About
Boris R. Thebia is a self-taught documentary photographer and photojournalist from Cayenne, French Guiana but currently based in Montreal, Canada. He has traveled to a multitude of countries in the Americas and South East Asia documenting issues around social change, climate change, migration, and human rights. Boris is also interested in stories about sustainability, cultural festivals, and textile as a cornerstone of cultural expression and has a background in psychology and visual anthropology.
He is part of Diversify Photo, Room Up Front and Fairpicture. He is also a grantee of Photographers Without Borders and a contractual communications manager for Doctors Without Borders.
Boris has worked with publications like NPR, The Globe and Mail, Montecristo Magazine, France TV, Mongabay, Pivot Quebec, Frontline India, The New Humanitarian, among others.
Exhibitions:
Grants:
Photographers Without Borders
Workshops and Collectives:
Diversify Photo (2021)
Room Up Front (2022)
Fairpicture (2023)
Mentions:
Selected press/Publications:
In a French outpost in South America, no secret EU gateway for fleeing Cubans (2021)
Comment une algue indigène est devenue une promesse d’avenir pour des jeunes autochtones (2023)
Sumba: Weaving together past and present (2024)
On the Indonesian Island of Sumba, Traditional Weaving Helps a Threatened Community Thrive (2024)
Globe Climate: Indigenous impact fund champions outcomes-based finance (2024)
Drones help First Nations track down cold-water havens for salmon amid warming (2025)