Sam Bija is a photographer based in Paris. Trained in graphic design at the International Academy of Design in Montréal,
he has been practising photography for over twenty years.
His work explores the meeting point of geometry, colour and the everyday, looking, in the real, for compositions that could be abstractions.
Registered as an Artiste-Auteur in France.
Awards & Publications
2022 — Shortlisted, Saint-Tropez International Grand Prix of Photography
2019 — Laureate, "Illusion Macaron" contest by Pierre Hermé, featured on the official @pierrehermeofficial account
2018 — Selected, PHOTO Magazine International Annual Contest, published as a double-page spread
2016 — "Love is All" series featured by Polaroid for Valentine's Day (official global campaign - website, Facebook, Twitter)
2010 — Group exhibition "Tous à la Photo", Nice (Art Côte d'Azur / Nice-Matin)
2009 — 3rd Prize, FNAC France national jury (Thomas Lélu, Nikon) — "Récréations Photographiques" contest
2009 — 1st Prize, FNAC Nice
2009 — Featured, Images Magazine — full-page spread, image shortlisted for the cover
2009 — Radio interview, Radio Sensations & Nice Premium
2008 — 3rd Prize, FNAC Nice photo contest (self-portrait theme)
2007 — Laureate, "Déclencheur" photo contest (Benoît Marchal podcast)
"Here is a dreamlike, light-hearted photographer, evoking a Lewis Carroll universe revisited in pop fashion. We are somewhere between Tim Walker, Tex Avery and Mary Poppins."
Thomas Lélu, FNAC jury, 2009