20/04/10: Eric Valli
Eric Valli, born 1952 in Dijon, France, is a French photographer and film director.
Valli spent most of his career as a geographical photographer working for the National Geographic and the Sunday Times capturing more inaccesible locations in the world on camera. He specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himilaya Mountains, and in 1999 directed the adventure film Himilaya about survival in the Himilayas starring Seven years in Tibet star Lhakpa Tsamchoe.
Valli has received 3 World Press Awards for his work Chasseurs de Miel (1988), Chasseurs des Ténèbres (1991) and Les enfants de la poussière (1991).
Honey Hunters of Nepal (1988). High in Himalayan foothills, feerless Gurung men risk their lives to harvest the massive nests of the world's largest honeybee.
Shadow Hunters (1991). In the dark caves of Thailand, generation of men have risked their lives to obtain a prized commodity -edible bird's nests, essential ingredients of a traditional chinese soup.
Children of the dust (1991). Lugging bricks, inhaling clay dust, India's untouchable boys trade their health for a pittance in primitive brickyards. With no future besides work, they are vicime of a society too poor to enforce child labor laws.
Valli spent most of his career as a geographical photographer working for the National Geographic and the Sunday Times capturing more inaccesible locations in the world on camera. He specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himilaya Mountains, and in 1999 directed the adventure film Himilaya about survival in the Himilayas starring Seven years in Tibet star Lhakpa Tsamchoe.
Valli has received 3 World Press Awards for his work Chasseurs de Miel (1988), Chasseurs des Ténèbres (1991) and Les enfants de la poussière (1991).
Honey Hunters of Nepal (1988). High in Himalayan foothills, feerless Gurung men risk their lives to harvest the massive nests of the world's largest honeybee.
Shadow Hunters (1991). In the dark caves of Thailand, generation of men have risked their lives to obtain a prized commodity -edible bird's nests, essential ingredients of a traditional chinese soup.
Children of the dust (1991). Lugging bricks, inhaling clay dust, India's untouchable boys trade their health for a pittance in primitive brickyards. With no future besides work, they are vicime of a society too poor to enforce child labor laws.
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