About

Boris R. Thebia is a self-taught documentary and editorial photographer and photojournalist from Cayenne, French Guiana but has been based in Montreal, Canada since 2015. 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:

Ways of Seeing (2023)

Grants:

Photographers Without Borders

Workshops and Collectives:

  • Diversify Photo (2021)

  • Room Up Front (2022)

  • Fairpicture (2023)

Mentions:

La Guyane à Toronto

Alexis Tiouka

“Homes” indiens