Bio Christian Fournier © 2020

ABOUT CHRISTIAN FOURNIER

CHRISTIAN FOURNIER is a professional freelance photographer based in Paris, France, specializing in fashion, advertising, industry, reportage, corporate and weddings for the last 20 years

CHRISTIAN FOURNIER is a true independent photographer who attended a British photo school (view all my diplomas), is very experienced, passionate and creative. Despite its diversity, prisedevue.photos is not an agency, it is CHRISTIAN FOURNIER himself (no sub-contracting) who will carry out your photo shoot and the post production with the best equipment (always two cameras at all times for safety).

CHRISTIAN FOURNIER has a complete knowledge of the graphic chain which allows him to deliver fully finished pictures, even very complicated ones. Among his clients: Nike, Etam, Ober, SFR, Comme des Garçons, Dessange, Conde Nast, Alcatel, L'Oréal, Hachette, GEFCO, Schweppes, Holiday Inn, Peugeot, etc.. See a larger list.

CHRISTIAN FOURNIER is a true professional, well organized, polite, who will set everything up to carry out his undertakings, from preparation to delivery. His equipment is always the very best. See his large list. He delivers his photos fully optimized within a day, on DVD, by post or via DropBox pro with fibre optic Internet.

CHRISTIAN FOURNIER does not hide anything: all his tariffs are clearly shown on prisedevue.photos; the sales terms are also visible. CHRISTIAN FOURNIER is properly registered as a business within the French legislations (Siret 41139772200017), he produces legal invoices (Agessa: 038756), his book keeping is checked by a government regulated boby: AARP (n° adhérent: 006185).

CHRISTIAN FOURNIER is insured for you: assurance multirisque commerciale et professionnelle à responsabilité civile chez Aviva numéro 74153215. Coverage in case of accident in your premises or his studio.

My Toyota Yaris Verso car/van is an extension of my studio and contains a lot of photo equipment (all cameras are doubled) to ensure a quality shoot on location.

CHRISTIAN FOURNIER "prisedevue.photos: for all your photographic services" 14 square de Port Royal, 75013 PARIS FRANCE Tel: + 33 (0)6 60 94 33 80

Acces map to my studio with parking info

Until 1993, there was only conventional (film) photography. This was not only more difficult but also a lot more expensive (one had to pay for film and developing). Then, from about 1993 to 2008, digital sensors improved from terrible to decent. From 2008 onwards they became extremely good. I have experienced each of these phases.

Here I’m adding photos of me over the years so that you are able to identify me in the making-ofs.

The older the photo, the younger I look!

The sensors and web capabilities from 1995 to 2005 were horrible compared to now (2019). 40 KB max by images. My uploads at this time were therefore bad. I replace them little by little. It's long. Thank you for your indulgence.

Conclusion 1: I must not be bad, so that all these people trust me.
I have loyal customers, a sign that they are satisfied with my services. Examples: Tollens, MEDEF, Dior, GMF, Unesco, L'oréal, Anaé, Agefiph, Essilor, Genzyme, Embassy Ireland, The Advertisers Club, Garmin, VW, etc. ...

Conclusion 2: Thanks to all these varied clients (industry, wedding, corporate and personal portraits, press, events, objects, medical, culinary, diving, sports, pageants, etc. ..), I see extraordinary slices of life, confidential or public, trades and fabulous countries. I do feel very privileged. Real life, live. Thank you customers.

In rough estimation, I take 5,000 photos a week. 5,000 x 52 = 260,000 a year. For 35 years = 9,100,000 photos. Well, I would like to reach 10 million anyway!

There is also a search command, not always up to date, but pretty comprehensive on all my reportages:

Due to manipulations between prisedevue.com, prisedevue.photos and famousphotographer.com, some links may be broken. Sorry. I'm working on it !

My blogs

My parents just after WWII



A tribute to my parents. I hope my career would have made them proud.
My parents were poor, their photos almost nonexistent. But this photo is of incomparable quality, even with all our modern means.

My résumé, written in the third person for Wikipedia

- Did he take beautiful photos?
- Did he have fun?
- Have his photos been useful?

The answers are here:

For the things you have not done yet, his bio can be useful for you to learn and laugh

For the things you have already done, his bio can help you reminisce or laugh

√ Birth place: Earth, Race: Human. Religion: Love, Politics: Freedom

√ Western, white, not racist,
atheist, heterosexual, feminist, pacifist, solid humour

√ Born 1953 in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France, very modest and broken family

√ Suffered from severe asthma, which runs in the family,
so not allowed to play any sports

√ Missing two front teeth by birth,
a little like John Lennon or Vanessa Paradis but not as good

√ Learned English on his own, listening to the Beatles, 1970-1975

√ Bachelor's degree in mathematics, Université d'Amiens, France, 1975

√ War against the French National Education system, 1975. He changes career

√ Voluntary ecological work for The National Trust (England), 1975

√ Photo school in England, Royal Berkshire College of Art and Design, 1978

√ Military service at disciplinary air base for parachuting, Drachenbronn, Vosges, France, 1979

√ Professional free-lance photographer, based in California, USA, for 13 years. Works as a freelance photographer for The Cruise Ship Picture Co. LTD, on cruise ships around the world (included the S/S Norway ex S/S France) and also in Monte Carlo and Universal Studios USA.

