses analogue photography. He pays particular attention to portraits and the human figure in the north-east of Paris.

He has published three books with Stanley/Barker: Belleville (2022), Ménilmontant (2023) and Place de la République (2025). The last one follows young Parisians in the square over five years. He made these portraits with a 4x5 view camera.

In 2023 he won the Grande Commande Photojournalisme of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. In 2024 he received CNAP support for documentary photography. He makes his own prints and is represented in Paris by Les Douches la Galerie.

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Martin is the creator of About Photography Blog. With over 15 years of experience as a practicing photographer, Martin’s approach focuses on photography as an art form, emphasizing the stories behind the images rather than concentrating on gear.

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