Visions and Nature Montier en Der Photo Festival 2012
Posted on November 22, 2012
Between November 15th and 18th Montier-en-Der (and some surrounding villages) was full of life again. In the village the festival spread over many different locations, from the City Hall to the local schools and other halls. You also could enjoy some great outdoor exhibitions for free.
It was my 2nd visit to Montier and again I was impressed by the many inspiring images that were on display.
In my opinion a couple of exhibitions stood out, especially those of :
- Jim Brandenburg – using the camera to make a difference-
A great exhibit with some renowned images. As I knew the background of some of the pictures after interviewing Jim in 2011, they looked even more powerful in large prints.
- Ansel Adams – preserving the land with a camera –
A very unique show: If you knew how old some photos were you could see that he really had a vision and a feel for photography, that many of us would wish to have now.
- Elisabeth Gaillard –Douceur florale –
Very colourful and delicate exhibit. This photographer has a real eye for light and detail. - Xavier Jamonet, powerful landscape photography : lots of great details and colour contrast. Moreover the way he displayed his images was a real treat for the eyes.
- GDT – European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012-
A selection of the contest winners of 2012. I was very happy to see this one because many of the winning images were from photographers I know.
Altough a lot of images could also be seen in the church of Montier en Der, in the show of 2012 Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year, I personally liked this one more as the size of the images and their display were professional and clear.
- Michel Lecocq -B&W images from trees
Readers who visit this blog more often know how much I love trees. This show was, in a way, ‘simple‘ but very strong. A selection of trees put together in great compositions. Loved it!
A Photo festival provides you with not only inspiration but also good networking possibilities. This year again I met some nice new photographers and I could speak to those I know from social media on the Internet. Nice to meet you in person finally !
Nature Photo Festival Montier-en-Der
Posted on November 26, 2011
Montier en Der
International Nature Photo Festival 2011
By Kristel Schneider
(all images Nokia phone uploads)
From the 17th till the 20th of November Montier-en-Der (and some surrounding villages) was full of life. In the village the festival spread over many different locations, from the city hall to the local schools and other halls. Outside you could enjoy some great outdoor exhibitions for free. The overall program was very thorough. You could attend conferences, video/film projections, animations and lots of beautiful nature photo exhibitions.
During the festival I met some nice new photographers and I could speak to people I had met on from the social medias on the Internet. A Photo festival provides you with not only inspiration but also good networking possibilities.
In my opinion a couple of exhibitions stood out, especially those of :
- Olivier Seydoux, a great show called ‘Latitudes Nord‘, which displayed images from countries 60º and 70º latitude North.
- Werner Bollmann, presented his new exhibition ‘Nordic Moments‘ with images from Sweden, Norway and Finland.
- Ludmila Espiaube, ‘Hokkiado, out of the white’, images from a region in Japan under the snow, taken in an artistic, pure and beautiful way.
- Stéphanne Hette and Paul Starosta, ‘Terre de contraste’ a combined show featuring amazing work on insects. Paul’s work was new from me. Stéphanne whom I had interviewed here on Visions and Nature and his work keep amazing me.
- Serge Deboffle, ‘L’art et les oiseaux’, his show was interesting in the way he captured the movement of birds in flight. I liked the ‘arty look’ of his images and he inspired me to try out some techniques to get ‘movement’ images myself. (But that I will explain in the next Blog post).
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