√ Reportages on horrible living conditions in Haiti in 1980, 1981, 1984 and 1987

√ Photographed and answered questions with Jimmy Carter in 1981,
at the time the most powerful man in the world.
President Carter had just created a new CIA section for the Middle East and the USSR
and was behind, among other things, Operation Argo. He had Christian Fournier added to his list of potential agents

√ Private pilot's license (PPL) in Missouri, USA, 1982

√ Photographed very pretty girls

√ Scuba dives all over the world, despite asthma,
402 dives, 61 countries, 5 continents and 5 oceans. Examples: Lake Erie, in wells and quarries, use of the industrial Kirby-Morgan dive mask, insulated dry suits in Alaska, Sharks in California, Flooded calcite caves on the Isle of Pines in New Caledonia, Polynesia, PADI Enriched Air Diver certification, Whale sharks and cenotes in Yucatan Mexico, ice diving in a lake in Tignes, France, in an aquarium in Madeira

√ Glacier climbing in Alaska 1983-1989. √ Chased by a bear in Alaska

√ Sailing licence, Florida, 1984….

√ Invented and taught "Formal Portraits" on cruise ships, 1984…

√ Dogsledge expedition beyond the artic circle, 1984

√ Photographed a real Playmate, Susan Schott, 1984

√ He dates many fantastic women

√ He photographed, in 1985, the Music Cruise aboard the S/S Rhapsody (with Isaac Stern, James Galway, Keith Jarett, Maurice André, Vladimir Ashenazy, etc.)

√ 1985: He photographed an anthelion, a rare and magnificent optical meteorological phenomenon, at the front of a boat, from the rail, near Ketchikan, Misty Fjords, Alaska.

√ In love with Dr. Nicole Bordes, 1987-1992, superconductivity researcher at Los Alamos,
the largest concentration of scientists and computers in the world

√ Photographed under the Cruise ship S/S Norway, former S/S France, US Virgin Islands, 1988

√ Photographed Henri Salvador, France most famous humorist at the time, on-board former Paquebot S/S France, le S/S Norway in 1989

√ Bought a large property in Canada, 1990 and created "The Studio in the Woods"

√ Photographed sharks, outside the cage, California, 1990

√ Takes part in and photographs Survival suits tests in Alaska in summer 1990

√ Undercover photographer for the CIA in Leningrad, USSR, summer 1991,

√ Photographed the fire on board the S/S Ocean Pearl from French Paquet cruiseline in 1992 with proves that freedom of press in France is a joke.

√ He is an assistant for Dean Collins in 1992 in San Diego on "Heavenly Porsche", helping to create a mountain range, fog and building a lake in the studio around a Porsche with large sources of illumination. Dean Collins, who unfortunately died of cancer in 2005, is one of the greatest lighting teachers and commercial photographers in history.

√ He photographs fireworks since 1992 (at the beginning, on film, very difficult): Italy, Canaries, Sicily, London Olympics, Belgium, Paris, Rodin Museum, Eiffel Tower, Versailles, Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Sully- sur-Loire, etc.

√ Reportage on the Yakel Tribe, who lives in the rain forest, deprived of all material possessions, on Tanna Island in Vanuatu in 1992-93

√ First one in the world to photograph the dugong (cousin of the manatee) in its natural habitat. √ Attacked by a dugong, 1993

√ Official photographer of the inaugural 3-month cruise of the Club Med II, giant sail boat,
one of the most beautiful palaces in the world, from Le Havre to New Caledonia, with stops in Djibouti, Australia and Japan, 1992-1993

√ Publications in Penthouse Magazine,
described as very classy by the editor, Phil Abraham, met in Los Angeles in 1993

√ He photographed Petra Lindblad, a very famous model, in a studio in Hollywood, in 1993. His photo made the covers of the magazines Photography International in 1994 and of Amateur Photographer in 1996
Petra was also photographed, among others, by the famous German photographer Peter Lindbergh for Vogue magazine. He will meet Peter Lindberg later, in his house rue de Savoie in Paris, to give him introductory lessons, in digital photography and also in 2016 during a signing session at Taschen.

√ Ruined in 6 months by a crook. He received an offer he could not refuse, to be a photographer/diver/pilot/computer wizzard aboard an underwater archeology expedition off the coast of Mozambique. Christian left the life he had built in North America to take part in what was for him a dream come true, arriving and in LaRochelle, France in October 1993, ready to set sail.
Like others recruited for the expedition, Christian invested heavily in equipment and preparations, setting up a full photography lab aboard Eurotri, as documented in the magazine Chasseur d'Images. However, this would lead to his financial ruin, for Eurotri would never leave France.  Instead, Christian and an ever-dwindling crew remained on board for 4 months awaiting approval that would never come and guarding the equipment. Like others who invested in Eurotri and the many other failed expeditions of its founder before that, Christian was left penniless, never receiving any payment or reimbursement. He could not return to Cruise Ship Photo Ltd. as the company went bankrupt.

√ Christian found himself homeless in Paris in 1993. Rumours of his death have been exaggerated

√ He becomes a professional free-lance photographer in Paris, 1994, specializing in fashion, advertising, industry, reportage, portraits, archi, deco, events, lingerie, press, beauty, sports, panoramic, celebrities, pageants, and more
Recognized as a great photographer by his clients:
L'Oréal, Unicef, Alcatel, Dior, Renault, Dessange, GMF, Ebay, Garmin, Medef, Tollens,
Etam, Nike, Sogaris, Agefiph, Cathay Pacific, Unesco, Conde Nast, Disney, etc.
His small studio at Square de Port Royal, in the middle of Paris, small, but a marvel of technology and efficiency. Perfect for portraits and still life.

