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]
Franck Vogel | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | 1977 (age 46–47) Strasbourg, France |
| Occupation | Photojournalist specializing in social & environmental issues |
| Known for | Bishnoi, Transboundary Rivers |
| Website | https://www.franckvogel.com |
Life and work
editVogel 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] the Zambezi[12] and the Danube River[13]). The New York Times talks about his "striking black-and-white portraits of albino people in Tanzania".[14] He was interviewed by BBC News[15] on his rivers' project while visiting Singapore for his exhibit at Gardens by the Bay,[16] and gave talks at Columbia University with the Earth Institute both on the Bishnois[17] and on the Transboundary rivers' project.[18] La Martinière, a French publishing house, released in Sept 2016 the 1st volume Fleuves Frontières (Transboundary Rivers: Will war for water happen?),[19] and in the meantime an exhibition on the Colorado River is presented in Paris at the Pavillon de l'eau.[20]
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),[21] in Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur[22] in India, Photokina[23] in Germany, in Yangon in Burma, in Dali[24] in China, in Kazakhstan (Astana and Almaty),[25] in Turkey (Istanbul),[26] in Italy (Natural History Museum in Verona),[27] in Germany (Horizonte Zingst).[28]
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).[29] The film was awarded the Phoenix d'Or 2011[30][31] and the Terre Sauvage Award 2013.[32] Télérama magazine wrote of it, that "If everyone could watch this documentary, the Earth would be better off".[33][34] In October 2013, he received the highest recognition by the Bishnoi community to spread the Bishnoi philosophy.[35]
He is member of the Société des explorateurs français (French Explorers’ Society) and an ambassador for Green Cross, Mikhaïl Gorbatchev's environmental NGO.[36]
References
edit- ^ a b Franck Vogel Biography, FranckVogel.com
- ^ Biography – In)(between gallery
- ^ "Canon presents his work on the Bishnois". Archived from the original on 24 May 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ Article on the albinos in Visura magazine
- ^ Article on the albinos in Life Force Magazine
- ^ Reportage on the Vlachs Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine 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
- ^ Story for GEO magazine on the Danube 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
- ^ Exhibition on Transboundary Rivers in Istanbul Sept-Nov 2018
- ^ Exhibition with EverydayClimateChange photographers at Natural History Museum in Verona Oct 2018-Jan 2019
- ^ Exhibition on Transboundary Rivers May-Oct 2021
- ^ 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". Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "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
