In 2015, after completing his training at Gobelins, Didier Bizet turned his attention to photography. He is drawn to the countries of the former Soviet bloc, where the melancholy of time and history can be faithfully captured. As a documentary photographer, he sees photography as a genuine apprenticeship in understanding the world.
“Photography gives me answers to my questions about societies past and present. It’s not just a pleasure — it’s an essential part of my life experience. The world around me evolves, modernizes, changes, and constantly surprises me. It’s this fragile, fast-moving world that fascinates me.”

Didier Bizet graduated from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts with a degree in art history, and he also completed a year of Czech language studies. His reports are published in the international press. In 2020, he won a Sony World Photography Award for his Baby Boom series. His work has been shown at Visa pour l’Image in 2020 and 2025.

Didier Bizet has published four books: Empreinte Transsibérienne (Critères), Itinéraire d’une mélancolie (Éditions de Juillet), Le Grand mensonge (Pyramid & Revelatoer), and Grâce à Elle (Revelatoer).

dbizet@orange.fr or +33 6 75 95 20 33

Group exhibitions.

2025. Exposition siège Médecins du monde. “Liban” & “Ghana”.
2025. Kolga festival “Game over” IA.
2025. Festival d’Annecy photo. “Make cruise great again”.
2024. Festival du film de Belfort. “Make cruise great again”.
2023. Les photographiques de Saint-Nazaire. “Make cruise great again”.
2023. Festival Barrobjectif. «Baby boom»
2022. VIF festival. «Baby boom».
2022. Galerie de la Sorbone.
2021. “Baby boom”. Kolga Tbilisi festival.
2021. «Les derniers vivants de la Taïga» Les Azimutés, Uzes, France.
2021. «Aral sea» Festival du Guilvinec. France.
2020. «Baby boom» IS-RAEL festival, Tel Aviv.
2020. «Le grand mensonge» Galerie Taylor. Paris.
2020. «Lenin Palace» Moscow metro organization. Moscow.
2020. «Make cruise great again» Alençon, Regards festival.
2019. S’adapter ou disparaître» «Exposition de la SAIF. Paris.
2019. Centre Wallonie-Bruxelles Paris. « PYONGYANG PARIS »
2018. Promenades photographique de Yenne. «The Aral sea» France.
2018. L’oeil Urbain Corbeil. «Lenin Palace» France.
2018. Festival des photographes voyageurs» «The endless winter in Aral sea»
2017. Festival Barrobjectif « The endless winter in Aral sea »
2017. 8ème Promenades photographiques en Condroz. « PYONGYANG PARIS »
2017. Arles by Hans Lucas. «Entre chien et loup»
2017. Athens photo festival « PYONGYANG PARIS »
2017. «Familles» MAP Toulouse and Wipplay
2017. Collective exhibition Kolga Tbilisi festival
2017. Salle des Ventes Rossini magazine Nothing
2017. Loft Gallery Brussels «PYONGYANG PARIS »
2016. «PYONGYANG PARIS » «Phot’Aix Regards Croisés
2016. Exhibition and first price « Made in France » «MAP»
2016. The Rivière Gallery. «A route of melancholy»
2015. FOTO NOVIEMBRE 2015 «Chapters»
2015. Cortona on the move off «A Route of Melancholy»
2015. Kolga Tbilisi festival.
2015. Festival des photographes voyageurs «A Route of Melancholy»
2014. Kaunas festival «Mona should be proud»

Projections.

2025. VISA pour l’image. “The Orphans of the USSR”.
2023. Zoom festival. «Ceux qui vivent sur l’eau».
2021. Les Boutographies. «Le grand mensonge».
2020. VISA pour l’image. «Baby boom.»
2020. VISA pour l’image. «Make cruise great again.»
2020. Cité de l’Architecture. «Lenin Palace.»
2018. Arles Wipplay.
2018. Ecole des beaux arts de Paris. «People is my god»
2018. Festival Circulation: «The endless winter in the Aral sea»
2017. Night of Photography Tbilisi Festival «The endless winter in Aral sea»
2016. Projection «Turquie Today » «Voix Off Arles»
2016. Docfield festival Barcelona «PYONGYANG PARIS »
2015. Nuits photographiques de Pierre-vert «People is my god»
2012. Brooklyn slide-luck «People is my god»
2012. Washington slide-luck «People is my god»

Solo exhibitions.

2021. “Grâce à elle”. Galerie Taylor Paris.
2020. «Farmers Mongolia» Escale la grange aux Belles.
2014. WAM Publicis Gallery «A route of melancholy»
2014. Exhibition at the Paris Russian Cultural Center «A Route of Melancholy»

Shortlist / finalist.

2025. Shortlist Kolga festival. “Game over”. IA.
2024. Finalist “Brouillon d’un rêve de la Scam”.
2023. Finalist short list Prize PHOTO TERRE SOLIDAIRE.
2022. Shortlist The Festival of Ethical Photography. «Baby boom»
2021. Finalist Kolga Tbilisi festival.«Le grand mensonge».
2021. Finalist Belfast festival. «Le grand mensonge».
2020. Finalist Photographie Marc Ladreit de Lacharrière.
2020. Finalist prize Roger Pic «Baby Boom»
2020. Finalist Prize VISA Ani. «Baby Boom»
2019. Finalist Prize VISA Ani. «Farmers Mongolia»
2019. Finalist Galerie SOPHOT «Farmers in Mongolia»
2017. Finalist Belfast festival «PYONGYANG PARIS »
2017. Third prize, Vichy portrait festival Wipplay.
2016. Finalist Prize Mentor. “Pyongyang Paris”.
2016. First prize « Voir ailleurs si j’y suis » by Fisheye.
2016. Finalist Bourse du Talent « Aral dreams»
2016. Finalist public prize Mentor. «PYONGYANG PARIS »
2016. Finalist Athens photo festival  « SNIPEshots »
2015. Finalist Fuji experience regard double program.
2015. Asia-Europe Foundation.
2015. Sienna International photo awards.
2015. Finalist Athens photo festival «A route of melancholy»
2014. Finalist prize Roger Pic «A route of melancholy»