Sofiane Boukhari
Photographer based in Paris
Born in Paris in 1982, Sofiane Boukhari is a French Algerian freelance photographer. He collaborates with Libération, Le Figaro, 2022 La Fabrique de la présidentielle, Lesjours.fr...
Sofiane also wrote articles for Libération, Le Monde and several arts magazines.
He studied journalism at the Institut Supérieur de Journalisme in Paris. He also graduated from a Master Cinéma et Documentaire de creation under the direction of Ignacio Ramonet. Later on he added up a Master in Arts et Politiques at Sciences Po (SPEAP) created by the philosopher Bruno Latour.
He lived the most of his childhood raised by french foster families. As a teenager he developed an interest for analogue photography. He purchased a 35mm Leica camera. He started experimenting B&W photography and built his own darkroom.
Today, nourished by his shifted childhood experiences of a french-Algerian living in rural french families Sofiane captures series of portraits of traditional french people. His work focus on what is to be both French and Algerian and seen as a stranger in his own country.
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