√ Met Raymond Depardon in 1994 during the creation of l'Atelier Fournier-Schneck
and in October 2016 for his film "Les Habitants"

√ He created a website site with Noos (later on to become Numéricable, then SFR) around 1995

√ Photo for the Windows 95® launch. He's a Macintosh guy, but the customer is king, thank you Bill Gates, the richest man in the world. Windows 95 was a real success and, a year after its release, it became the most popular operating system ever designed.

√ He made a reportage on the sewers of Paris in 1995: He considers himself privileged to have been chosen to photograph them

√ Publication of an underwater photography book:
"Émotions sous-marines" 1996

√ In 1997 and 1998, he photographed, with 5 other photographers, the "Disney Children Summits", the children's meetings at Disney, a children's charter for society.
The Charter is a list of the main concerns of children regarding society. It was presented by nearly 700 young ambassadors from 39 countries during a moving ceremony at UNESCO. The Director-General of UNESCO, Federico Mayor, accepted the Charter, which he distributed to the United Nations and to the 185 Member States of UNESCO. With Olivier de Kersauson, Alberto Tomba, Pierre Sissmann, etc.

√ 1997: He teaches digital photography to Peter Lindbergh, in his house/studio photo rue de Savoie in Paris, via the international photo school Spéos. They both photographed Petra Lindblad in 1993 in Hollywood! He meets Peter later in 2016 during his signing session at Taschen

√ Photographed Paul Newman and Carole Bouquet, at a Charity Gala In Aid of L'Envol At Hôtel Ritz In Paris 1998

√ Photographed and assists photographer Peter Beard in 1998 with the Chaplin sisters as models and Topolino as makeup artist

√ Photographed in 1998 a hidden laboratory for making black powder in Sicily by the italian mafia. No French press agency dears to publish it!

√ Cannes Film Festival in May 1998 for Studio Magazine with Jean Reno, Hugh Grant, etc.

√ Photographed L'Abbé Pierre, beloved French priest, WWII hero, then deputy, founder of the Emmaüs charity organisation in his home, 1999

√ Created a human logo in Bercy with the Minister of finances,
DSK (Dominique Strauss Kahn), and the 100 most important personalities in the French Economy in 1999

√ Photographed Yann Arthus Bertrand in his home in 1999 and at the Salon de la Photo in 2014. He is the luckiest photographer in the world

√ He photographed Jean-Paul Gaultier during the inauguration of the Hôtel George V in Paris on March 30, 2000, December 20, 2001 at Espace Cardin and at Sidaction in 2015

√ His life is divided between personal artistic work and commissioned work. He says: "Being confined to a single subject, a single style is, of course, the key to the success of many famous photographers but is an offence to openness and creativity" His series "painting on slides" is published in The Bristish Journal of Photography and Canadian magazine Photo Sélection.

√ He created his website www.prisedevue.com in 2000, with logo and T-shirt. Constantly enriched, its site is by far the largest site (46 GB) of any freelance photographer in France. 83 domain names.
As of December 8, 2019, when one types professional photographer in Paris into Google, he appears in eighth position of "not paying"

√ He masters Photoshop, green backdrops, HTML, etc.

√ Photographs Lionel Jospin (French prime minister at the time) in July 2000, during the Concorde crash

√ Reportage at Fort Boyard (Fort Boyard is a French game, set and filmed on the real fortress of the same name in France) in June 2001

√ He photographs the first Western fashion show in Russia, in Moscow from April 16 to 20, 2001, with fashion designers Alexandre Barthet, Erik Schaix, etc. Problems with the Russian mafia.

√ Photographs Stéphane Berne (well known French journalist, radio host and television presenter) on June 27, 2001 at the Château de Versailles

√ Seen his photos on the covers of magazines in France's news stands

√ Photographs Jacques Chirac (Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as the Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995, President of France from 1995 to 2007)
from 2001 to 2007 and his funerals in 2019

√ Photographs Marion Cotillard aged 26 for "Les Sapins des Créateurs" at l'Espace Cardin on 20th December 2001. She is a French actress, starred as the French singer Édith Piaf in "La Vie en Rose". She won the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, the César Award, and the Golden Globe Award for best actress

√ Photographs Laetitia Casta
at the Swarovski Party at the "Club de l'Etoile" on January 20, 2001 and on March 6, 2015 at the reception of the Dior fashion show at the Louvre. She is Victoria's Secret Angel model from 1998 to 2000 and as a spokesperson for cosmetics company L'Oréal. She has appeared on over 100 covers of popular magazines as Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Rolling Stone, Elle and Glamour, and has models for designers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger, J. Crew, Louis Vuitton, Givenchy, Roberto Cavalli, Lolita Lempicka, and Vivienne Westwood

√ In 2003 and 2005, he photographed the EuroMoney conferences at the Grand Hôtel Scribe with finance ministers Francis Mer and Thierry Breton and Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, etc.

√ He photographs Pierre Cardin at Maxim's on March 02, 2006 and in October 2004, for his fashion show "France-China happiness days"

√ He photographs the entire PSG team at the Parc des Princes privatized for the photo, in September 2005. Panoramic system in very high definition, poster for the Champs Élysées boutique.

