Laurent Baheux
For nearly 20 years, Laurent Baheux has observed the upheavals of the wild world through his lens. A vocation came to him “in reaction to the madness of men”. Born in 1970 in Poitiers, he made his debut as an autodidact in the early 1990s, during the time of film, as a photographer in the regional sports press. To find a place in the profession, he moved to Paris, where he worked for major photo agencies and media specializing in international sports news.
In 2002, tired of city life and bored of the hectic pace of the sporting events calendar, Laurent turned to Africa and the wildlife of large land mammals. In 2007, after 5 years of shooting in the savannah, he began to show his snapshots of wildlife captured on the spot, instinctively, at random from his encounters with animals. In 2009, he published his first work based on his African work: «Terre des Lions» then in 2011 «D’ivoire & d ́ébène».
In 2013, Baheux became a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Environment Program and participated in the Wild & Precious anti-poaching campaign. Since then, he has campaigned for the respect of living things and natural habitats, against captivity and animal exploitation and actively supports several organizations for the protection of animals and wildlands.
Praised for their aesthetic strength and authenticity, Laurent’s photos are the subject of books, publications, exhibitions, and conferences and are shown in galleries in France and abroad. Since 2018, Laurent has been working with Sony Alpha cameras and Sony G Master lenses, and he has accepted to be one of the brand’s ambassadors.
Since 2018, Laurent has been working with Sony Alpha cameras and Sony G Master lenses, and he has accepted to be one of the brand’s ambassadors.
BOOKS:
Photographers of Nature, 2008, collective book, Actes Sud
Terre des lions, 2009, with WWF-France, Altus
Africa portfolio #1, 2010, YellowKorner
D’ivoire et d’ébène, 2011, Altus
Africa/ Artbook, 2012, YellowKorner
Wild and precious, 2013, collective book with GoodPlanet foundation, La Martinière
Africa, classic version, 2014, YellowKorner
America portfolio #27, 2015, YellowKorner
The Family Album of Wild Africa, 2015, teNeues & YellowKorner
The Family Album of Wild Africa/ Collector edition, 2016, teNeues & YellowKorner
The Family Album of Wild Africa/ Small edition, 2017, teNeues
Ice is Black, 2017, teneues
Animalité, 2018, Atlande
Lions, 2019, teNeues
Elephant, 2021, Hemeria
FILMS:
Black & White Felines – 2021 (Bonne Pioche)Visit Website