Patrick Taberna began taking pictures during travels in Europe, Asia, Middle East, USA, while reading « the Way of the World » by Nicolas Bouvier.

In 1997, he undertakes a postal exhibition, “Passage en Ouest”.
In return for stimulating his taste for travel and photography, ten people each receive thirty-seven photographs on a weekly basis.
This adventure will notably lead to a correspondance between himself, Bernard Plossu and Robert Frank.

He meets, for that matter, the latter in April 1999. Patrick Taberna is awarded the FNAC mention in 2000 for “Nord magnétique” and wins the FNAC Paris award in 2001 for “Nos Italies”.
He is laureate of the HSBC Fondation for the photography in 2004.