Biography of Alexis DUCLOS
Alexis Duclos’ first photo report featured the “Solidarity” union at the Gdansk shipyard in Poland in 1980.
In 1981, he began freelancing as a photographer for Associated Press. He covered the civil war in Beirut, riots in Tunisia and various conflicts in Africa before became a permanent stringer for the agency.
Over the next four years, he filed close to 2500 reports for AP in France and abroad that included news items, features, portraits, politics, sports, society and fashion.
In 1985, he joined the staff of the prestigious press agency, Gamma. His tenure with Gamma enabled Alexis Duclos to travel extensively around the world covering a variety of topics, and he soon became one of the most versatile photographers of the agency. He has reported on such varied subjects as the famine in Africa, social unrest in Europe, economic crisis in South America, deforestation but also the Olympic games in Seoul, Barcelona and Sydney, the Cannes Film Festival and fashion.
Alexis Duclos sees himself as a “reporter of visual information”. He produced several exclusive magazine reports for Gamma that were difficult to obtain such as the mummies of Ibalois in the Philippines, child marriage in India and the conditions of the mentally ill in the Ivory Coast, a subject that won a Fuji Press Award in 2002.
In 2004, Alexis Duclos decided to quit Gamma agency in order to live a new adventure - independence. He is working on developing his own auteur style particularly in the domain of portraits. He has also produced several feature magazine subjects in 2005 such as the consequences of “Agent Orange” thirty years after the end of the Vietnamese war and “Medications of the Sea”, a scientific subject revealing the new molecules of the oceans that can be used for cures. Alexis Duclos also was the cameraman on the documentary film, “The Man Who Would be King” which was filmed in Southern Sudan and broadcasted on the CBC network. The documentary received two nominations at the Canadian Gemini Awards in 2004: Best Political/Social Documentary of the Year and Best Script.
Today, his photographic reports are distributed in over forty countries by agents who collaborate with the largest international publications. Passionate about underwater diving, Alexis is investing more time producing subjects that feature the sea and environment.
> Visit also Alexis Duclos' Marine Visions website <
References
Exhibitions at TOPS - World Photojournalism Festival, in China at Shenyang. June/july 2008
Marine Visions photo Exhibit at Sevres Cultural Centre (SEL) February 2005
July 2006, Photographer of the advertising
"Alice's Family" for Telecom Italia
Photo Exhibit at Sevres Cultural Centre (SEL) February 2005
Selected for “Day in the life of Lithuania” May 2004 (Exhibit and Book)
Solo exhibit “Photos” at Pin Up Studio in Paris 2003
“Photos of Alexis Duclos” published book
Awarded “Fuji Film Press Award” 2002
“Documentary Prize” award at Festival of Angers 2002
Winner of “Eye of Gold” in 2002
Visa for photos at Perpignan photo exhibition for “Mummies” in 2001
Photos included in “Olympic Games in Barcelona” Book
Photos included in Olympic Games in Seoul Book
Gamma Photo exhibition on Olympic Games in Seoul
Exhibition on “deforestation” at the Palais du Trocadero museum in Paris
EDG-GDF Environmental award on deforestation in 1992
Picture of the Year Award for Excellence for Famine in Sudan 1991
