Vincent Munier - wildlife photographer. Where the temperature is below zero, and the nearest phone for several hours or even days of travel, it feels like home. He is constantly working at a height of 4,000 to 6,000 meters above sea level, and despite the regular headaches and nausea associated with working in such conditions, always overcomes all obstacles and perseveres her - takes pictures that are sure to shake everyone. Often, he has particularly hard times, such as in the Arctic - not very friendly to the edge of photographers.
He explains his passion: "The society is now much detached from nature, and the gap is getting bigger every day. I hope that at least a little bit, but my images will help to reduce it. "
Vincent began his journey into the world of photography, when he was only 12. He grew up among the oldest mountain ranges in France, in the Vosges, where almost all of his free time gave studying natural landscapes and the art of photography with his father. There was a growing sense of deep respect for the wild inhabitants of the quiet unspoilt spaces; he learned to shoot animals and transmit what he sees in his photos.
Whom he had just not been removed - from the Japanese crane and finishing with the white wolves, he traveled to the farthest corners of the earth, to capture wild animals in their natural habitat.
Vincent has spent much of his youth, taking pictures and learning more about the woods surrounding his house, and about the wild animals that lived there. What he just did not work to save money and buy the best photographic equipment. All with one goal - to travel for the opportunity to shoot wild animals in other parts of the world.
His big idea was to go to explore the paradise for bears and wolves in Eastern Russia. And his dream came true: it was his next adventure. Vincent says: "When you walk in these woods, you know, feel that large animals live there; it's true nature. "
As a child, Vincent wanted to meet and photograph the white wolf, which lives in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. He went to Ellesmere Island (Canada) - and here he had a hard time: it was surrounded by a pack of nine wolves, but he not only survived, but also made more than 2,000 unique frames.
Vincent says that the best time to shoot in the Arctic - it is March or April, because it is still winter, but light enough.
Vincent tries to understand animals. Usually it takes, being on the same level with them, approaching very slowly. His philosophy - not to disturb the wildlife inhabitants, arriving a big team, so often he travels alone.
What an adventuresome life - and these images are enough to freeze me on a hot Alabama August day. Gorgeous.
Surreal! The pictures of the white wolf are my favorite. Wow, beautiful!