√ Buy an apartment in Paris. Loan repaid in 2018

√ A summary of his photos of historical reenactments of the Second World War WWII.
Tribute to his father: His father: Military service for 2 years, maintained under the flags as the threats of war were strong, then 8 months of war, 4 and a half years of captivity in Germany. No medals, No thanks. He returned to France in 1945 very weak. He was anti-militarist and atheist. He died of cancer in 1985.
When he had to fill out his retirement form, around 1980, the French administration reproached him for having no proof for the years 1940-1945, he wrote in large in the middle of the page: "ask Hitler!"
Auschwitz, Boulevard du Général Leclerc in Paris, Château du Taillis, Poissy, D-Day in Normandy, Scotland, La Ferté-Alais, Serris, Sully-sur-Loire, Leicestershire in England, Giverny, Cernay, Musée Aéronautique and Spatial Safran, Compiègne-Margny, etc. Thank you to all the participants.

√ Bought a 550,000 € apartment in Paris, end of mortgage in 2018
over 200,000 € of photo and computer equipment + a Toyota car Yaris Verso

√ Photographs Nicolas Canteloup (France famous humorist) at Kensington in 2005 and at l'Olympia with his step brother René Ghérardi in April 2011

√ He photographs Prisca Lafleur, one of the Aubade (The French equivalent to Victoria's Secret) girls for lessons n ° 50, 52 and 53, on the shooting of the film CarAcademy in July 2005. Then in May 2006, during a shoot with Jean-Pierre Danel, the son of musician Pascal Danel (the snows of Kilimanjaro) with Sabine Crossen.

√ Met over 300 celebrities, 5 heads of states,
25 ministers, 7 Miss France, 1 Miss Universe, 7 famous photographers, 11 famous scientists

√ He makes educational photos
√ He photographs behind the scenes
√ He photographs conventions
√ He takes sports photos
√ He rents large studios
√ He photographs make up, hair, beauty and lingerie
√ He photographs architecture and decoration
√ He photographs film stages
√ He photographs historical reenactments
√ He photographs shows
√ He photographs tourists in Paris
√ He photographs weddings
√ He photographs animals
√ He photographs still life
√ He photographs industry
√ He makes brochures of 4 star hotels

√ Photographs Pierre Cardin in 2006 at Maxim's, Paris

√ Fully independent journalist, without press card,
committed to the promotion of science, ecology, justice and non-violence.
Met the Russian and Sicilian mafia, the CIA and the French DST, etc.

√ Seen your photo on 4x3 meters posters throughout France

√ He travels constantly: Germany, England, Antigua, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Bonaire, Borneo, Brazil, Canada, Canaris, Cayman, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, Dubai, Scotland, Egypt, Spain, France, Greece, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, US and British Virgin Islands, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Madeira, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Nias, Norway, New Caledonia, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Russia, San Blas, Sardinia, South Africa, St Eustache, St Lucie, St Martin, St Domingue, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad, Turkey, USA, Vanuatu.

√ Met Frédérique Gorsky, an extraordinary girl, during a scuba diving expedition
in Madagascar for the magazine "Plongeur International" in 2001,
Pacs (legal French fake wedding: almost, but not quite, entirely unlike marriage) in 2013

√ Photographed Liliane Bettencourt from 2003 to 2009. Thanks Liliane, the richest woman in the world

√ From August 10 to 12, 2006: he photographs a tourist report on Paris for Condè Nast. Condé Nast is an American publishing group belonging to Advance Magazine Publishers, and holding major titles in the American or world press such as The New Yorker, Vogue, Vanity Fair, GQ, etc.
Thanks to the management of Hôtel Le Meurice, to Claudia Schall, to Gillian Garfinkel, the management of Hôtel Plaza Athénée, to Laeticia Emile Zola-Place, to the management of the Eiffel Tower, to Lawrence Robin, the management of at Colette, Linlee Allen, the management of the Quai Branly Museum, Frédéric Piller, producer Fred Rendina, video director Francisco Aliwalas, Guillaume de Ginestel for Paris logistics, and coordinator Jillian Horgan from Manhattan.

√ Reportages on living conditions in India 2005-2007

√ He photographs a surgical operation, in a sterilized room, at La Polyclinique Mantaise, near Paris, in June 2006.

√ Photographs Claude Lelouch on 11 April 2007 in Paris. He is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. His famous movie A Man and a Woman won the Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, as well as two Oscars including Best Foreign Language Film

√ He photographs on July 7, 2007 (07/07/07), with another photographer Pat Denton, the wedding of Valérie Martin and Mansoor Ljaz in Monte Carlo (Hôtel Colombus, Yacht Jackie "O" and Villa Key Largo Cap d'Ail). Mansoor Ljaz has ties to former CIA director James Woolsey. During Clinton's first term, Ijaz opened informal links between Washington and Khartoum in order to gain access to Sudanese intelligence data on Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, and contributed to the death of Osama bin Laden.

√ On September 18, 19 and 20, 2007, and in June 2009, he photographed the École Centrale de Paris in CHÂTENAY-MALABRY. École Centrale Paris is a large French engineering school founded in 1829. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious in France. His pupils and former pupils are called "Centraliens" His hero Boris Vian was one of the prestigious graduates

√ June-July 2008: he sets up a fashion studio at the Buttes Chaumont and plays his role as a photographer on the set of an episode of the famous French series "Femmes de Loi" with Noémie Elbaz.

