Julien Mignot was born in 1981 in Auvergne. His early photographic work quickly led him backstage at the biggest Parisian fashion shows; by the age of 20, his photos were published in ELLE. His passion for photography soon outweighed his appetite for academic studies, and despite earning a master’s degree in geography, he chose to pursue his creative vocation. He has collaborated with both French and international press (Libération, Le Monde, Télérama, The New York Times, The New Yorker), as well as a diverse clientele ranging from Chanel to the Paris Opera. Record labels took notice of his portraits, commissioning him to photograph album covers and artists, from Claudio Abbado to Martha Argerich, and including Kali Malone, Rodolphe Burger, Warren Ellis, and Lana Del Rey.
Today, Julien devotes a significant part of his work to personal projects. His practice is nourished by reflections on the concepts of line, horizon, and boundary. The photographs from his Temps Présent series, exhibited at Paris Photo in 2023, are unique pieces that question our relationship to the limits of space.
Julien is represented by Galerie Esther Woerdehoff.
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2025 Horizons, Rencontres Photographiques de Lorient, France.
2025 Temps Présent, InCadaques Festival, Cadaqués, Spain.
2025 Tiempo Fuera, Mopasa, Mexico.
2024 Temps Présent, Paris Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2024 So Far So Close, solo show, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2023 Eurazeo Prize, finalist, Paris, France.
2023 So Far So Close, solo show, Punto Blue, Seoul, South Korea.
2023 Temps Présent, Festival Planche Contact, Deauville, France.
2023 Carla Fernandez, l’avenir fait main, Le 19M, Paris, France.
2022 Today, Time Is Close, Paris Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2021 Screenlove – Wait For Me, Nuit Blanche, Musée de la Musique, Paris, France.
2020 NNIPAS-BBL, group exhibition, Grand Thermes de La Bourboule, France.
2020 Le Photographe et Son Double, monographic exhibition, Centre Photographique Hôtel de Fonfreyde, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
2020 Screenlove, live performance with Rodolphe Burger, Venezia Photo, Venice, Italy.
2019 Swiss Life Prize, finalist, Paris, France.
2018 Screenlove – Wait For Me, Galerie Intervalle, France.
2018 Azimut, group exhibition, Le Bal, Paris, France.
2017 96 Months, Salon Approche, Paris, France.
2016 Les Invisibles, Leica Gallery, Solms, Germany.
2014 NNIPAS-SALT, Image Festival, Amman, Jordan.
2013 The Green Corridor, Image Festival, Amman, Jordan.
2005 For La Fiesta, Bourse du Talent Picto, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France.
EDITIONS / PUBLICATIONS
2025 Temps Présent, self-published, 72 pages, edition of 50 copies.
2024 So Far So Close, self-published, 16 pages.
2021 Tranchants, Éditions Filigranes, 344 pages.
2020 No Music No Life, Éditions Filigranes, 360 pages.
2018 Azimut, collective work initiated by Tendance Floue, #T.
2017 96 Months, Éditions Filigranes, 176 pages.