Franck Vogel
Franck Vogel | |
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| Born | 1977 Strasbourg, France |
| Occupation | Photojournalist specializing in social & environmental issues |
| Known for | Bishnoi, Transboundary Rivers |
| Website | http://www.franckvogel.com |
Franck Vogel (born 1977, in Strasbourg, France) is a French photographer specializing in social & environmental issues, journalist, speaker and documentary film director. He lives and works in Paris.[1]
Life and work
Vogel studied biochemistry at Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France, and at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, USA; and engineering at AgroParisTech,[2] attaining a master's degree in 2001
During 2002 he hitchhiked in Africa and Asia and took up photography in 2003.[1]
Vogel is known for his stories on environmental issues (The Bishnois: ecologists since the 15th century),[3] social (Albinos: Massacre in Tanzania),[4][5] ethnological (Vlachs of the Balkans, the most discreet community in the Balkans)[6] and geopolitics (a long term project on some transboundary rivers[7] experiencing tension due to water access including the Nile, the Brahmaputra, the Colorado River,[8] the Jordan,[9] the Mekong,[10] the Ganges[11] and the Zambezi River[12]). The New York Times talks about his "striking black-and-white portraits of albino people in Tanzania".[13] He was interviewed by BBC News[14] on his rivers' project while visiting Singapore for his exhibit at Gardens by the Bay,[15] and gave talks at Columbia University with the Earth Institute both on the Bishnois[16] and on the Transboundary rivers' project.[17] La Martinière, a French publishing house, released in Sept 2016 the 1st volume Fleuves Frontières (Transboundary Rivers: Will war for water happen?),[18] and in the meantime an exhibition on the Colorado River is presented in Paris at the Pavillon de l'eau.[19]
His work has been published in GEO magazine, Stern, Paris Match, NRC Weekblad, Animan, Le Monde diplomatique. He has had exhibitions in two Parisian Metro stations (Montparnasse and Luxembourg),[20] in Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur[21] in India, Photokina[22] in Germany, in Yangon in Burma, in Dali[23] in China and in Kazakhstan (Astana and Almaty).[24]
Vogel wrote and co-directed a documentary film The Bishnois: India's eco-warriors (Rajasthan, l'âme d'un prophète) (52 min, France 5, 2011).[25] The film was awarded the Phoenix d'Or 2011[26][27] and the Terre Sauvage Award 2013.[28] Télérama magazine wrote of it that "If everyone could watch this documentary, the Earth would be better off".[29][30] In October 2013, he received the highest recognition by the Bishnoi community to spread the Bishnoi philosophy.[31]
He is an ambassador for Green Cross, Mikhaïl Gorbatchev's environmental NGO.[32]
References
- ^ a b Franck Vogel Biography, FranckVogel.com
- ^ Biography – In)(between gallery
- ^ Canon presents his work on the Bishnois
- ^ Article on the albinos in Visura magazine
- ^ Article on the albinos in Life Force Magazine
- ^ Reportage on the Vlachs for GEO magazine (France)
- ^ Transboundary Rivers project
- ^ Story for GEO magazine on the Colorado River
- ^ Story for GEO magazine on the Jordan River
- ^ Story for GEO magazine on the Mekong River
- ^ Story for GEO magazine on the Ganges River
- ^ Story for GEO magazine on the Zambezi River
- ^ Striking black-and-white portraits of albino people in Tanzania according to The New York Times
- ^ BBC News – Franck Vogel talks about his project Transboundary Rivers – April 19, 2016
- ^ "Transboundary River exhibition at Gardens by the Bay during Voilah! French Festival Singapore". Archived from the original on 30 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- ^ Talk at Columbia University with the Earth Institute on the Bishnois
- ^ Talk at Columbia University with the Earth Institute on Transboundary Rivers
- ^ Book on Transboundary Rivers by edition de La Martinière, 2016
- ^ Exhibition on the Colorado River in Paris at the Pavillon de l'Eau from May to Dec 2016
- ^ Huge Bishnois exhibition at Luxembourg station – Parisian Metro in 2012
- ^ Bishnois exhibition – Jodhpur Fort in India – 2013
- ^ Bishnois exhibition – Photokina 2012
- ^ "Bishnois exhibition – DIPE 2015 (Dali International Photo Exhibition) in China". Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ Bishnois screening on skyscrapers in Astana, Kazakhstan,Bishnois exhibition – French Embassy in Kazakhstan press release
- ^ Bishnois film trailer by France 5 TV channel
- ^ Rajasthan l'âme d'un prophète was awarded the Phoenix d’Or 2011
- ^ Phoenix d'or Award
- ^ "Rajasthan, l'âme d'un prophète" awarded the Prix Terre Sauvage 2013
- ^ "Article in French by Telerama on "Rajasthan, l'âme d'un prophète"". Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ Article on "Rajasthan, l'âme d'un prophète" Archived 8 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine in Le Monde
- ^ Highest Bishnoi recognition awarded to Franck Vogel
- ^ Green Cross France's ambassador list on Green Cross official website
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