Olivier Grunewald
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 Gobelins 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.
Since 1997, he specializes in volcanoes and travels the world to illustrate the diversity of the phenomena and the volcanic landscapes.
Awards
- Fondation de la Vocation, 1988
- 4 World Press Photo Awards: 1995, 2002, 2004, 2011
- 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 15 books:
- Escalade Passion by Jean Kouchner and Olivier Grunewald
- Australie terre du rêve, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas
- L'Ouest américain, territoires sauvages by Michel Le Bris and Olivier Grunewald
- Images de la Création
- Lebendige Erde. by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas
- Islande, l'île rebelle, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas
- Island. Insel aus Feuer und Eis. by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas
- Namibie, le désert de la vie, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas
- Lumières de la Création
- Nature, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas
- L'ouest américain, territoire sauvage, by Olivier Grunewald and Michel Le Bris
- Canyons : Au pays des Roches rouges, by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas
- Tsingy, forêt de Pierre – Madagascar, by Olivier Grunewald and David Wolozan
- Volcans by Olivier Grunewald and Jacques-Marie Bardintzef
- Islande, l'île inachevée by Olivier Grunewald and Bernadette Gilbertas