Discover the Photographers of the 2022 edition...
During the four months of the Festival, we have the honor of welcoming 10 international photographers,
Women and Men who are Freelance Reporters-Photographers or work for major media.
They each present in a space exhibition dedicated to their vision of a sport.
Discover them...
Solene Bailly
Riding
Rider and daughter of riders, she has always had a passion for horses, nature and sport.
Having become a professional photographer, she therefore logically specialized in the photo of Equestrian Competitions, moving from careers in dressage or obstacles, to the rough terrain of cross country or driving.
Official photographer of the Mondial du Lion d'Angers for many years but also of many riders, it is the regional of the Festival because it is Angevin!
Pauline BALLET / ASO
Pauline BALLET / ASO
Pauline Ballet
Cycling
Official photographer for the Tour de France and ASO, she also collaborates with many professional cycling teams (AG2R Citroën, Cofidis, etc.) or cycle brands (Specialized, etc.).
She is part of the privileged circle des Reporters-Photographers to cover major international cycling events.
It will present a selection of strong images taken both on the roads of the great passes of the Alps and on the dusty or muddy cobbled paths of Paris-Roubaix, as well as during international events around the world.
Francis BOMPARD / Focus
Francis BOMPARD / Focus
Francis BOMPARD / Focus
Lionel HAHN / Abaca Press
Lionel HAHN / Abaca Press
Lionel HAHN / Abaca Press
Francis Bompard
Ski
He has worked for 40 years on the biggest ski slopes of the international alpine circuit for the Zoom agency.
It's Mr. "Great white circus".
He likes the extreme cold and knows all the good spots so as not to miss any of the skiers' passages!!
He is also Photo Manager on all international FIS competitions but also on the Winter Olympics.
Sony Brand Ambassador
Stéphane KEMPINAIRE / KMSP
Stéphane KEMPINAIRE / KMSP
Stéphane KEMPINAIRE / KMSP
Jean-Philippe KSIAZEK / AFP
Jean-Philippe KSIAZEK / AFP
Jean-Philippe KSIAZEK / AFP
Lionel Hahn
American Sports
French photographer based in Los Angeles for 20 years, he returned to settle in France this year and collaborates with many magazines and newspapers including L'Equipe.
A specialist in major media events, he has covered the Oscars ceremonies, the Golden Globes, the Cannes Film Festival and the Olympic Games several times.
He will exhibit a selection of shots taken during the 17 Super Bowl Finals (American Football) and the many basketball games in the NBA that he was able to cover.
Pierre LAHALLE/ The Team
Pierre LAHALLE / The Team
Swimming
Eddy LEMAISTRE / 2PIX-EL
Swimming
Stephane Kempinaire
Official photographer of the French Swimming and Athletics Federation, but also of the French National and Olympic Sports Committee, it isTHEswimming specialist.
As such, he has covered multiple Olympic Games and World or European Swimming and Athletics Championships.
He has collaborated for many years with major brands of sports equipment manufacturers for which he has produced a number of advertising photos.
Loïc VENANCE / AFP
Loïc VENANCE / AFP
Loïc VENANCE / AFP
Jean-Philippe Ksiazek
Marathon of the Sands
Photographer at Agence France Presse (AFP) he is based in Lyon.
A great reporter since 1989, he has covered numerous national and especially international news stories ranging from conflicts to major sporting events.
He loves reporting on the Marathon des Sables which he has covered 6 times from Peru to Morocco.
A less traditional photographic approach to Marathon events... effort, suffering and solidarity under the sun.
Antonin VINCENT / DPPI
Pierre Lahalle
Soccer
Photographer for the newspaper l'Equipe since 2001.
He is one of the few French photographers to have covered France's two victorious Finals at the 1998 (Paris) and 2018 (Moscow) Football World Cup.
He will present many shots, sometimes unpublished or original, on this sport which he particularly likes among all the disciplines he covers daily for the newspaper, in France or abroad.
Eddy Lemaistre
Report: The Great Odyssey
Photographer for several International Press Agencies since 1997.
He will present a report on the “Great Odyssey”, the biggest European race for sled dogs which takes place every year in the Alps.
une week to share the life of these extreme cold runners at through sumptuous snowy landscapes, night stages, bivouacs at altitude...
a glance different on a fairly unknown sport in France.
Loic Venance
Sail
Photographer at Agence France Presse (AFP) based in Nantes.
Reporter-photographer of news, he became over the offshore racing events he covered, a specialist in sailing.
He will present his photos from the Vendée Globe and the Transat Jacques Vabre 2021, as well as an unprecedented series of intimate portraits of sailors.
He has just received the 2021 Mirabaud Yacht Racing Prize for one of his photos of Jérémie Beyou at the finish du Vendee Globe.
Photo which will of course be presented at the Festival
Antonin Vincent
Sports car
Photographer for the DPPI Agency, he is present every weekend around the world on Formula 1 circuits or Rally-Raid events.
He is also the official photographer for the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
His spectacular photos of Grand Prix or closer to the mechanics in the pits during endurance races are impressive