√ Referee in a model vs agency conflict. TF1 "Sans Aucun Doute" in his studio.
Weekly then annual “zapping” of Canal+ 2008

√ Photographer for Redken and Maybelline of the "Amsterdam International Fashion Weeks", AIFW, the fashion weeks in Amsterdam, two weeks a year from 2008 to 2010. Backstage, studio, shows.
Even though cities like Paris and Milan are more famous when it comes to fashion, Holland is now also playing a significant role in the world of fashion design. Amsterdam International Fashion Week takes place twice a year in Amsterdam and confirms Holland's place in the world of fashion.

√ Photographs Lenny Kravitz in Concert at Bercy in May 2009 for English people agency Wenn

√ He photographs Reza twice: during Fajer Alrajaan's graduation on May 25, 2009 at the American University in Paris at Théatre du Châtelet and during the presentation of the Lucas Dolega Prize on January 17, 2014 at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris with Nikon, Reporter Sans Frontière, etc, as sponsors. Reza is an internationally renowned photojournalist, notably with National Geographic for the portrait of Sharbat Gula, the 'Afghan Girl'.

√ Photographs Eric-Colmet-Daage, chief editor of The French magazine PHOTO in 2010

√ Photographs Karl Lagerfeld, the greatest Chanel stylist (he says so himself) in November 2010

√ He photographs naturist massage centers in 2010 and 2011

√ Met a whale shark, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, 2011

√ Photographs Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon renewing their wedding vows at Plaza Athénée, Paris, France on 27 April 2012

√ His incredible panoramic shots immortalize the London 2012 Olympic Games

√ Since 2013, he photographs the International Air and Space shows and the Eurosatory weapons shows at Le Bourget and Villepinte

√ Photographs Usain Bold, the fastest man in the world in 2013, during the Samsung advertising campaign 4 to 6 July 2013 at Circuit Ducatti in Le Mans and at Stade de France

√ Photographed Emmanuel Macron, for Renault, 2014

√ Photographed the Republican March "Charlie", January 11, 2015, about 1.8 million people,
the largest gathering in the history of France, panoramic 130 MB, January 11, 2015

√ Photographs Francis Ford Coppola on 28 January 2015 at Festival Toute La Mémoire Du Monde in Paris. Francis Ford Coppola is the director of the Godfather Trilogy and Apocalypse Now, etc. He is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time

√ He photographs Cédric Klapisch in 2015 at the Festival TOUTE LA MÉMOIRE DU MONDE at La Cinémathèque Française. Cédric Klapisch's trilogy is a series of French films, directed by Cédric Klapisch, and composed of L'Auberge Espagnol (2002), Les Poupées russes (2005) and Casse-tête chinois (2013). The best French romantic comedy trilogy ever made according to AlloCiné.

√ Photographs Charlize Theron at avant-première for the film Dark Places on 31 March 2015. She is one of the world's highest-paid actresses, as of 2019

√ Photographed the blood moon, with "Association Française d'Astronomie"
Photo exhibited at NASA. Thanks to Shannon Templeton, met in 1989

√ Photography is his language, with his humour, his philosophical statements and his pedagogy

√ August 2016: went to Douglas Adams's grave in Highgate cemetery, near London, to pay his respects. So long Douglas, and thanks for all the books. Just like Zaphod Beeblebrox, I think the third arm suits him.

√ He photographs Christopher Lloyd, alias doctor Emmett Brown, from "Back to the future" in 2016 at the Paris Manga Sci-Fi-Show. Christopher has won three Emmy Awards. The best sci-fi and comedy trilogy of all time according to TimeOut. In 2020, the famous "almanac" is no longer useful.

√ 2017: Photographed Sebastião Salgado, for Christian Fournier, the best photographer in the world

√ Photographed for L'oréal: many still life products in 2001,
the heads of departments for the Division of Produits de Luxe in 2001, the ad for the launch of Infinium in 2003,
2004 in Bari Italy, Cannes in France in 2005, in Croatia in 2006, in 2007 in Greece,
in 2008 in Sardinia, in 2010 in Canary Islands, in 2011 in Greece again, in 2012 in Sapin,
in 2013 in Malta, in 2014 in Dubai, in 2015 in Cannes again, in 2016 in Lisbon,
in 2017 in a studio in Paris, International Style & Color Trophy in 2019 in Paris

√ Photograph Iris Mittenaere, Miss Universe 2017, the most beautiful woman in the world in 2017

√ March 2018 : Shoot UNICEF, Dan Carter in a large studio in Paris. Dan Carter has been named on 24 déc. 2019 the World Rugby's player of the decade

√ In July 2017, he photographed a rescue operation by the Paris river brigade on the Seine

√ Photographed the most beautiful classical music concerts in Europe:
- March 2016: The Royal Albert Hall of London, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Mahler's Symphony No.2
- June 2016: Palau de la Música, The Palace of Music in Barcelona
- January 2017: Hector Berlioz's concert Te Deum at The Philharmonie de Paris
- April 2018: Concert at the Victoria Hall of Geneva, Saint-Saëns, Mendelssohn and Dvořák

√ 2018: Photographed Ennio Morricone, for Christian Fournier, the best composer in the world, at Cinémathèque de Bercy

√ 2018 in Switzerland, near the summit of the Schilthorn, at 2,970m above sea level, between sun and clouds, he photographs a white rainbow, a rare and magnificent phenomenon.

√ Chosen by Lockheed Martin Weapon Systems security as their official and unique photographer for the signature of Israel’s Advanced Defence Systems
and Lockheed Martin Weapon Systems for missile guidance systems,
at Eurosatory, International Weapon Show in Paris France, 14th June 2018.
Millions of dollars and the face of wars at stake

√ In 2018 and 2019 he is the official photographer of Le Dîner en Blanc: Each year since 1988, thousands of people from around the world (16,000 in 2019) meet for a big white dinner in Paris, in a place fixed at the last moment and without the authorization of the authorities.

