Vincent Munier
Vincent Munier (born 14 April 1976) is a French wildlife photographer and documentary filmmaker. Among his most notable works are his photographs of arctic wolves and snow leopards. He co-directed a film about snow leopards, The Velvet Queen (2021), which received the César Award for Best Documentary Film.
Life and work[edit]
Vincent Munier was born on 14 April 1976 in Épinal in Vosges, northeastern France.[1] He began to photograph animals in the Vosges forests and mountains at the age of twelve, aided by his father.[2][3] He went on to become a professional wildlife photographer.[1]
Munier prefers to create landscape photographs with animals that viewers might not discover immediately.[3] 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.[4] 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 photo-book Arctique (2015). His quest to photograph snow leopards began in 2011 and involved six trips to Tibet before he first encountered the animal in 2016.[3] 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.[2] Munier's quest for snow leopards is the subject of the documentary film The Velvet Queen (2021), which Munier co-directed with Marie Amiguet and which received the César Award for Best Documentary Film.[3][5] It is the subject of Tesson's book The Art of Patience, which also includes photographs by Munier.[3]
Munier received the Eric Hosking Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002. He was the first photographer to receive this award three times.[1]
Selected publications[edit]
Bibliography adapted from France Inter.[1]
- Le Ballet des grues, with Alain Salvi, 2000
- Le Loup, with Philippe Huet and Julie Delfour, 2003
- Tancho, with Zéno Bianu, 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[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Vincent Munier" (in French). France Inter. September 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b Chassepot, Philippe (29 September 2020). "Vincent Munier, à l'affût du merveilleux". Le Temps (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d e Jolly, Vincent (10 October 2021). "Dans les Vosges avec le grand photographe animalier Vincent Munier". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ "Vincent Munier, Wildlife Photographer". tourisme-lorraine.fr. Agence Régionale du Tourisme Grand Est and Destination Lorraine. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (25 February 2022). "'Lost Illusions' Wins Best Film at France's Cesar Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
External links[edit]
- Personal website (in French)
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