After studying history, Philippe Bachelier lived two years in Nigeria. His first pictures have been published in newspapers in 1986. He first realised features and portraits for Le Monde, Télérama, L'Équipe Magazine, Le Figaroscope, Los Angeles Times, etc. He now also collaborates with publishing houses and advertising.

He shares his passion for B&W photography by writings articles for French monthly magazine Réponses Photo.

He wrote a book that became a reference on this topic : Noir & Blanc, de la prise de vue au tirage (see "Books" on this site).

In 1999, he created the studio B&B, with Frédéric Buxin, to optimize his activities in both film and digital techniques.

His colour works will be soon shown on this site .