My name is Emmanuel Vivenot and I am a self-learning photoreporter born in Annecy, France on January 22nd, 1979.
I've come to this through my army experience, and by reading the books of a french war photographer : Patrick Chauvel, who gave me the will to fight for this job with his "Rapporteur de Guerre" and "Sky".
I am mainly working with military-focussed french magazines since January 2006, and I've made a few reports including elite units like mountain commandos and parajumpers. I went to Afghanistan in July 2007, which was my first trip both outside Europe, in a muslim country and in a warzone.
This was an amazing experience, and I can't wait to go back in this country. I like to work with the militaries, but I wish someday to travel the world and write books.
Fight Club, The Thin Red Line, Jarhead, Apocalypse Now, The Bourne Trilogy, Revolver, Snatch...
Alice in Chains, Devin Townsend, Strapping Young Lad, Led Zeppelin, Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Therapy?, Pearl Jam, Metallica, Deftones, Machine Head, Sepultura, Samaël, Fear Factory, Pantera, Voïvod, Carnival in Coal, Amon Tobin, DJ Shadow, Abstrakt Keal Agram, Bonobo, Zenzile, Puppetmastaz, Chemical Brothers, Project Pitchfork, Absurd Minds, Velvet Acid Christ, Ice Ages, Suicide Commando, Frontline Assembly, Kirlian Camera, Portishead, Massive Attack, A-HA, Scatman, Spicy Box...
Vincent Bitaud, Sep 27, 2007:
HELL YEAH