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Biography

 

Biography

 

Olivier Martel was born in Provence, he graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris. He served as a trainee in many architectural firms before starting a career as a photographer and prior to his military service in Brazaville, Congo. His photographic experience spans 35 years, and cover over 74 countries throughout the world.


- 1973-1976 : Photographer with GAMMA agency.
- 1978-1991 : Photographer with RAPHO agency.
- 1992-1997 : Cofounder of ICONE agency.
- 1998-2007 : Freelance. Distributed by CORBIS agency international.
- 2008-2011 : Distributed by CORBIS and AKG Images (London - Berlin - Paris)

 


COVERAGES

— France: Corbières, Alsace, the Canal du Midi, Burgundy, Provence.
— Society: Twins (France, Italy, USA), The Cour de Cassation (France's
highest court, Paris).
— Religions: Confined nuns of Marseilles, the Renaissance of the
Orthodox Church in Russia, the Russian Far North, the Cistercian Order
(Europe), the Order of Malta (France, Italy, Malta, Senegal, Bethlehem).
— Health: The nurses of the impossible, musicotherapy, malaria in the world
(Ethiopia, Colombia, Vietnam), plastic surgery in Japan.
— Africa: Madagascar, Mozambique, Ivory Coast (The fetish women), the
Berbers (Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco,Niger), Burundi.
- Child jugglers ( Ivory Coast), the Secret of the Marabouts ( Senegal ), the Sabar, the forbidden dance (Senegal) . Djenne, (Mali).

— Far East, Asia: Singapore, Japan, the Asian Dragons (Taiwan, Hong
Kong and Macao), Australia, Syria, Cambodia: "The Children of Angkor".
— Americas: Virginia, Florida, Louisiana, Utah-Arizona, Central America.