Delphine Dabadie was born in Paris and spent her childhood in the Yvelines. She started photography at the age of 15, taking classes with a photographer in an art conservatory. Photography became an obvious choice, and, naturally, after high school, she joined a photography course at the BTS Auguste Renoir in Paris.

Her practice of photography is introspective, « I like to question myself and use my body and mind to translate these ideas ». She wishes to raise questions through her work, hoping that everyone will find an answer.

In order to question us, the artist uses her body in self-portraits, mediating between the artist and the way we look at the artwork and thus opening a debate : « I try to create a dialogue that is both universal and singular with the viewer, that he can decipher by calling on his own life experience. Thus, I do not impose my reality on others even if my works reflect personal questions, which can resonate in each of us ».

Nevertheless, while leaving freedom to the glance of others, she very often accompanies her photographs with texts or free poetries in order to deliver a kind of « intimate diary », « words are often as important as the image ».

Thus, her works evolve according to her questionings, her emotions, with a palpable fragility.

Fragility that she discovered with the work of Francesca Woodman, whose phrase defines her photographic practice: « Real things do not frighten me, just the ones in my mind do ».