Frederic Mouchet
| Frederic Mouchet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 58–59) Paris, France |
| 🏳️ Nationality | French |
| 💼 Occupation | Photographer |
| 📆 Years active | 1987 - present |
| Notable work | Australia of the French explorers (book) Australie Aborigène, Walkabout (book) |
| 🌐 Website | fredericmouchet.com |
Frederic Mouchet is a French photographer born in 1967.[1] in Paris, France. He is particularly interested in the relationship between man and his environment and regularly evokes the models of traditional cultures, their teachings and their evolution.
He lived in Guangzhou, China from 2005 to 2008, in Canberra, Australia from 2011 to 2015 [2] and is now living in Kyoto, Japan. He is the husband of Sandrine Mouchet, a French diplomat.
Major press publications
1987 - 2011 : Beginnings and Grand Reportages Magazine
He started photojournalism in 1987 during a trip to Senegal and Gambia among the Dyula people of Casamance.
In the years that followed, he kept learning photography and became a regular contributor to Grands Reportages in 1998. He shot stories for the magazine, mostly in Asia, America, and Africa.
From 2005 to 2008 he produced various reports about Hong Kong, Beijing during the pre- Olympic years, the emergence of tourism in China, the myth of Shangri-La, the monastic city of Labrang and the relationship of the Chinese people with religion.
| Title | Country | Magazine | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okinawa | Japan | Grands Reportages | 2010 |
| Chrétiens de Syrie | Syria | Grands Reportages | 2009 |
| Dossier Chine 2008 | China | Grands Reportages | 2008 |
| Hong Kong | China | Grands Reportages | 2007 |
| Onsen | Japan | Grands Reportages | 2005 |
| Kakku | Myanmar | Grands Reportages | 2005 |
| La route de la foi | China | Grands Reportages | 2005 |
| Champassak | Laos | Grands Reportages | 2005 |
| Cap-Vert | Cape Verde | Grands Reportages | 2004 |
| Powwows | USA | Grands Reportages | 2003 |
| Dossier Argentine | Argentina | Grands Reportages | 2003 |
| Koyasan | Japan | Grands Reportages | 2002 |
| Sur la route du Che | Cuba | Grands Reportages | 2002 |
| Quebrada d'Humahuaca | Argentina | Grands Reportages | 2002 |
| Dubrovnik | Croatia | Grands Reportages | 2002 |
| En remontant la Chindwin | Myanmar | Grands Reportages | 2002 |
| Cow-boys du Montana | USA | Grands Reportages | 2001 |
| Mexcaltitan | Mexico | Grands Reportages | 2001 |
| Banjarmasin | Indonesia | Grands Reportages | 2001 |
| Inside Passage | Alaska (USA) and Canada | Grands Reportages | 2000 |
| Le chemin sacré des peyoteros | Mexico | Grands Reportages | 2000 |
| Transsumatra | Indonesia | Grands Reportages | 1999 |
| Darjeeling | India | Grands Reportages | 1999 |
| Dossier République Dominicaine | Dominican Republic | Grands Reportages | 1998 |
2011 - Present : Work for GEO Magazine
In 2013 he became a regular contributor to GEO (magazine). Having developed an interest in indigenous peoples and their culture, he photographed the Aboriginal people of Australia, the Maori people of New Zealand, the Kanak people of New Caledonia and the Ainu people of Japan among others.
| Title | Country | Magazine | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audacieuse Osaka | Japan | GEO France | 2025 |
| Hokkaido, la fierté aïnoue | Japan | GEO France | 2021 |
| Terre d'Arnhem, dans le vivier de la culture aborigène | Australia | GEO France | 2020 |
| Lifou | New Caledonia (France) | GEO Slovakia | 2019 |
| Lifou, le miroir des songes kanak | New Caledonia (France) | GEO France | 2018 |
| Australian Villi Länsi | Australia | GEO Finland | 2018 |
| Australia, el Far West todavía existe | Australia | GEO Spain | 2018 |
| Australie, le Far West existe encore | Australia | GEO France | 2018 |
| Maorik, eljött a visszahódítás ideje | New Zealand | GEO Hugary | 2017 |
| Maoríes, la hora de la reconquista | New Zealand | GEO Spain | 2016 |
| Maorien Maa | New Zealand | GEO Finland | 2016 |
| Maoris, le temps de la reconquête | New Zealand | GEO France | 2016 |
| Dossier Australie | Australia | GEO France | 2013 |
| Koyasan | Japan | GEO Russia | 2004 |
Books
The Australia of the French Explorers
In 2015 he published a book with the Australian academic Noelene Bloomfield, L'Australie des explorateurs français (The Australia of the French Explorers) [3], retracing the passage of the six major French exploration missions on the Australian coast in the 18th and 19th centuries [4]. He created a parallel between his contemporary photographs and drawings made by naturalist artists of these expeditions in those places more than two centuries ago.
In 2016 he won the award Prix Jules Ducros-Aubert of the Société de Géographie for his photographic work on the French explorers [5]. In the same year, the Australian state of South Australia organised an exhibition of his photographs at the State Library of South Australia[6] [7]
Australie aborigène, Walkabout
In 2019 he published a new book, Australie aborigène, Walkabout (Aboriginal Australia, Walkabout) [8] portraying the age-old bond between Indigenous Australians and their land. For his research, Frederic spent several months in communities in the North of the country (Yolngu and others) with his wife (co-author of the texts) [9].
During the major wildfires in Australia in early 2020, Frederic was invited on the French TV program 28 minutes on Arte channel, the France Inter and TV5Monde program La Librairie Francophone[10], as well as the French international radio RFI to discuss the Aboriginal people's knowledge on ways to prevent devastating fires.
Bibliography
- Mouchet, Frederic; Bloomfield, Noelene (2015). L'Australie des explorateurs français (The Australia of the French Explorers) (in French and English). Somogy éditions d'arts. ISBN 978-2-7572-0994-3.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
- Mouchet, Frederic; Mouchet, Sandrine (2019). Australie Aborigène, Walkabout (in french). Glénat. ISBN 978-2-344-03232-9.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link) Search this book on
References
- ↑ https://www.idref.fr/190977949
- ↑ https://www.glenat.com/auteurs/sandrine-mouchet
- ↑ https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/7125724
- ↑ https://issuu.com/baranes/docs/l_australie_des_explorateurs_franc_
- ↑ https://www.cfdagroup.com/communication/CP_Soc_Geo_Prix_2016.pdf
- ↑ https://www.sbs.com.au/language/french/en/podcast-episode/frederic-mouchet-the-south-australia-of-the-french-explorers-photographic-exhibition/cvst3agn4
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2lr5K9F278
- ↑ https://www.glenat.com/beaux-livres-voyage-glenat-livres/australie-aborigene-9782344032329
- ↑ https://www.glenat.com/auteurs/sandrine-mouchet
- ↑ https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/la-librairie-francophone/didier-decoin-sami-tchak-patricia-vergauwen-et-francis-van-de-woestyne-frederic-et-sandrine-mouchet-4179592
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