Delphine Blast is a French documentary and portrait photographer, based between Paris and South America.
Delphine's work draws primarily on an emotional response and engagement with her subjects. She focuses on the personal and private aspects of people’s lives and is motivated by a strong desire to get under the skin and straight to the heart of the issues they strive to deal with. Believing that we are all connected on every level, she focuses on the humanitarian dimension of life and wish to connect the human and natural kingdoms all together.
Delphine works regularly for the press, NGOs and various institutions in France and abroad, while she keeps on working on personal projects that are meaningful to her.
Since November 2014, she developed various personal projects in Latin America and specifically in Colombia, where she works on the place of women in the Colombian society. Her work has been exhibited in France, Bolivia, Malaysia and more recently in Georgia where her two projects about the women issue in Colombia were exhibited at the Kolga Festival, in Tbilisi.
Delphine is a member of the studio Hans Lucas since 2015.
Features and exhibitions :
• 2017 – Wipplay, Portraits Award, ‘Cholitas’, 2nd Price, France
• 2017 – Museo San Francisco, 'Cholitas', La Paz, Bolivie
• 2017 – Cinemateca Boliviana, 'Soy del Ambiante', La Paz, Bolivie
• 2017 – Museo San Francisco, Cholitas, La Paz, Bolivia
• 2017 – Cinemateca Boliviana, Soy del Ambiante, La Paz, Bolivia
• 2017 – La Grange aux Belles, Circulation(s), The Wayúu people, Paris, France
• 2017 – International Photo Awards 2016, IPA, 1st Price, cat. “Event”
• 2017 – Les Photographiques, Quinceañeras en Colombia, Le Mans, France
• 2016 – The Independant Photographer 2016, Finalist, cat. “People”
• 2016 – Celeste Price, Finalist, Dissemblance, Florence, Italy
• 2015 – MAP Festival, 1st Price, Quinceañeras en Colombia, Toulouse, France
• 2015 – Life Framer, 1st Price, Youthhood Theme, Laura Cristina, L.A, London, Paris
• 2015 – KL International Photoawards, Quinceañeras en Colombia, Kuala Lumpur
• 2015 – Kolga Tbilisi Festival, Quinceañeras en Colombia, Georgia
• 2015 – Kolga Tbilisi Festival, The Wayúu people, Georgia
• 2015 – Bogotá Fujifilm contest, Finalist, Colombia
• 2014 - Laura Cristina, Best picture of the year, Portalvoz, España
The native population of Bolivia endured decades of discrimination, but in recent years—thanks to the country’s first indigenous president—local women have started celebrating their heritage by donning unique, traditional attire.
