"I am just a storyteller."
Guillaume Bonn is a documentary photographer with over twenty years of experience exploring social and environmental issues across the African continent and beyond. Born in Africa of Madagascan descent, he has contributed to The New York Times and many other publications and spent fifteen years working with the U.S. edition of Vanity Fair.
Describing his approach as “artistic with a journalistic soul,” Guillaume navigates visually through multiple worlds of photography — moving fluidly between documentary storytelling, fine art, and high-end visual commissions. His practice extends into the realms of luxury and design, creating visual narratives for The Wall Street Journal Magazine, Architectural Digest, and Memo Paris perfume house, where he brings a poetic sensitivity to interiors, travel, and brand storytelling.
A Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in London, Bonn has authored five books, including his latest book Paradise Inc., but also Mosquito Coast: Travels from Maputo to Mogadishu, Le Mal d’Afrique: A Journey into Old and New Africa, and Peter Beard: Scrapbooks from Africa and Beyond, based on his film of the Artist with whom he spent 2 years following around. His work is held in numerous private collections and has been featured in solo and group exhibitions worldwide.
He has received multiple awards, including the CAP Prize for Contemporary African Photography, the American Photography and PDN Photo prizes, a Pulitzer grant, and nominations for the Prix Pictet.
Guillaume’s artistic work is represented by Circle Art Gallery (Nairobi) and Rui Freire (Lisbon).