√ He knows how to capture people's personalities for memorable portraits

√ Name engraved on a chip deposited on Mars, 26th November 2018 by Insight.
Thanks to Shannon Templeton, met in 1989.
She works for NASA on the TESS program, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, which searches for exoplanets.

√ He photographs a 3-year 2018-2020 site follow-up: Renovation of a group of 400 apartments in the Square de Port Royal in Paris.

√ THE GREAT CONTAINMENT March April May 2020 = 55 creative, funny and technically perfect photos.
After the first few days and rather than sinking into a kind of lethargy, we (Christian Fournier and Frédérique Gorsky) decided to take one photo a day in our small apartment with the means available, which turned out to be very varied and full of surprise.
We decided to tell a story in each photo and have fun and so that there is something left from this strange period.

√ 1,206 "Friends" on Facebook as of June 30th, 2020. One of my photos got 1265 "likes". 677 Instagram followers.

√ In 40 years: over 9 millions photos
130 Fashion sessions, 487 Conventions, 56 Editorials, 380 Celebrities, 104 Weddings,
400 Species of animals including 7 species of squirrels, 200 Still life, 366 Architecture,
250 Press events, 252 Industry, 216 Ads, 35 Historical reenactments,
202 Humour shots, 112 Personal artistic endeavours, 502 Scuba dives, etc.

√ 2019 examples:
- Anno 1900 in Luxembourg,
- Victory Day in England,
- Mondial "Air Ballons Chambley",
- Le Diner En Blanc Paris,
- 130 years Tour Eiffel (zip line and lasers),
- Salon International de l'Aviation et l'Espace,
with Matthew McConaughey and Emmanuel Macron,
- Violent demonstrations 01 May in Paris,
- Fire at Notre Dame de Paris,
- L'Oréal La French Art of Hair Colouring,
- The "yellow jackets" in Paris, etc.

√ Committed to the promotion of science, ecology, justice and non-violence.
77 reportages so far:

- 1991: Jakarta: "Smiles in the dirt" for Photo Asia,
- 2002-2003-2004: Adriana Karembeu for the French Red Cross,
- 2005-2008-2009-2013-2014-2015: UNESCO for Women and Science,
- February 2007: Citizens of the Earth: The Paris Conference on Global Ecological Governance with Nicolas Hulot,
- May 22, 2010: Nature Capital: greenery at the Champs Elysées,
- May 22, 2014: Activist painter Louis-Pierre Promeheur protests against the visit to France of Chinese President Xi Jinping,
- January 29, 2015: Sidaction, HIV/AIDS Association at the Pavillon D'Armenonville
with Pierre Bergé, Julie Hantson, Pascal Obispo, Line Renaud, Pauline Lefevre,
Virginie Efira, Catherine Deneuve Augustin Trapenard and Alison Wheeler, etc.,
- July-August 2016: Official photographer of a day of holidays in Versailles for 2,500 children without holidays in the presence of the Minister of Culture Audrey Azoulay and the artist Olafur Eliasson,
- September 24, 2016: Walk against extinction, with Adriana Karembeu,
- October 11, 2017: The 11th edition of Pasteurdon with Alexandra Lamy and Claude Lelouch,
- April 18, 2017: March for Sciences in Paris,
- March 15, 2018: UNICEF Shoot, Dan Carter in a large studio. Dan Carter has been named on 24 déc. 2019 the World Rugby's player of the decade,
- February 25, 2018: Illegal looting of fish in Lake Meudon,
- September 8th, 2018: Walk for the climate at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris,
- October 2018: Reportage, a day of advertising: the stifling and growing invasion of advertising absolutely everywhere,
- November 2018: Reportage, The Paris region is the world champion of geothermal, yes, that's good!
- Gay Pride in Paris 29th June 2019,
- July 14, 2019: 25 years of commitment to the access to culture for all. More than 2,800 people benefit from associations supported by the ENGIE Foundation and the Opéra National de Paris,
- On July 20, 2019, the anniversary of the first steps of the man on the Moon, the evening Mooon at Grand Palais proposes to the public a program mixing conversations with Claudie Haigneré and Thomas Pesquet,
- September 21, 2019: March for the climate, black blocks and yellow vests… a mobilization Saturday in Paris,
- Walk against sexual violence on November 23rd, 2019. Stop seeing women fall under the blows of men: 49,000 people march in Paris against violence towards women.

You can see the images all this list on page 99 of his biography: www.prisedevue.photos

This biography is a literary and journalistic work: Photography, the Universe and Everything!

Quiz: Find THE job I did not do:

Handler, salesman in a bookstore, private math tutor, math teacher in college, salesman of electronic components, manager of a hi-fi chain store, cinema projectionist, volunteer in a large ecological organization, charitable volunteer in building work, pea sorter, raspberry pickers, baby sitter, hop pickers, extra for TV series, salesman in a camera store, photographer at Club Med, paratrooper for the French government, photographer for Universal Studios, assistant photo of Dean Collins, teacher digital photo of Peter Lindberg, film producer, volunteer tester of survival suits in cold water, photo teacher in international school, spy for the CIA, press photographer, photo teacher at FNAC, I am the subject of a national TV show, business manager, I am rewarded by NASA.

