Olivier Grunewald
Encyclopedia
Olivier Grunewald is a French photographer and author
, with the main focus on nature
, landscapes
and wildlife
.
Olivier Grunewald was born in Paris
in 1959. He started photographing birds at the age of 14.
He studied commercial advertising photography at the Goblins School of the Image
, in Paris.
After his studies he began working as a freelance photographer specializing in sports, mountaineering and rock climbing and continued climbing and photographing for the next 10 years with a medium format camera.
Later in his career he switched to a large format
camera and began to focus more on the wild nature, and a long term project on volcanoes. He travels all over the world and collaborates on projects with his wife, Bernadette Gilbertas, a geographer and journalist.
He has also produced documentaries on Wild Earth for Science and Nature magazine.
He has also co-authored 14 books:
Author
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, with the main focus on nature
Nature photography
Nature photography refers to a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes, wildlife, plants, and close-ups of natural scenes and textures...
, landscapes
Landscape photography
Landscape photography is a genre intended to show different spaces within the world, sometimes vast and unending, but other times microscopic. This popular style of photography is practiced by professionals and amateurs alike. Photographs typically capture the presence of nature and are often free...
and wildlife
Wildlife photography
Wildlife photography is the act of taking photographs of wildlife.Wildlife photography is regarded as one of the more challenging forms of photography. As well as needing sound technical skills, such as being able to expose correctly, wildlife photographers generally need good field craft skills...
.
Olivier Grunewald was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
in 1959. He started photographing birds at the age of 14.
He studied commercial advertising photography at the Goblins School of the Image
Gobelins (school of image)
Gobelins L'Ecole de L'Image or Goblins School of the Image is a Parisian school, located near the Latin Quartier, dedicated to the visual arts. A consular school funded by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris, it provides training in various formats at a variety of different costs...
, in Paris.
After his studies he began working as a freelance photographer specializing in sports, mountaineering and rock climbing and continued climbing and photographing for the next 10 years with a medium format camera.
Later in his career he switched to a large format
Large format
Large format refers to any imaging format of 4×5 inches or larger. Large format is larger than "medium format", the 6×6 cm or 6×9 cm size of Hasselblad, Rollei, Kowa, Pentax etc cameras , and much larger than the 24×36 mm frame of 35 mm format.The main advantage...
camera and began to focus more on the wild nature, and a long term project on volcanoes. He travels all over the world and collaborates on projects with his wife, Bernadette Gilbertas, a geographer and journalist.
He has also produced documentaries on Wild Earth for Science and Nature magazine.
Awards
- Fondation de la Vocation , 1988
- 3 World Press Photo Awards: 1995 (leatherback turtles in French Guiana), 2002 (Northern lights), 2004 (volcanoes of Kamchatka)
- distinguished by the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, a contest organized by the BBC and the Natural History Museum of London.
Publications
His work is published in major French and foreign press, including Le Figaro Magazine, GEO, Great Features, VOD, BBC Wildlife, Focus, Airone, National Geographic.He has also co-authored 14 books:
- Escalade Passion by Jean Kouchner and Olivier Grunewald (Editions Atlas,1991, ISBN 2731210435, ISBN 978-2731210439)
- Australie terre du rêve, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas (Nathan Nature, 1999, ISBN 209261004X, ISBN 978-2092610046)
- L'Ouest américain, territoires sauvages by Michel Le Bris and Olivier Grunewald (Le Chêne, 12 May 1999, ISBN 2842771540, ISBN 978-2842771546)
- Images de la Création (Éditions du Chêne, 3 November 1999, ISBN 2842775414, ISBN 2842772393, ISBN 978-2842772390)
- Lebendige Erde. by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas (Weingarten, 1 October 2000, ISBN 3817025270, ISBN 978-3817025275)
- Islande, l'île rebelle, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas (Nathan Nature, 20 September 2001, ISBN 209261004X, ISBN 978-2092610107)
- Aquarium design by Olivier Grunewald (Nathan Nature, 26 September 2001, ISBN 2092610112, ISBN 978-2092610114)
- Island. Insel aus Feuer und Eis. by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas (Delius Klasing Verlag GmbH, 1 October 2002, ISBN 3768814092, ISBN 978-3768814096)
- Namibie, le désert de la vie, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas (Nathan, 2003, ISBN 2092610422)
- Lumières de la Création (Éditions du Chêne, 3 March 2004, ISBN 2842775414, ISBN 978-2842775414)
- Nature, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas (Éditions du Chêne, 2004, ISBN 2842775260)
- L'ouest américain, territoire sauvage, by Olivier Grunewald and Michel Le Bris (Éditions du Chêne, 2005, ISBN 2842776186)
- Canyons : Au pays des Roches rouges, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas (Nathan, 2005, ISBN 2092611003)
- Tsingy, forêt de Pierre - Madagascar, by Olivier Grunewald and David Wolozan (Altus, 2006, ISBN 2952601100)
External links
- Olivier Grunewald image gallery at Piterak
- Olivier Grunewald image gallery at Wild Wonders of Europe
- Exposition of Olivier Grunewald volcano photographs at Photo Festival La Gacilly
- Gallery of Kawah Ijen by night by Olivier Grunewald