Graduated from the EFET school in Paris nearly twenty years ago, Christophe Da Silva began his career in advertising photography. In 2015, he shifted towards documentary photography, and in 2018, he starts out as a videographer and takes a course in documentary filmmaking at INA.
Driven by humanitarian causes, he focuses on documenting the operations of international NGOs, particularly Action contre la Faim or Medecins du Monde. From his first humanitarian experience in India with a local NGO dedicated to women’s empowerment in Rajasthan, to his many trips to Central Africa in recent years, Christophe Da Silva describes the daily lives of aid workers serving the most vulnerable populations on the planet.
His attention to the world’s vulnerability is deepened in more personal reports such as “The Poison of Malawi,” which highlights the survival of the country’s population through fishing while confronting HIV transmission; “A Life of Dreams,” featuring diptychs of transgender women and sex workers in the Bois de Boulogne; and “The Witches of Bangui,” addressing incarcerations for witchcraft-related offenses in Bangui.
His work has been exhibited multiple times, including a 2019 exhibition at Espace Beaurepaire in Paris.
Driven by humanitarian causes, he focuses on documenting the operations of international NGOs, particularly Action contre la Faim or Medecins du Monde. From his first humanitarian experience in India with a local NGO dedicated to women’s empowerment in Rajasthan, to his many trips to Central Africa in recent years, Christophe Da Silva describes the daily lives of aid workers serving the most vulnerable populations on the planet.
His attention to the world’s vulnerability is deepened in more personal reports such as “The Poison of Malawi,” which highlights the survival of the country’s population through fishing while confronting HIV transmission; “A Life of Dreams,” featuring diptychs of transgender women and sex workers in the Bois de Boulogne; and “The Witches of Bangui,” addressing incarcerations for witchcraft-related offenses in Bangui.
His work has been exhibited multiple times, including a 2019 exhibition at Espace Beaurepaire in Paris.