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Olivier Asselin grew up in Eastern Quebec, Canada, where he studied and worked in the IT field for four years before deciding to dedicate himself to photography.

He graduated in 2004 from the Western Academy of Photography in Victoria, British Columbia, and spent the following year working in the newspaper industry in Western Canada and Morocco.

In 2005, he relocated to Accra, Ghana, where he lived for four years, covering the region for development organizations and editorial clients. Now based in Dakar, Senegal, he continues to work throughout Africa for clients such as UNICEF, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the New York Times, and the Associated Press.

Olivier has worked on assignment in over 15 countries throughout Africa.

He is fluent in English, French and Spanish and has a working knowledge of Portuguese. He is available for assignments worldwide.

 


CLIENTS

Associated Press
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
GAVI Alliance
Global Forum for Health Research
Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders)
New York Times
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)
USAID's West Africa Trade Hub
USAID's TIPCEE
World Health Organization (WHO)




PUBLICATIONS
The National, U.A. Emirates
Newsday, USA
E Magazine, USA
MSNBC.COM, USA
BBC Online, UK
The Guardian Unlimited, UK
Washington Post, USA
Afrique Magazine, France
Jeune Afrique, France
Courrier Japon, Japan
TIME, USA
Newsweek, USA
The New York Times, USA
Le Nouvel Observateur, France
Chicago Tribune, USA
Boston Globe, USA
Toronto Star, Canada
Vancouver Sun, Canada
National Post, Canada
Reader's Digest Canada
ARISE Magazine



HONORS

2009   Magenta Foundation's Flash Forward
Selected as one of Magenta Foundation's Emerging Photographers
   
2008 News Photographers Association of Canada - Photo of the Year
Winner - Third place - Sports feature category
   
  PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris
The Human Condition Photo Contest
Honorable mention
     
2007   Gordon Parks International Photo Contest
Winner, Third Place
     
    X Luis Valtueña Award for Humanitarian Photography
Honorable mention
     
2006   IX Luis Valtueña Award for Humanitarian Photography
Winner, Another World is Possible special award
     
  Eddie Adams Workshop, Barnstorm XIX
   
2004   Western Academy of Photography
- Best overall student
- Best photojournalist
- Best photo essay
- Best portfolio
- Best image
     

 

EXHIBITIONS
2008   Inside Out: A collection of Ghanaian stories
(solo exhibition)
Alliance Française, Accra, Ghana
     
2007   Regard sur l'industrie minière au Ghana/
A look on the Ghanaian mining industry
Théâtre À la Petite licorne, Montréal, Canada
     
    Human Trafficking: Images of Vulnerability
(group exhibition)
United Nations Visitors Gallery, New York, USA
     
2006   The Naked Truth (group exhibition)
Center for Fine Art photography, Fort Collins, CO. USA
     
2004   Light Sensitive (group exhibition)
CAC Arts Centre, Victoria, Canada