Festival international de géographie 2014 - Vincent Munier

Vincent Munier (born 14 April 1976) is a French

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and documentary filmmaker. Among his most notable works are his photographs of arctic wolves and

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s. He co-directed a film about snow leopards, ' (2021), which received the

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Life and work

Vincent Munier was born on 14 April 1976 in

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, northeastern France. He began to photograph animals in the Vosges forests and mountains at the age of twelve, aided by his father. He went on to become a professional

. Munier prefers to create landscape photographs with animals that viewers might not discover immediately. He is known for photographing in snow, which he likes due to the lighting associated with it, how it omits non-essential details from the image and the fact that animals manage to live in remote and harsh environments. He is notable for his photographs of arctic wolves on Ellesmere Island in Canada, which he took during six years of expeditions, and became the basis for his

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''Arctique'' (2015). His quest to photograph

s began in 2011 and involved six trips to Tibet before he first encountered the animal in 2016. It resulted in two photo-books about Tibet and snow leopards, ''Tibet : promesse de l'invisible'' and ''Tibet : Minéral animal'', both published in 2018 and the latter with texts by the writer Sylvain Tesson who joined one of the expeditions. Munier's quest for snow leopards is the subject of the documentary film ' (2021), which Munier co-directed with and which received the

. It is the subject of Tesson's book ', which also includes photographs by Munier. Munier received the Eric Hosking Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He was the first photographer to receive this award three times.

Selected publications

Bibliography adapted from

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. * ''Le Ballet des grues'', with Alain Salvi, 2000 * ''Le Loup'', with and Julie Delfour, 2003 * ''Tancho'', with , 2004 * ''L'Ours'', with Philippe Huet, 2005 * ''Blanc nature'', with Lysiane Ganousse, 2006 * ''Clair de brume : Regards sur les Vosges'', text by Laurent Joffrion, 2007 * ''Kamtchatka : La vie sauvage aux confins du monde'', text by Anna Konevskaya, 2008 * ''Au fil des songes'', with Michel Munier, text by Charlélie Couture, 2010 * ''De crépuscules en crépuscules'', text by Pierre Pelot, 2011 * ''Arctique'', 2015 * ''Tibet : promesse de l'invisible'', 2018 * ''Tibet : Minéral animal : sur les traces de la panthère des neiges'', text by Sylvain Tesson, 2018

References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Munier, Vincent 1976 births Living people 21st-century French photographers Nature photographers French documentary film directors People from Épinal