After a license in Portuguese, a certificate of cinematographic studies and a practical apprenticeship in the audio-visual laboratory directed by Jean Rouch at EPHE, he obtained his master's degree with the making of an ethnological film on the work of the latter. master bellman from Portugal. Passionate about ethnology, he will also follow the courses given at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris and the seminars organized by Robert Jaulin within the framework of the EBU of Ethnology and Anthropology of Paris VII. In 1982, he trained in Museography at the Ecomusée du Creusot, with a specialization in the ethnography of the working class world linked to the history of industrial heritage. Following this training, he will be admitted to the competition allowing registration on the list of aptitude for the functions of museum curator (direction of the museums of France, ministry of culture) Winner of the Kodak Grands reportages endowment, he begins a series of trips outside Europe, then, sent to Brazzaville for cooperation, he held the position of audio-visual manager at the French Cultural Center where he produced a multimedia documentary on Les Peintres de Poto-Poto . Then, back in Paris, alongside a professional work as a slide show director for a large company, he studied the possibilities of the photographic sequence as visual writing. From 1974 to 1978 he participated in the adventure of the documentary in Super 8 sound with a Beaulieu within the framework of a film workshop that he directed. From 1982 to 1985 he worked as a director at the Ecomusée du Roannais in Super 8 and 16 mm. with the technical support of the Cinémathèque de Saint-Etienne.D In 1985 he obtained his DEA in Byzantine Art (EPHE Paris and Lyon II) From 1990 to 2000 he taught the Aesthetics of Photography within the framework of the UFR of Letters to the Stendhal University of Grenoble Currently he divides his time between photography and documentary cinema, Drôme where he lives and India where he produces numerous reports and documentary films. Author of forty books of photographs, his images are often accompanied by texts written by his wife Anne da Costa. Many exhibitions reflect this common work. He is a member of the Gamma -Rapho, Scope and Bios agencies.
Winner of the Kodak Grands Reportages 1969 "Le chant de l'Altiplano" (Travel in the Andes cordillera and the Galapagos Islands) 1977 "Patmos, the island of seven secrets" (Dodecanese, Greece) Prix de l'Alpe 1991 for the book "Alpes du Soleil"
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS 1969 to 1971 - Comparisons shows and Grands et Jeunes d'Aujourd'hui (Paris, Grand Palais) 1971 French Cultural Center of Brazzaville 1998 - Evian Biennale 2000 Photo Alpina at Sallanches 2005 Traces of images Romans-sur- Isère 2006 Encres et Lumières Photo encounters Chabeuil 2006 Oct –Nov 2006 Free! Free? Maison de la photographie de Grenoble October 2010 Chemin des Peintres Hostun Drôme 2013 Biennale Fenêtres sur Combe Laval, acquisition of two works: The Comboscope and the Quadriscope PERSONAL EXHIBITIONS 1983 - Tiles and ornaments. (black and white photographs treated by toning processes in the tones of the photographed objects, tiles and ridge adornments made in the tile factories of the Mably - Briennon region) Ecomusée du roannais (Roanne) 1984 Exhibition of icons Château d'Alba (Ardèche) 1985 - Architectural heritage of Roanne and the Reins valley (Roanne) 1987 - Funny frame (photographs concerning textile activities in the Roanne region) Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie de la Villette - Paris 1987 - Patmos Château d'Alba (Ardèche) 1990 - Flore du Vercors (Corrençon en Vercors) Valence, SEMA gallery 1991 - Le Vercors (Autrans, Villard de Lans) Alpes du Soleil (Espace Atmosphere, Barcelonnette) Crafts in Rhône Alpes (Atelier Geppeto , Die) MJC l'Orgère (Rives 38) Library (Saint-Jean-en-Royans) Hewlett Packard (Grenoble) 1992 - Tourist Office (Allevard) Médiathèque Grand-Place (Grenoble) 1993- Living Center of Contemporary Art ( Grignan) 1994 - The Palace Ideal of the Postman Cheval (General Council of Drôme Valence) Campus on the garden side (University Campus of Grenoble) 1994 - 95 - Image harvester (Nicéphore Niépce Chalon-sur-Saône Museum) 1996 - Rochechinard Museum 1997 - Montélimar Library Library Arthaud Campus Grenoble 2000 Ladders and stairs Librairie La Bouquinerie Grenoble 2001 Notebooks Villa Gillet Lyon 2001 Inks and Lights Multimedia library of Romans 2002 "" Librairie Arthaud, Grenoble 2004 Sketches Athonites OT de St. Jean-en Royans 2005 Image picker Galerie du Fuseau Romans 2006 Journal du Kerala OT de St. Jean-en-Royans 2008 The children of Gandhi 31 photos in giant format on the gates of the Jardin de Ville in Grenoble 2008 Etikoppaka, gandhian village - reconstruction of a village in Andra- Pradesh - Budapest Galeria Centralis (within the framework of the Gandhi coloque) 2009 Portrait of Park, OT of St. Jean-en-Royans 2010 Portrait of Park - Ecomusée de Gresy sur Isère 2010 Water and the Sacred in India Mu sée de l'Eau Pont-en-Royans 2011 Windows on Combe Laval R&V Space Saint-Nazaire-en-Royans Portrait of Park, Portrait of Park Natural History Museum, Grenoble 2014 Carmelite Museum of Beauvoir-en-Royans: India , spices and coconut