I did a lot of odd jobs after my studies of Maths, to earn my living because I was poor, certainly, but mainly to live very varied slices of life.

The answers are in my bio: https://prisedevue.photos/english/chapitres/info_pratique/bio/index.htm

I worked a lot of odd jobs after my Math studies, to earn my living because I was poor, of course, but especially to live very varied slices of life.

Manutentionnaire (2), vendeur dans une librairie (6), répétiteur de math privé (1), prof de math en collège (12), vendeur de composants électroniques (9), gérant d'un magasin de chaînes haute fidélité (13), projectionniste de cinéma (14), volontaire dans un grand organisme écologique (4), volontaire caritatif en travaux de bâtiments (10), trieur de petits pois (3), cueilleurs de framboises (5), baby sitter, cueilleur de houblon (7), figurant pour séries TV (23), vendeur dans un magasin d'appareil photo (11), filmeur au Club Med (17), parachutiste pour le gouvernement français (15), filmeur pour Universal Studios (19), ouvrier agricole (8), filmeur chez Butlin's (12), assistant photo de Dean Collins (18), prof photo numérique de Peter Lindberg (24), producteur cinéma (25), testeur bénévole de combinaisons de survie en eau froide (20), prof de photo en école internationale (21), espion pour la CIA (26), photographe de presse (22), prof de photo à la FNAC, (27), Je suis le sujet d'une émission de TV nationale (28), chef d'entreprise (29), récompensé par la NASA (16).

1 - Page 4 : Je donne des cours privés de Maths et je photographie des mariages de 1970 à 1975 pour gagner de quoi m'acheter mon premier vrai appareil photo : Zeiss-Ikon, Contaflex, reflex 24x36cm.

2 - Page 4 : Travail comme manutentionnaire chez ADV du 21juin1973 au 5 juillet 1973 et aussi comme manutentionnaire chez CEGF du 6 au 16 avril 1976 et aussi comme manutentionnaire chez Manpower en Angleterre en mai 1976.

3 - Page 7 : Trieur de petits pois à l'usine Smedley of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire en 1975.

4 - Page 7 : volontaire pour le grand organisme écologique National Trust à Pumpsaint, à Selbourne Hill et Croft Castle en 1974 et 1975.

5 - Page 7 : Cueillette de framboises à Letham Grange, Angus, Scotland en été 1975.

6 - Page 7 : Vendeur de livres scientifiques chez Foyles, 119 charing Cross Road London WC1 en janvier 1976.

7 - Page 8 : Cueilleur de houblon à Stuart Tipping's farm, Staplehurst, Kent, England, septembre 1975.

8 - Page 8 : Ouvrier agricole pour "Friday Bridge Agricultural Camp" à Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire en 1975, 1976 et 1977.

9 - Page 8 : Vendeur de composants électroniques chez Proops Bros. Ltd, 52 Tottenham court road, London WC2 du 19 janvier au 26 mars 1976.

10 - Page 8 : Je suis volontaire pour aider les victimes du tremblement de terre à Monteaperta di Fruli, près de Udine en Italie de 13 au 23 août 1976.

11 - Page 10 : Vendeur dans un magasin d'appareils photo : Reids Photographic and HiFi, 8 yield Hall Lane, Reading, Berks du 10 mai au 24 juillet 1976.

12 - Page 9 : Prof auxiliaire de Mathématiques au Lycée de Garons d'Arras Pas de Calais, Lycée Robespierre en sept 1976.

12 - Page 9 : Filmeur chez Butlin's Holiday Centre in Bognor Regis, décembre 1976.

13 - Page 10 : Herbert's HiFi, 177 Whitley Wood lane, Reading, Berks, assistant à Reading 130 Butts Centre, de début octobre 1976 à mi-juillet 1977, puis gérant début janvier 1978 à mi-juin 1978 à Newbury.

14 - Page 12 : Projectionniste de cinéma pour l'Armée Française en 1979.

15 - Page 13 : Parachutisme pour l'Armée Française en 1979.

16 - Page 9 : Mon nom est gravé sur une puce électronique déposée sur Mars par Insight qui a atterri à la surface de la planète le 26 novembre 2018 ! Merci à Shannon Templeton pour cela.

17 - Page 14 : Filmeur pour le Cub Med à Corfu en Août 1976. Aussi en 1992, Je suis le photographe officiel de la croisière inaugurale qui part du Havre (là où il a été construit) jusqu'en Nouvelle-Calédonie (avec escales à Djibouti, en Australie et au Japon pour faire de la pub). 3 mois. Je ne suis jamais autant ennuyé de ma vie !

18 - Page 18 : Je suis l'un des assistants de Dean Collins en 1992 à San Diego sur "Heavenly Porsche", aidant à créer une chaîne de montagnes, du brouillard et à construire un lac en studio autour d'une Porsche avec de grandes sources d'éclairage. Dean Collins, malheureusement décédé d'un cancer en 2005, est l'un des plus grands professeurs d'éclairage et photographes commerciaux de l'histoire.

19 : Page 19 : Je travaille aussi de temps en temps entre 1985 et 1990, pour Cruiship Pictures Co, à Universal Studios, près de chez moi, à Los Angeles.

20 : Page 32 : Je teste des combinaisons de survie en Alaska en été 1990.

21 : Page 43 : De décembre 1996 à décembre 1997, j'enseigne à temps partiel, à l'école de photo internationale Spéos de Paris.

