Mireille Vautier
http://www.agpix.com/mvautier
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THE FILE 300.000 35mm; some 120mm.
OVERVIEW A warm vision of people in daily life, colorful portraits. Indigenous peoples, lifestyles, religions, festivals, crafts. Art, culture, architecture, archaeological sites, museum collections of paintings, sculptures, gold and textiles. Specific details from colonial paintings, precolombian manuscripts, ceramics and sacred vases to illustrate Latin American history, religion, society and daily life before and after the Conquest. Agriculture, mining and scenics. Tourist destinations, national parks. Comprehensive work on cacti.
SPECIALTIES Latin America, including historic and contemporary subjects with a special emphasis on Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru. Broad, in-depth coverage of Aztec, Maya, Toltec, Zapotec, Inca, Chimu, Mochica, Paracas cultures. Special features on: World religions and rituals (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Taoism, Christianity, Voodoo and sects); cactus; painted walls in Los Angeles. Recent coverage of archaeology in Burma, Thailand, Cambodia, Sri-Lanka and Indonesia.
GEOGRAPHIC AREAS Latin America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile (from Arica to Santiago), Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Galápagos, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico (from Baja California to the border of Guatemala), Peru (Amazonia, Andes, Coast), Venezuela. Asia: Indonesia (Bali, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra), Burma, Cambodia (Angkor), Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri-Lanka, Thailand. United States: Alaska, California, Nevada, the Rockies.
RECENT COVERAGE Buddhist and Hindu archaeology in Southeast Asia for a book on "Travel of Indian Art to Southeast Asia."
PHOTOGRAPHIC PLANS The Khmer culture: Cambodia, Thailand and Laos: 90 percent of the work is done.
CREDITS Magazines: Airone, Animan, Geo, Grands Reportages, Newland. Books: Major educational and art publishers, guide and travel books; Jaca Book (Milan), White Star (Vercelli), Atlas, Berlitz, Dorling Kindersley, Duncan Baird, Gallimard, Insight Guides, Kummerly & Frey, Larousse, National Geographic, Nelles Verlag, New Holland, Reader's Digest, Time Life Books. Sole Photographer: Latin America (Silva, 1994), Majestueux Mexique (Atlas, 1994), Cuba, Peru (Kummerly & Frey, 1999), Tupac Amaru (Anaya, Madrid, 1988), Peru (Vilo, 2001), Tales of the Plumed Serpent (Collins & Brown, London & New York, 2000), The Incas (Jaca Book Milano, 1992, Lunwerg Barcelona, 1993), The Travel of Indian Art to SE Asia (Jaca Book/Citadelles, 2008). Principal Photographer: America (Flint Press, London New York, 1989), America in 1492 (Anaya, Madrid, 1990), Bolivia (Anaya,1988), Brazil (Insight, Singapore, 1988), Los Angeles Murals(Harenberg, Dortmund, 1984), The Mayas (Jaca Book, Milano, 1998, Lunwerg, Barcelona, 1999), Mexico (Berlitz, New York, 1999), National Treasures of the American West (Gallery Books, New York, 1987), This is Mexico (New Holland, London, Cape Town, Sydney, Auckland, 1999). Agents: Alamy.com (online agent in New York and Oxford), Focus (Hamburg), Leemage.com (online agent in Paris), Pacific Press (Tokyo).
COMMENTS Fluent in French, English and Spanish. Experience with art and travel books, textbooks and magazines. Well-captioned images. No research fees. Prices negotiated for bulk sales. Don't hesitate to call if you wish to speak to me. Assignments accepted for museum work, lighting done with multiple lamps, no flash. Moody pictures requesting special permissions for lengthy work.
NONEDITORIAL SERVICES Catalogs from museums for art pieces.
Mireille Vautier
12, rue Furtado Heine
Paris 75014 France

Phone:
011 33 1 43 14 21 61

Email:
vautier.paris@gmail.com