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Artist-researcher and photographer Maxime Riché (b. 1982) lives and works in Paris. In a line of work he defines as “speculative documentary”, he explores our refusal to accept physical and philosophical limits, and its consequence for the world's inhabitability. 

He is the winner of Prix Maison Blanche, Prix Dahinden une autre empreinte, Passe-Partout Prize, Fotografia Europea, a grantee of the French National Center for the Arts (Cnap), finalist for Prix BMW ArtMakers, Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains and Grand Prix Vevey, and twice Prix Pictet nominee.

In 2023, he was artist-in-residence at La Capsule and the International College of Photography in Paris for a creation about the body and sports for the Paris 2024 Paris Olympics. Maxime is a member of the editorial committee of revue EPIC. He contributed to GEO, M le Magazine du Monde, Wired and clients include OXFAM, SNCF Group, Volkswagen/DDB° and Webedia, among others.

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Carré Bisson
10 bis rue bisson
75020 Paris, France
Portrait by Fabien Fourcaud




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Recent shows


2024 /
November — Solo show, “Paradise”, Prix Dahinden, Paris Photo, Paris, FR
September — Group show, Prix Dahinden “une autre empreinte”, Paris, FR
June — Solo show, Artist residency, “Bloc. En prise avec les sommets”, La Capsule, Le Bourget, FR
June — Solo show, “Bloc. En prise avec les sommets”, 5e édition du Parlement de la Photographie, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
June — Solo show, Festival La Gacilly-Baden, AT
April — unRepresented by a ppr o che Paris, FR


2023 /
November — Group show, Lire les lignes du monde, PhotoSaintGermain x Cnap, Paris, FR
November — Solo show, “Paradise”,  Noorderlicht Festival, Regenerate, Gröningen, NL
October — Group show, Épreuves de la matière, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, FR
October — Solo show, Artist residency, Feux, mégafeux, Quai des Savoirs, Toulouse, FR
October — Solo show, “Paradise”, VER/VOIR, Alliance française du Pérou, Chiclayo, PER
September — Solo show, “Paradise”, Anticipation Festival, Paris, FR
July — Solo show, “Paradise”, Promenades Photographiques, Blois, FR
June — Solo show, “Paradise”, Festival La Gacilly Photo, La Gacilly, FR
April — Two solo shows, “Paradise”, Itinéraires des Photographes Voyageurs, Bordeaux, FR


2022 /
October — Solo show, “Paradise”, Prix Maison Blanche, Marseille, FR
September — Group show, “Paradise”, inCadaqués, Cadaqués, ES
September — Solo show, “Paradise”, Passe-Partout Prize, Galleria 28 San Pietro, Rome, IT
July — Film screening, “Paradise”, Nuits de Pierrevert, FR
July — Film screening, “Paradise”,  Promenades Photographiques de Vendôme, FR
June — Solo show, “Paradise”, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, IT
May — Film screening, “Paradise”, ImageSingulières, Sète, FR


2021 /
September — Solo show, “Climate Heroes”, Photoclimat Biennale, Paris, FR
May — Solo show, “Old New World”, Galerie DUREV, Paris, FR



Awards & Grants



2024 /
Prix Dahinden « Une autre empreinte » – Winner, FR
BMW Artmakers – Finalist with curator Céline Lerebourg, FR

2023 /
Grand Prix Image Vevey – Shortlist, CH
Prix 1+2, photographie et science – Finalist, FR
Prix Pictet theme « Human » – Nomination, UK
Journalismfund Europe – Grant « Earth Investigation Programme », BE


2022 /

Prix Maison Blanche – Winner, FR
Prix 1+2, photographie et science – Finalist, FR
InCadaquès Festival – Open Call Finalist, ES
Prix Photo Fondation Yves Rocher – Finalist, FR
Passe-Partout Prize, 4th edition – Winner, 1st prize, IT
Prix Caritas, Photographie sociale – Shortlist, FR
Bourse des Amis du Musée Albert Kahn – Finalist, FR
Fotografia Europea – Winner, Open Call, IT
Prix Swiss Life à 4 mains – Finalist, FR

2021 /
Prix LNP – Special Mention for "Paradise" (film), FR
Bourse du Talent, Coup de Cœur, FR
Centre national des arts plastiques (Cnap) – Grant, FR

Prix Pictet theme « Fire » – Nomination, UK

Leica Oskar Barnack Award – Nomination, DE




Recent press & publications



Monographs






Collective books






Press



Capturing the Aftermath of California Wildfires , Columbia Global Center, Paris, October 2024
Paradise, book review on 5ruedu.com , October 2024
Paradise, la Californie en proie aux mégafeux par Maxime Riché , 9lives-magazine, Frédéric Martin, October 2024
Feu de rage , Blind magazine, September 2024
Réponses Photo, Réinventer le paysage / Reinventing landscape, April 2024
Fisheye Magazine, Dans l’oeil de Maxime Riché : après le drame, l’ironie des publicitaires, April 2024
Fisheye Magazine #64, Ressource, March 2024
The Loss Encounters podcast, After the fires, March 2024
PHOTO #559, special issue on Beaux-Arts masters, March-May 2024
France 24, guest on La matinale 2/02/2024
France Amérique Magazine, Colors of the Flames, February 2024
BMW Art Makers 2024 finalists, February 2024
Fisheye Magazine, Sous les cendres renaîtra Paradise, November 2023
Réponse Photo, special issue, November 2023
revue EPIC #12 (sold out), October 2023

Pélerin, Le Grand Reportage, June 2023
M le Magazine du Monde, De cendres et de braises , September 2021