Documentary photographer Lorraine Turci places people at the center of her work. Having grown up in a rural, working-class immigrant community, she pays particular attention to peripheral spaces—coastal, island, border, and inland areas; those on the social or geographic margins—and to the lives that unfold within them, focusing as much on vulnerabilities as on forms of resistance and resilience. Balancing critical distance with personal engagement, her narratives articulate societal and environmental issues through an authorial documentary approach.
finalist, Prix Carmignac du Photojournalisme (2025)
finalist, Sony World Photography Awards (2025)
finalist, Rencontres Photographiques de Boulogne-Billancourt (2024 & 2026)
special mention, International Women Photo Awards (2023)
finalist, Rencontres Photographiques Albert-Kahn (2022)
laureate, The Independent Photographer, Visual Storytelling (2021)
finalist, LensCulture Journey Awards (2020)
finalist, Grand Prix Student Photo-Reportage, Paris Match (2019)
finalist, Visa d’Or for Digital News, France Info (2019)
laureate, Siena International Photo Awards (2018)
shortlisted, International Wildlife Photographer of the Year (2018)
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selection)
Le regard du crocodile, Alliance Française de Banjul, Serrekunda, The Gambia (2025)
La résilience du corbeau, Maison de la Culture du Japon, Paris, France (2025)
Avant demain, Alliance Française de Banjul, Serrekunda, The Gambia (2024)
La résilience du corbeau, Tenjinyama Art Studio, Sapporo, Japan (2023)
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS (selection)
Les Nuits Photo Festival, Paris, France (2025)
Zoom Photo Festival, Saguenay, QC, Canada (2025)
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London, UK (2025)
Head On Photo Festival, Sydney, Australia (2024)
Regards sur la France, BnF (French National Library), Paris, France (2024)
Les Femmes s’exposent festival, Houlgate, France (2024)
International Women Photo Awards, Fisheye Gallery, Paris, France (2024)
Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (2023)
Festival Photo La Gacilly, La Gacilly, France (2023)
Empowering Women Through the Lens, Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Tokyo, Japan (2023)
La nature en héritage, SNCF Gares & Connexions, Vannes, France (2023)
Festival Photo L’Homme et la Mer, Le Guilvinec, France (2023)
Archive et retour sur image, École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie, Arles, France (2022)
City Panorama, King County Metro, Seattle, USA (2019-2029)
Visa pour l’Image OFF festival, Perpignan, France (2019)