Lea Laetitia Thijs was born on the 28 November 1996 in Johannesburg. Both of her parents moved to South Africa for professional reasons. Since a young age, Lea has been into arts such as drawing, painting but especially photography. She now wants to become a professional freelance and documentary photographer. At the age of 14, she started 3 years of analog photography in her school, Lycée Francais Jules Verne. During high school she did numerous courses in Belgium, Paris and South Africa to find her voice in photography. She finished the Intermediate course at Market Photo workshop in 2014. She then traveled to Asia during 4 months. She was accepted at Middlesex University in London and graduated with a Photography (BA) in July 2018.
Exhibition at the French Alliance, Objectifs / In my lens, Johannesburg (May 2013) - Group Show
Published in Rencontre(s), Photo Club of the French International School - Johannesburg (May 2015)
Published in IN PERSPECTIVES , Photo Club of the French International School - Johannesburg (Nov 2015)
Exhibition at Curiocity Backpackers, SEA, a journey to South-East Asia, Johannesburg (Sep 2015) - Solo
Exhibition at the Four Corners Gallery, Beneath, London (March 2017) - Group Show
Exhibition at the Truman Brewery, Free Range, Photography Week One, London (June 2018) - Graduate show
FR Awards runner up (June 2018)