Antoine Tardy Photography

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ABOUT

PEOPLE PHOTOGRAPHER & VISUAL STORYTELLER

Documentary / Reportage / Editorial / Corporate / Portrait

“Photography can cut through abstractions and rhetoric to help us understand complex issues on a human level.” – James Nachtwey, legendary photojournalist

My cameras, notebooks and I have explored some of the outer reaches and hidden cracks of our world: from the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro to the floating slums of Bangladesh's capital, through to Rio's favelas, Ethiopia's rock-carved churches, Gaza's beaches, East Africa's refugee camps, Beijing's Olympic venues, Georgia's ski slopes and India's railcars. To be perfectly honest, we've also wandered around each and every conference room in Geneva.

Wherever we found people, we found stories. And today, we'd be happy to document and tell yours. My gear and I are based out of Geneva, Switzerland, but will happily come to you, wherever in the world that may be.

Generally, I am not only interested in the making and taking of images, but also in their using. For me, the good photo is one that serves a need, no matter how big or small.

Because of my professional experience in branding/PR coupled with my educational background in social sciences, I strive to combine aesthetics, the central message with the impact of each image.

In my work, I do my best to look out for purpose, sincerity, empathy and truth. I also try not to shy away from contradictions, absurdity or complexity, and might even include some humor whenever (in)appropriate.

On the rosters of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Plan International, the International Trade Centre (ITC) the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), and the Stop TB Partnership.
Member of the Swiss Association of Professional Photographers.
Member of Photographers for Hope.
Official photographer of the Hospice général in 2019.
Nominated for the 2019 Prix Pictet – The Global Award in Photography and Sustainability.

CLIENTS & PARTNERS

ALIPH / Ashoka Switzerland / Bilan Magazine / BRAC / Brooks Running / Collonge-Bellerive / Croix-Rouge française / Danish Refugee Council / dev.tv / European Union External Action Service / Freedom Cartoonists Foundation / Geneva Communicators Network / Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining / GFA Consulting Group / GIZ / HOKA® / Hôpital Saint Joseph Saint Luc / Hospice général / Humanitarian Education Accelerator / Instituto Bola Pra Frente / insieme Suisse / International Trade Center / Interpeace / Jesuit Refugee Service / Kilimanjaro Initiative / Libraries Without Borders / Olympic Museum / Nonviolent Peaceforce / Oak Foundation / Organisation internationale de la Francophonie / Peignée Verticale / Stop TB Partnership / The Carter Center / Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade / UK Mission Geneva / UN Development Programme / UN Economic Commission for Europe / UNICEF / UN Institute for Disarmament Research / Union for Ethical BioTrade / UN Office at Geneva / UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction / UN Refugee Agency / UN Today Magazine / UN Women / Ville de Genève / World Health Organization

INTERNATIONAL FIELD WORK

Brazil / Bangladesh / Burundi / China / Egypt / Ethiopia / Indonesia / Israel / Jordan / Kenya / Lebanon / Madagascar / Malaysia / Malawi / Mexico / Morocco / Rwanda / Saint Vincent / Senegal / Tchad / Tanzania / Trinidad and Tobago / Uganda / West Bank & Gaza / Zambia

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022 /

La Sucrière, Lyon, France / October

Kista Library, Stockholm, Sweden / September

2019 /

United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland / December

German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin, Germany / June

2018 /

DGI-byen, Copenhagen, Denmark / April to July

International Film Festival And Forum on Human Rights (FIFDH), Geneva, Switzerland / March

UN City, Copenhagen, Denmark / January

World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland / January

2017 /

United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland / July

UNESCO, Paris, France / March

2009 /

United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland / May

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021 /

"From Geneva to the World", Geneva / September 2021

2018 /

Social Documentary Network's 10th Anniversary, New York, USA / October

Annecy Photo Festival, France / October

2017 /

Le Grand Bivouac Festival, Albertville, France / October

2011 /

Touring exhibit on rickshaws, Dhaka, Bangladesh / December 2011 to January 2012

European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium / 30 May to 1 June

United Nations Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland / May

Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland / March to May

Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Nyon, Switerland / December 2010 to April 2011

2010 /

Fundição Progresso, Lapa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / 9 to 13 November

Nike Store, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / September