About
Laure Andrillon is a freelance reporter and photographer from France, based in San Francisco since 2017. She is a member of Women Photograph. She speaks English, French and Spanish. Her work is largely focused on issues related to migrations, health, environmental justice and climate change. She is an FAA-certified drone pilot, which allows her to shoot aerial photography and videography for editorial and commercial use.
She holds an MA in contemporary philosophy from the École Normale Supérieure (Paris, 2015) and an MA in journalism from the Centre de Formation des Journalistes (Paris, 2016). She is also a graduate of the International Center of Photography in New York City, where she completed a documentary photography program after receiving the ICP Director’s merit-based fellowship (2021).
Her work has been published by The Washington Post, Le Monde, Libération, GÉO Magazine, Reuters, AFP, Corriere della Sera, The San Francisco Chronicle, CalMatters, LensCulture, Usbek & Rica Magazine, Reporterre, Néon Magazine, Slate Magazine, WeDemain Magazine, Ouest-France, L’Usine Nouvelle, and FishEye Magazine, among others.
EXHIBITIONS & projections
2025 Solo Exhibition - Mostra Fotografica - Legnano, Italy
2024 Solo Exhibition & Projection - Nuits photographiques - Pierrevert, France
2023 Projection - Photographic Nights of Selma - Alabama, USA
2023 Solo Exhibition - Nuovi Sguardi, Cascina Roma Fotografia festival - San Donato Milanese, Italy
2022 Group Exhibition - Documenting Humanity - World Report Award, Festival of Ethical Photography - Lodi, Italy
2022 Solo Exhibition - Common Places, Encontros da Imagem international photography festival - Braga, Portugal
2022 Group Exhibition - Shifting Selves, curated by Corinne Botz, International Center of Photography - New York City
Fellowships & Grants
2022: Selected to attend the Eddie Adams Workshop in Photojournalism, XXXVth edition - Jeffersonville, NY
2021: ICP Director’s Fellowship - documentary photography program, International Center of Photography, NY
2020: “Brouillon d’un rêve”, Société civile des auteurs multimédia’s Long-Term Project Reporting Grant
2018: Jane Reber Grant - portrait photography course in Continuing Studies at Stanford University, CA
Awards
2022 : Discovery Awards - Encontros da Imagem photo festival in Braga, Portugal - Finalist
2022 : World Report Award - Festival of Ethical Photography in Lodi, Italy - Finalist
2021: Relay Prize - Magazine Stories of the Year, 1st prize in the environmental category (read in French)
2019: Fondation Varenne prize for “best feature” in the magazine category (read in French)
2018: Cancer World Journalism Award in the "Patient and Carer Experience" category (read in French or in English)
2016: AJIS Social Information Prize for young journalists (read in French)