Gaëlle Tshiela

Photographer

A self-taught creative, photography has become for me an anchor — a way of inhabiting the world with attention and depth.

Drawing from my Congo-Hispanic heritage, I explore the human being, their emotions, and the power of the collective. Over the years, my practice has taken shape as a form of archiving the present: documenting what is lived, what is transmitted, and what shapes the impact of a person, a group, or a movement.

From Kinshasa to Dakar, from Abidjan to Accra, from Geneva to Paris, all the way to the United States and Jamaica, I record and tell the stories I encounter — those of artists, athletes, creators, engaged communities, and all forms of collective effort.

Capturing these moments, where the individual and the group echo one another, allows me to build a living memory of our time: a sensitive trace made of gazes, gestures, and presences. Sharing this vision and reaching the unconscious through images has become the essential path that guides my work: archiving the present so that impact may endure.