About

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The picture I take doesn’t express my opinion, it reports my testimony independently of your opinion.
– Chedly Ben Ibrahim –

Chedly Ben Ibrahim is a Tunisian documentary photographer, visual storyteller and photojournalist based in Tunisia. He’s a member of the collective Hans Lucas as a photo reporter covering relevant news in Tunisia.
He’s also a trainer and university teacher in photojournalism and photography. Furthermore, he’s multilingual and speaks Arabic, French, English, and Italian fluently.
Besides that, he has a deep-rooted knowledge of political and social issues as well as various cultural backgrounds not only in the Arab but also in the Western world. This gives him a high degree of flexibility and allows him to work in countries all over the world.
Born in Tunisia in 1970, he lived through two successive dictatorships. The start of the Tunisian Revolution in 2010, which marked the beginning of the so-called Arab Spring, was a key experience in his life. It significantly increased his ever-present thirst for freedom of speech and thought whenever he saw images and footage related to the beginning of the political transition from dictatorship to democracy in his country and the entire Arab world.
It was during this time that he began his career as a photojournalist, realizing that a powerful and expressive photograph had enormous potential to make a difference, and perhaps to contribute to make the change.
Originally, he had a master’s degree in accounting and ran his own accounting and auditing firm, but driven by his instincts and a strong desire to be an active witness and part of the change in Tunisia and the entire Arab world, he bought his first camera and didn’t hesitate too long to start working in the hard field of photojournalism.
He made his first report in July 2012 and sent it to DEMOTIX. At the time, DEMOTIX was a free speech platform for citizen journalism around the world, as well as a photo agency. He covered all the major events related to Tunisia’s democratic transition, such as the attack on the US Embassy in Tunis, the terrorist attacks that hit Tunisia, especially in 2015, the National Dialogue in Tunisia, the assassinations of Tunisian political opponents and their aftermath, the Bardo sit-in, the Tunisian presidential and parliamentary elections, and many other relevant events.
As a freelance photographer, he was represented by photo agencies such as Wostok Press, SIPA USA, Getty Images. He’s currently represented by NurPhoto Agency and the Hans Lucas collective.
His professionalism, flexibility and responsiveness to assignments have been noted by the media for which he has worked, such as :
UNESCO, Bloomberg, Rolling Stone Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed News, Libération newspaper, l’Humanité Newspaper, El Mundo Newspaper, Cicero Magazine, La Croix Newspaper, INKYFADA, The Mail On Sunday Newspaper, The Daily Mail, Africa Rivista Magazine, Equality Now, and various other international Media and Organizations.
His pictures have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, The New York Review, Paris Match, Le Monde, The Mail On Sunday, The Daily Mail, El Mundo, The Mirror, Le Figaro, Le Parisien Magazine, Internazionale, Afrique Magazine, Jeune Afrique, The Sunday Times, Time, Le Courrier International and many other international media.
Currently, he continues to cover major news in Tunisia, and he’s working on several short and long term projects focusing on social issues. He’s available for assignments in Tunisia and around the world, and he’s well-prepared to cover all kinds of events, even in conflict and war zones.