Jean Paul Bourdier is a photographer and Professor of Architecture, Photography and Visual Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
A frequent collaborator with filmmaker, feminist and postcolonial scholar, and artist Trinh T. Minh-ha, he has co-authored, co-directed and co-produced books, films, and performances.
These collaborations have explored traditional West African dwellings and architecture, transnational and postcolonial experience and imagination.
Originally from France, Bourdier taught in Italy and Senegal before moving permanently to California.
He has said that he prefers analog photography due to the materiality, mystery, and intimacy of the medium.