Cédric
Gerbehaye

Cédric Gerbehaye

biography

Born in Brussels in 1977, Cédric Gerbehaye is a documentary photographer and film-maker.

His projects focus specifically on the human condition and human rights, explore places both foreign and familiar, and explore a range from long-term photographic essays to web documentaries and feature films.

Cédric Gerbehaye is the author of several books: Congo in Limbo (2010) reflects the complexity of the little-known conflict consuming the Democratic Republic of Congo; Land of Cush (2013) follows the process that preceded and followed the independence of South Sudan. He published Sète#13t at the end of a residency initiated by the Festival Images Singulières in 2013. For D’entre eux (2015), he photographed for the first time in Belgium, at a time of economic and social crisis. His latest work – ZOONOSE (2022) – documents the various steps and consequences of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, so as to anchor it in our collective history.

His work has received several international awards, including the Olivier Rebbot Prize from the Overseas Press Club of America, a World Press Photo, the Amnesty International Media Award, the SCAM – Roger Pic Prize, and the Lucas Dolega Prize.

His projects have been supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, the Magnum Foundation and the CNC – Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée. His work has been published in The New Yorker, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Guardian, GEO, Stern and Le Monde. Cédric Gerbehaye is also an Explorer for the National Geographic Society and a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine.

Cédric Gerbehaye’s photographs are part of the collections of the FoMu – FotoMuseum in Antwerp, the MEP – Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris, the Musée de la photographie in Charleroi, and the MFAH – Museum of Fine Arts in Houston.

La Peine (2023), his first feature-length documentary, is an intimate and unprecedented plunge into the depths of prison life. By following the daily lives of the men and women who live there – inmates, guards and directors – this film reveals the weaknesses and hopes of a humanity that is trying to resist facing up to its own negation.

SEries

Veins, 2015-2020

Series | This is the relentless history of the pillage of a continent. We follow, century after century, in every detail, the shame of the mechanism leading to a dispossession ruining nations of one of the most promising areas of the universe

Zoonose, 2022

Série | It’s a dystopian world, a wold of machines, of humans disguised as cosmonauts. A world where people die without seeing their loved ones, without touching a hand, without glimpsing a face.

Fault Lines, 2017

Série | Kashmir has become one of the most militarised regions in the world and the site of multiple wars between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, for control of the area.

D'entre eux, 2012-2015

Series | Since 1830, Belgium brings together two peoples, united by the will of the great powers of the time to create a buffer state.

Sète, 2013

Series| Sète in winter, in black and white, looked at in the most accurate manner possible, comes through as the opposite of the clichés: a quest for sunshine, postcards, colour, excess, Mediterranean.

Land of Cush, 2010-2012

Series | Sudan, the largest country in Africa, has gone through a significant moment in its history. In January 2005, a peace agreement between North and South Sudan put an end to the longest civil war in Africa, with a death toll estimated at two million.

Congo in Limbo, 2007-2010

Series | Congo in Limbo is Cédric Gerbehaye's photographic essay on the Democratic Republic of Congo, the fruit of time spent on the ground and his rigorous commitment.

Veins, 2015-2020

Series | This is the relentless history of the pillage of a continent. We follow, century after century, in every detail, the shame of the mechanism leading to a dispossession ruining nations of one of the most promising areas of the universe

Zoonose, 2022

Série | It’s a dystopian world, a wold of machines, of humans disguised as cosmonauts. A world where people die without seeing their loved ones, without touching a hand, without glimpsing a face.

Fault Lines, 2017

Série | Kashmir has become one of the most militarised regions in the world and the site of multiple wars between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, for control of the area.

D'entre eux, 2012-2015

Series | Since 1830, Belgium brings together two peoples, united by the will of the great powers of the time to create a buffer state.

Sète, 2013

Series| Sète in winter, in black and white, looked at in the most accurate manner possible, comes through as the opposite of the clichés: a quest for sunshine, postcards, colour, excess, Mediterranean.

Land of Cush, 2010-2012

Series | Sudan, the largest country in Africa, has gone through a significant moment in its history. In January 2005, a peace agreement between North and South Sudan put an end to the longest civil war in Africa, with a death toll estimated at two million.

Congo in Limbo, 2007-2010

Series | Congo in Limbo is Cédric Gerbehaye's photographic essay on the Democratic Republic of Congo, the fruit of time spent on the ground and his rigorous commitment.

Veins, 2015-2020

Series | This is the relentless history of the pillage of a continent. We follow, century after century, in every detail, the shame of the mechanism leading to a dispossession ruining nations of one of the most promising areas of the universe

Zoonose, 2022

Série | It’s a dystopian world, a wold of machines, of humans disguised as cosmonauts. A world where people die without seeing their loved ones, without touching a hand, without glimpsing a face.

Fault Lines, 2017

Série | Kashmir has become one of the most militarised regions in the world and the site of multiple wars between India and Pakistan, two nuclear powers, for control of the area.

D'entre eux, 2012-2015

Series | Since 1830, Belgium brings together two peoples, united by the will of the great powers of the time to create a buffer state.

Sète, 2013

Series| Sète in winter, in black and white, looked at in the most accurate manner possible, comes through as the opposite of the clichés: a quest for sunshine, postcards, colour, excess, Mediterranean.

Land of Cush, 2010-2012

Series | Sudan, the largest country in Africa, has gone through a significant moment in its history. In January 2005, a peace agreement between North and South Sudan put an end to the longest civil war in Africa, with a death toll estimated at two million.

Congo in Limbo, 2007-2010

Series | Congo in Limbo is Cédric Gerbehaye's photographic essay on the Democratic Republic of Congo, the fruit of time spent on the ground and his rigorous commitment.

videos

Née de la nécessité d’une immersion longue au coeur de la prison bruxelloise, La Peine est une plongée intime et inédite dans les profondeurs de la condition carcérale. À travers le quotidien des hommes et des femmes qui y vivent – détenus, gardiens et directeur –, le film révèle les fêlures et les espoirs d’une humanité qui tente de résister à sa propre négation.

La Peine, un film de Cédric Gerbehaye, 2023

Congo in Limbo est l’essai photographique réalisé par Cédric Gerbehaye en République démocratique du Congo, fruit du temps qu’il y a passé et de son engagement rigoureux. Son regard rend compte de la complexité et des méandres d’un conflit méconnu. Ce multimédia a été réalisé à l’occasion du 50e anniversaire de l’indépendance de la République démocratique du Congo.

Congo in Limbo, 2010

Books

Zoonose

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2022

D'entre eux

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2015

Sète #13

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2013

Land of cush

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2013

Congo in Limbo

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2010

Zoonose

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2022

D'entre eux

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2015

Sète #13

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2013

Land of cush

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2013

Congo in Limbo

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2010

Zoonose

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2022

D'entre eux

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2015

Sète #13

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2013

Land of cush

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2013

Congo in Limbo

Editions Le Bec en l'air - 2010