Sophie Chivet

French photographer born in 1962, based in Paris. Distributed by Agence VU' since 1993.

A recent graduate of the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Sophie Chivet was honored in 1985 by the Biennale Moins Trente, organized by the Centre National de la Photographie to reveal and support young photographers.
After initial professional experience as a teacher of academic drawing and photography, then as a photographer for the European organization Eurocontrol, Sophie Chivet established herself as a freelance photographer in 1990 and began working for the daily newspaper Libération (and the Parc de la Villette).

Whether in France or abroad (Mali, Madagascar, Ivory Coast, Vietnam, Portugal), on commission for the magazine press (Libération, Bayard Presse, l'Express, Figaro Magazine, etc.), institutions (Conseil Régional d'Île-de-France, OPPIC, MIGT, Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, etc.) or his personal projects, his photography reveals his passion for architecture: " Strongly framed, his portraits and visions of buildings, details of clothing and animals combine finesse and impact" (Christian Caujolle). 

Fleeing the vacuity of stylistic effects, Sophie Chivet is constantly striving to put the precision of light and the purity of framing at the service of the subject and the subject matter.