On clear nights, he sleeps beneath the stars. Tucked into his sleeping bag, waiting for sleep to come, he tries to detect invisible presences in the dim light. Suddenly, a creature appears—a furtive silhouette in the night. His calling comes down to this: capturing the ephemeral, recounting beauty, and inspiring the desire to preserve it. [...]
Professional photographer, Thierry VEZON has dedicated himself to photography since 2004. Even though he likes to travel, his favorite places are located in the south of France. Specialized in wildlife and landscape photography, he spends very long hours on the lookout, always with respect for nature. He also specializes in aerial photography. Capturing fleeting moments, sharing the emotions fel [...]
Born in 1992 in Haute-Savoie, France, and living in Switzerland for several years, my passion for wildlife began in childhood, exploring forests and mountains with my parents. Initially drawn to animal tracks, I gradually developed a deep connection with the natural world, learning to observe, understand, and photograph it. Nature photography allows me to follow the rhythm of the seasons, requi [...]
Stéphane HETTE, photographer-illustrator and writer, explores daily a close nature. His approach is clear: to propose a poetic vision of nature where art, graphics and science coexist. Stéphane collaborates with various nature magazines, particularly the magazine Nat 'images. He has already published Les vraies fées de la nature, Le petit peuple des chemins, 4m2 de nature, and Carnets de nature [...]
Rémi FLAMENT is a photographer and surveyor specializing in underground environments. His work explores spaces where no image exists without artificial light, which he uses as a true creative medium. At the intersection of artistic practice and scientific precision, he combines photography with 3D surveying and modeling to reveal textures, measure volumes, and document otherwise inaccessible plac [...]
Philippe MOËS (B) is a self-taught nature photographer and writer, and the author of 14 books. He has won first prize in various major international photography competitions in France, the USA, Russia, Germany, Italy, Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands… This is his sixth time exhibiting at the Montier-en-Der festival. He has also recently taken up amateur filmmaking, with three films to his [...]
At the age of six, Isabelle locked eyes with a bottlenose dolphin. Since then, she has traveled the globe, seeking out new encounters with marine life in the oceans. An ethologist by training and a specialist in dolphin behavior, the sea is her life's passion. Thirteen years ago, that passion drew her husband, Victor, into the adventure of exploring a wild world that remains far too little known. [...]
A French photographer and filmmaker, Philippe RICORDEL dedicates his work to wildlife and the preservation of endangered species. A passionate globe-trotter, he travels to the most remote territories to document animal diversity in its natural environment, combining an artistic eye with rigorous technical mastery. His work revolves around a central idea: "bridging the gap between species" — eac [...]
Originally from Île de Ré in France, I have been passionate about wildlife since childhood. I took up photography at the age of seven, driven by the desire to use this art form in support of wildlife conservation. Following my studies at Condé School and IFFCAM, I have worked on a variety of photography and filmmaking pro [...]
Trained in illustration at the Émile COHL School, I am now a professional painter. Documentary studies play a significant role in my work. Sharing knowledge or simple moments of life through my art has become part of my daily routine. My watercolor technique is based on the layering of pigments, subtly disrupted by the fluidity of the water. My watercolors are precise in both line and color and a [...]
Frederic DEPALLE Passionate about botany since childhood, it is to immortalize the splendors of the plant kingdom (often ignored) that I started photography. My photographic approach aims to restore the plant to its natural biotope and I travel to many countries in search of plant rarities. Rémi DEPALLE A lover of photography for a few years and an observer of nature since childhood, [...]
I am a passionate photographer who has always divided my time between Toulouse and the Pyrenees, where my family roots lie. The Pyrenees have long been my favorite playground. Photography entered my life almost by chance. After my film camera was stolen, I bought my first DSLR as a replacement. It didn't take long for this discovery to become a true passion. I naturally gravitated toward nat [...]
Aurélien Midey is a landscape photographer based in Besançon, on the doorstep of the Jura Mountains in eastern France. Alongside his work as an operating scrub nurse, he spends his free time exploring the Jura ridges in search of mist, cloud inversions, and rolling waves of fog, capturing these fleeting moments with his camera and tripod.
At [...]
Giandra DE CASTRO is a Franco-Brazilian artist. Her exclusive muse is water, which she photographs without retouching at the edge of lakes, rivers… The photographer selects the strongest works among these ephemeral compositions, like an exhibition curator, then preserves them through photography like a museum conservator, raising her water-muse to the rank of artist. Since 2019, her work has bee [...]
My photographic approach has grown from a deep personal connection with nature, combining a naturalist perspective with a contemplative way of seeing. It is rooted in patience, careful observation, and a profound respect for the living world, its fragility, and its fleeting beauty.
All of my photographs are taken in my own garden. Over the cha [...]
Originally from the Sarthe region, since 1990 I have been exploring nature to bear witness to its richness but also its fragility. My priority is not simply to take photos, but above all to share my passion for nature. Raising awareness and, thereby, educating the widest possible audience about the protection and conservation of nature are, in my opinion, major challenges for our society today in [...]
Adrien LESAFFRE is a wildlife photographer and naturalist explorer driven by a lifelong fascination with the natural world. Photography has become his way of combining a passion for wildlife, adventure, and storytelling. Through his travels, he seeks to capture fleeting moments that reveal both the beauty and fragility of nature. For several years, his work has focused on the Ethiopian Highlands, [...]
Through a minimalist and high-contrast approach, I explore the strength, beauty, and fragility of the natural world. Textures, light, snow, mist, and wind shape my vision and become the raw materials of my work. In landscapes where nature sets its own pace, I seek to reveal the delicate balance between power and vulnerability, permanence and transformation. Originally trained in psychology, I b [...]
I discovered photography at the age of 14. It quickly became a true passion, although I put it aside for many years until my retirement. Since then, I have returned to photography, first focusing on landscapes, then close-up and macro photography, and for the past decade, wildlife photography.
Throughout my photographic journey, I have always been drawn to beautiful l [...]
Le Festival Spot-Nature est un des "petits-frères" du Festival de Montier en Der. Il se déroule depuis plus de 10 ans au Havre dans le magnifique site des Jardins suspendus, sur les hauteurs de la ville, site de 17 hectares de jardins botaniques remarquables, avec une vue imprenable sur la ville et l'Estuaire de la Seine. La convivialité et la qualité des expositions sur un site unique, sont [...]
