Karim Kal, born in 1977, lives in Lyon and works between France and Algeria. Graduated from the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Grenoble (DNSEP) in 2003, he continued his studies in Switzerland, more particularly in Vevey, at the School of Photography.
The artist is interested in the living conditions of disadvantaged on both sides of the Mediterranean. His work takes the form of documentary approaches which draw the social and political contours of these environments through the photography of public spaces. The human presence is at the center of his work, questioning the traces left by culture and History.
As part of his residency in Meyzieu, a commune in Lyon, the artist asked the residents of the local minors’ penitentiary to offer their point of view on their exit to the outside from the inside.
His works have been included in several permanent collections of museum institutions; for example, four of his photographs are now in the MAMC+ collection in Saint-Etienne. In 2023, he recently won the HCB Prize awarded by the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation.
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