Tibet Mineral Animal
by Vincent Munier
Naturalist photographer Vincent Munier is the main character of an international bestseller that was published in France by Gallimard a few months ago, it has sold more than 500 000 copies in France and is licensed in 22 foreign languages so far. In the US to Penguin books. The snow Leopard is the account of the extraordinary adventure of Vincent in Tibet on the tracks of the snow leopard. To find it, he travelled at 16 000 feet of altitude and -31 temperatures with the book's writer and novelist: Sylvain Tesson, an adventurer too. Vincent who has been successfully self-publishing his photography books for 10 years published a spectacular book about this adventure. 20 000 copies of Tibet, Mineral Animal have been sold to date (+ a German edition). It came out in fall 2018. He is acclaimed for the quality of his research as a naturalist often lead in very hostile conditions but also for his sensitive and pictural style as a photographer. His work has been exhibited in the finest galleries. Of this adventure a long length movie will be released in spring 2021 and distributed by the Oscar winning French film distributor Haut et Court. A modern hero - impassioned with wild animals’ observation and very much engaged in nature preservation Vincent has become a very admired character in France over the last years. His photographs are regularly published in Paris Match, Geo, National Geographic, BBC Wildlife Magazine, among others. He is the only photographer who has been awarded three times with the Eric Hoskin Award of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
