Isabelle Schmitt
Multi-award-winning photographer-authorOver 25 years of professional and institutional photography
Art direction
Founder of the Digital Art & Video Section, Salon d’Automne · 2016–2026
Founder of Digital Is My Art
Digital artist · Motion Design · AI Visual Systems
An artist within the photographic heritage since the 2010s
Ten years of art direction
— Transmission

Transmission.
The gesture, the gaze, the legacy.

Multi-award-winning photographer-authorOver 25 years of professional and institutional photography

For eleven editions, Isabelle Schmitt founded and directed the first Digital Art & Video Section in the history of the Salon d'Automne.

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— Manifesto

Not a school.
A revelation.

For Isabelle, passing on knowledge is second nature.
It means listening to the gaze of an artist, a photographer, a child,
detecting the singularity hidden within,
and guiding it towards new horizons, through mastery of technique and the affirmation of one’s art.

A consummate technician, she shares her knowledge generously, and reveals what already exists within the other.

Hundreds of international authors mentored — from masterclasses to the Grand Palais.

— Isabelle Schmitt

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Salon d'Automne · Grand Palais · FFP · Aguila Voyages · Centre Brancion · International lectures · Universities & schools

— Six gestures of transmission

To direct. To select.
To mentor. To transmit.

— I

Section Director · Salon d'Automne

Founder and President of the Digital Art & Video Section. Eleven editions at the Grand Palais. The first section dedicated to authored digital art within an institution founded in 1903.

— II

Juries & Selections

Member of international juries. Fédération Française de Photographie. Artist selections for the Salon d'Automne, Tokyo partnerships, institutional tributes. An eye that reveals and consecrates.

— III

Image Reading & Revealing the Gaze

Centre Brancion — Paris. Not a class. A shared session of image reading. Isabelle’s gaze settles on another’s work, reveals its secret line and names what rings true. For experienced photographers seeking their own clarity.

— IV

Mentoring Authors

Around a hundred international artists mentored over ten years. Not consultancy. Attentive listening. Detecting a singularity, pushing it in its own direction, handing it the institutional keys — Salon d'Automne, ADAGP, galleries, partnerships. Bringing a personal language to light.

— V

Lectures & Cultural Talks

Round tables, salon openings, institutional dialogues. Talks on creative AI, the transformation of the image, the future of photography and the role of the author in the generative era.

— VI

Curation & International Art Direction

Exhibition design, curatorial selection, spatial scenography. International art direction — from the Grand Palais to partner institutions in Tokyo. Shaping the encounter between the work and its audience.

Press and teaching

A published and shared photographic language.

Réponses Photo feature with photographs by Isabelle Schmitt

Réponses Photo

March 2013 · Cover and portfolio. The photographic press highlights Isabelle Schmitt’s graphic framing, reflections and urban imagery.

“Photographing the city at night” article by Isabelle Schmitt

Savoir tout faire en photographie

September 2013 · No. 10, “Capturing complex textures”. Isabelle Schmitt writes an article on night photography: four pages devoted to her world, her images and her expertise.

“Photographing the city at night” article by Isabelle Schmitt

Photographing the city at night

An article by Isabelle Schmitt on her approach to night photography and on bringing out the dreamlike character of the city.

“Quintessence of Russia” article and photograph by Isabelle Schmitt

Composition and framing

A photograph, its compositional choices, framing and settings: passing on a way of seeing through the analysis of an image.

Isabelle Schmitt on the Contributors page

Sharing photographic expertise

Isabelle Schmitt is among the contributors to the photographic press. Articles, workshops, masterclasses and school talks extend this commitment to teaching.

Photographic publication — Isabelle Schmitt

Press and photography

Archive of Isabelle Schmitt’s publications.

Photographic publication — Isabelle Schmitt

Press and photography

Archive of Isabelle Schmitt’s publications.

Photographic publication — Isabelle Schmitt

Press and photography

Archive of Isabelle Schmitt’s publications.

Photographic publication — Isabelle Schmitt

Press and photography

Archive of Isabelle Schmitt’s publications.