Symbiose II, 2026

Cédric Brion  

My name is Cédric Brion.

As a freelance photographer, I was born in 1978 in Belgium, in the suburbs of Mons, the city where I currently live.

Having always been interested in the visual arts, I began developing my taste for photography at the age of 18. My first tool was a film camera, the photos of which I developed in the darkness of my room.

Thus, after several years of research and experience, I managed to approach the world of professional photography, thanks to various competitions and work carried out for the business world…

Motivation and mindset.

My fascination with creating portraits in a dark, even black, atmosphere stems from my earliest childhood, because since I was a child, fantastical and dark worlds have always fascinated me. I try to create portraits that transport the viewer to another universe. I like to see my portraits as windows opening onto imaginary worlds.

From the darkness of the soul can emerge a clarity that overwhelms me. Light that is too bright often dazzles; darkness magnifies it.

I like to capture these contrasts through my portraits; ancient civilizations have always been one of my sources of inspiration. I want my portraits to resonate, for everyone to be able to project themselves into them and recognize themselves in them.

Training courses.

Artistic studies in applied arts
Qualification in Visual Arts
Infac School of Photography in Brussels
Photographer's assistant at Frank Uyttenhove's studio in Brussels
Graphic Design Training at Créaform
Self-taught training in Photoshop and Lightroom.

Inspirations.

David Lachapelle, HR Giger, Max Rive,
Ansel Adams, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Michel Lagarde,
Antonio Gaudencio, Delphine Cencig.

Exhibitions:

– Lille Art Up Exhibition in March 2026 (France)
– Exhibition at the Zari Gallery in London (United Kingdom) 2025
– Exhibition at the Paris Photo Show, Epson France (France) stand, 2025
– Exhibition at Lille ART UP with the LILL'ART GALLERY (LILLE, France) 2025
– Exhibition at the Salon des Artistes Français at the Grand Palais in Paris 2025 (France)
– ART3F exhibition Courtrai, Belgium and Galerie Melting Art (Lille, France) 2023
– Exhibition at Tours & Taxis Brussels (Belgium) 2023
– Exhibition at Audacieuse Galerie Geneva (Switzerland) 2023
– Exhibition at Melting Art Gallery in Lille (France) 2023
– Exhibition at THE ROOM Contemporary Art Space in Venice (Italy) 2019
– Exhibition at the Mons Exhibition Centre (Belgium) 2017
– Exhibition in Liège, Tournai, Brussels (Belgium)

Magazines:

– Elephant Corridor
– Open Eye Magazine
– Photographize Magazine
– The Eye of Photography
– Marvelous Art Magazine
–Beautiful Bizarre Magazine
– Rebel Woman Magazine
– DARKBEAUTY Magazine
– Modellen Land Magazine
– Surreal Beauty Magazine
– Emergence Magazine France

Competition :

– 2025 Winner of the Epson France competition (Water theme)
– Gold Medal* at the *VIEPA* Vienna Photography Award 2024 with my photograph *The Refuge*
– Bronze Medal at the Tokyo International Photography Awards 2023
– Winner of the Photo Magazine's Biggest Competition 2023-2024
– 5 Nominations for the Fine Art Photography Awards 2023 Competition
– Winner of Photo Magazine's Biggest Competition 2022
– 4 Gold Medals in the portrait category at the New York Photography Awards 2022
– 4 Silver Medals in the portrait category at the 2022 New York Photography Awards
– 2 Honorable Mentions in the Portrait category at the Chromatic Photography Awards 2022
– 1 Honorable Mention in the Fine Art category at the Budapest Photography Awards 2022
– Finalist in the 2022 Beautiful Bizarre Magazine Art Prize
– Bronze Medal for the Ghost series and Finalist with the Fallen Angel series, ONE EYELAND 2022 Competition
– 8 Nominations for the Fine Art Photography Awards 2022 competition
– Winners of ITSLIQUID International Contest 10th Edition 2021
– Bronze Medal, Panno Awards 2021
– Finalist in Photo Magazine's biggest photo competition 2019
– Jury's Choice Award for Human Planet at Wipplay "Orange Competition 2019"
– “Shoot for good" competition finalist
– Nominee in the Top 101 of the IMS Photo Contest 2017
– 2nd place nationally in Belgium at the Sony World Photo Awards 2017
– 1st Audience Award Wipplay Festival “ENCOUNTERS IN THE LAND OF MONT-BLANC (France)"
– Winner in the Landscape, Fashion, and Portrait categories of the 2017 “Grand International Photoviews Competition"
– Winner in the portrait category of the major international competition organized by Photo.fr magazine in 2015
– Finalist, 10th place and 2nd place in the landscape category of the 2015 "Grand International Photoviews Competition"
– Finalist, 9th place and 1st place in the landscape category of the 2014 “Grand International Photoviews Competition"
– Finalist of the “Grand photo competition 2013 of Photo.fr Magazine" and part of the young talents gallery.
– Winner and 4th prize in the landscape category of the “Grand international photoviews competition" of 2013.
– Winner and 1st prize in the landscape category of the 2014 “Grand International Photoviews Competition"
– 9th in the Top 20 of the 2014 Photoviews general ranking of photographers
– Finalist and winner of the “WWF France Region Competition" – Finalist in the travel category of the “Sony World Photography Award"