Lydia Metral
Photographer | Paris & Barcelona.
French and Spanish queer photographer born in 1986 in Grenoble (France) and graduated from EINA (Centre Universitari de Disseny i Art de Barcelona) in photography and editorial design. Working between Paris and Barcelona.
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Selected Clients
Forbes
Libération
Madame Figaro
Mairie de Paris
Marie Claire France
Marie Claire España
Medias France
Obra Social La Caixa
Olam Productions
Philarmonie de Paris
Rosàs Agency
Selected Publications
9 Lives Magazine
Another Magazine
Bird In Flight
Cake Magazine
Contributor Magazine
Curated by Girls
Dazed Digital
Feminist
Fucking Young!
The Huffington Post
Kaltblut
Libération
Lesbian Are Miracles issue 6 Black Lesbian Rises
Marie Claire Hong Kong
Mauer Mag issue 4 The Intimate
Metal
NR Magazine issue 12 Change
El Mundo (Tendenciès)
Santé Magazine
Schön Magazine
Time Out
Vein Magazine
ZERO.NINE
Exhibitions
Queer Festival Heidelberg
Collective Exhibition
Heidelberg (Germany), 2021
Candy Darling
THEY SAY
Barcelona 2020 & 2021
La NUU festival
Finalist for the Screen section (audiovisual format)
Rubí, October 2019
Les Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert
Ferme Sainte Marguerite (solo show)
Pierrevert, July 2019
The unbearable lightness of being
Lomography Embassy Barcelona (solo show)
Barcelona, April 2019
Helsinki Photo Festival
Winner Open Call, exhibited in Galleria Futura
Helsinki, August 2018
Les insouciants
33/45 Gallery (solo show)
Barcelona, November 2017
"La photo se livre" festival
La Fontaine Obscure Gallery (collective exhibition of photobooks)
Aix-en-Provence, June 2017
Utopia Photo Market
Utopia 126 Gallery (collective exhibition)
Barcelona, June 2016
#elsamicsdelbarri
Cadàver Exquisit Gallery (collective exhibition with Spanish photographer Samuel Navarrete)
Barcelona, May 2016
DYI
Cadàver Exquisit Gallery (collective exhibition of selected photobooks and photographs)
Barcelona, October 2015
Exposure
Espacio Barra de Ferro, EINA (collective exhibition with EINA students)
Barcelona, June 2015
Retour des projections des Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert
La Jetée Gallery (collective projections)
Marseille, February 2015
Les Nuits Photographiques de Pierrevert
Outdoor Projections (collective)
Pierrevert, July 2014
La Nuit de la Photographie Contemporaine
Outdoor exhibition (collective)
Paris, October 2013
Transmettre
Beaurepaire Gallery (collective exhibition with participation of Yann Arthus Bertrand)
Paris, April 2013