Photography is akin to meditation :
“When looking through the viewfinder, comes the silence, and the choreography of light. Shadows and colors take over”.
I was born and raised in Paris.
A little less than two decades ago, I moved to Barcelona. Now, I call it home.
Do you remember those tiny cardboard single-use cameras?
I was about 10 years old and I was sent for a spring holiday to the green, rainy, Normandy countryside.
I had received one of those single-use cameras. I decided to roam the fields and make good use of it. I was quite proud of my very first documentary work. I can also vividly remember my parents showed very little excitement (that’s an understatement, of course) when they came back from the lab with….24 shots of cows, cows, and more cows!
Now, a few decades later, I am a professional photographer. No more cows, so far.
My street photography got recognition from photography festivals and street photography platforms. I enjoy producing documentary series over time, have had my work displayed in joint exhibitions in New York, Paris, Barcelona. In January 2020, I was a guest artist of an exhibition held at Rotterdam Chrysalis Art Gallery.
I also enjoy shooting event photography, covering trade shows for corporate customers and event creative agencies.
I was raised in a “gourmet” family…The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree
As gourmet business were going online, I wanted to focus on creative, eloquent, gastronomy photography : I wanted to provide brand marketing teams with the visual content they need to gain the desired visibility.
And, now I spend time playing with food.
Awards
Most Commended award Siena Creative Photography Awards, F&B Category 2021
Finalist, Miami Street Photography Festival 2019 , 2020
Winner, Barcelona International Photography Award Single 2019
Finalist, LensCulture Street Photography Awards 2019
Solo Exhibitions
The Straw Conspiracy exhibition. Chrysalid-Art Gallery, Rotterdam. 2020
Pop up Exhibition. The Straw Conspiracy. Mercat de La Boqueria – Barcelona 2019 August 31-September 5th.
Joint Exhibitions
Women Street Photographers. Chelyabinsk (Russia) summer 2020
HeadOn Photo Festival. Sydney (Australia) Double Trouble: Exposing Women In Street. By Unexposed Collective and Women in Street. 2020
Women in Street Exhibition: Two Way Street, StreetFoto San Francisco Festival. 2019
Street Photography Sans Frontières. Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris 2019
Publications
La invasió dels plàstics – Ara.cat
Céline Pannetier – Eyeshot Magazine
Crónica del primer día en The Alimentaria Experience – 7 caníbales
‘I search for chaos’: street photography’s new stars – in pictures – The Guardian
Píldoras de Calle: Céline Pannetier – La Calle Es Nuestra
The Straw Conspiracy Interview with Céline Pannetier – Chrysalid Gallery