22 : Page 87 (vers la fin) : Je suis photographe de presse pour l'agence MaxPPP. Elle assure une couverture mondiale, nationale et régionale de l'actualité. • Un réseau de plus de 800 photographes. • 100 agences partenaires en France et dans le monde. • 4500 nouvelles photos disponibles chaque jour. • 8 millions d'images accessibles sur la base. • 1000 clients presse, numérique, TV, édition, communication, corporate.
J'ai commencé à travailler pour l'agence de presse MaxPPP (connue des photographes de presse comme "Maximum de Pognon Pour les Patrons") le 13 janvier 2015. J'ai mené à bien 35 sujets (missions) avec succès en 6 mois.
J'ai envoyé mes photos par FTP à chaque fois le jour même. Je n'ai reçu aucun feedback. Bon, ils sont donc contents. Trois ans après (oui, c'est très très long !), j'ai gagné en tout 976 € pour 35 "missions". Cela fait 27,88 € par "mission".
Chaque "mission" prend environ 5 heures : préparations, transports en heures de pointe (mes 26 x 2 tickets de métro m'ont coûté 1,41 € x 52 = 73,32 € ), attentes, coups et blessures, humiliations, frustrations, usures matos, posts prod avec légendes tard le soir et le week-end, l'électricité, le loyer, etc... Pas de Prix Pulitzer ! 175 heures en tout. Cela fait 5,57 € de l'heure !
Conclusion : après 130 heures de travail, je perds de l'argent ! Sans compter la barrette flash Custom Brackets CB-Mini RC de fixation spéciale photocalls à 50€ et la grosse batterie Quantum à 450 €.

23 : Pages 84 : figurant pour séries TV :
- Femmes de loi. 2008. J'installe un studio de mode aux Buttes Chaumont et joue mon métier de photographe pour le tournage de Alizés Film, TF1, Femmes de loi, saison 2, épisode 34 : Une femme parfaite. Séries TV, Genre : Policier, Date de sortie : mai 2008, Durée : 1h. Réalisateur : Hervé Renoh Avec : Natacha Amal (Elisabeth Brochène), Noémie Elbaz (Emilie Jeanson), Esteban Carvajal Alegria (Aymeric Delarive), Sabine Crossen (Fantomas). Merci à Louise pour les photos de moi.
- Je suis figurant pour la série américaine Emily in Paris en Nov 2019. Images non diffusables avant la sortie de la série, retardée par la COVD-19. Production : NW 2020. "Brief costumes - PHOTOGRAPHERS & CAMERAMEN : La séquence que nous tournons met en scène une foule aux abords d'un défilé de la fashion week. Messieurs, merci de prévoir un costume noir/chemise blanche/cravate/chaussettes et chaussures de ville noires. Mesdames, merci de prévoir un tailleur noir/haut blanc/chaussures à talons ou derbies. Pensez à prévoir des sous-vêtements chauds car votre tenue ne doit pas être hivernale. Attention, merci de venir déjà habillés dans la tenue adéquate car vous ne passerez pas à l’habillage. Merci de bien prendre tout votre matériel photo (appareil, objectifs, sacoches ...), ainsi que votre flash cobra. La production de "Emily in Paris", emmenée par sa star Lily Collins, s'est installée cet été dans les rues de la capitale. Un cadre idyllique pour ce show signé Darren Star, qui devrait jouer sur les chocs culturels sans oublier quelques clichés.

24 : Page 87 : Je photographie Petra Lindblad, célèbre mannequin top modèle internationale, en studio à Hollywood, en 1993 pour le magazine Photography International qui paraît en couverture en 1994 et aussi sur celle de Amateur Photographer en 1996. Petra a été aussi photographiée, entre autres, par le célèbre photographe allemand Peter Lindbergh pour le magazine Vogue. Je rencontrerai Peter Lindberg en 1997, dans sa maison rue de Savoie à Paris, pour lui donner des cours d'introduction au numérique via Spéos International photography school, et aussi en 2016 lors d'une séance de dédicaces chez Taschen.

25 : Page 84 : A la demande d'un directeur de programmes de TF1, je produis un film court "Beautiful Intimacy".
Producteur, conception, réalisation, financement, prise de vue photo : Christian Fournier
Directeur des Programmes TFI : Laurent Guillemain 06 16 78 27 79 / 01 40 27 08 28w. Agence location lieux : Répertoire 06 82 55 72 09 / 01 58 59 17 63 /0142 29 45 76. Côme Bardon, agent de Véra : 06 60 24 08 63. Agence mannequin (Vanessa la bookeuse de Vera 04 90 14 38 09). Modèle : Véra Popok. Styliste : Gaëlle Hiver : 06 20 53 54 06. Marianne Bobet /Collins : 06 75 13 46 03 maquilleuses. Alexandra Bredin : 06 61 83 61 98 coiffeuse. Cameraman Roch : 06 03 49 13 32. Assistante Isabelle Nèry : 06 61 45 60 08.

26 : Page 31 à mi-chemin, Petrodvorets, Peterhof, Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie, en images quizz qui permettent de comprendre.

27 : Page 43 vers le milieu : J'enseigne à la FNAC et dans d'autres écoles photo privées, de temps en temps.

28 : Page 99 au début : TF1 "Sans Aucun Doute" dans mon studio. J'arbitre un conflit mannequin/agence. Repris au zapping hebdomadaire, puis annuel de Canal + en 2008.

29 : Page 45. Chef d'entreprise : Présentation de mon activité de photographe professionnel "prisedevue.com".



baby sitter : never