Awards & Winners

Olivier Grunewald

Date of Birth 1959
Place of Birth Paris
(ÃŽle-de-France, France, Seine)
Nationality France
Profession Photographer
Olivier Grunewald is a French photographer and author, with the main focus on nature, landscapes and wildlife. Olivier Grunewald was born in Paris in 1959. He started photographing birds at the age of 14. He studied commercial advertising photography at the Goblins School of the Image, in Paris. After his studies he began working as a freelance photographer specializing in sports, mountaineering and rock climbing and continued climbing and photographing for the next 10 years with a medium format camera. Later in his career he switched to a large format camera and began to focus more on the wild nature, and a long term project on volcanoes. He travels all over the world and collaborates on projects with his wife, Bernadette Gilbertas, a geographer and journalist. He has also produced documentaries on Wild Earth for Science and Nature magazine. Since 1997, he specializes in volcanoes and travels the world to illustrate the diversity of the phenomena and the volcanic landscapes.

Awards by Olivier Grunewald

Check all the awards nominated and won by Olivier Grunewald.

2010


World Press Photo Award for Nature
Honored for : Journey to the Center of the Earth
(Single)

Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Nature Journey to the Center of the Earth
Single

2003


World Press Photo Award for Nature
Honored for : 2003 World Press Photo Award for Nature winning portfolio
(Stories)

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Nature 2003 World Press Photo Award for Nature winning portfolio
Stories

2001


World Press Photo Award for Science & Technology
Honored for : Northern lights
(Stories)

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Science & Technology Northern lights
Stories

1994


World Press Photo Award for Nature
Honored for : Leatherback turtles in French Guiana
(Stories)

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
World Press Photo Award for Nature Leatherback turtles in French Guiana
Stories