Christian Lamontagne
Agency
Cosmos
Sainte-Félicité, QC, Canada
I am fascinated by real-life stories depicted through photography and TV documentaries.
It was during an internship at the agency Magnum that I started out in photojournalism. I later joined the agency Cosmos (Paris) and the Kahem photographers’ association. I have also worked as director of photography for Groupe PVP, Lato Sensu (France) and Woky productions (France).
I travelled around the world for three years in order to meet social entrepreneurs and share their ideas and solutions for a better world. The series Architects of Change, supported by UNESCO, went on to be distributed in many countries. Since then, sustainable development and environmental issues have become recurring themes in my work. The series Vers d’autres mondes gives us an insight into the fair trade industry and I have produced various photo essays on climate refugees: Sahel, sous la menace du désert (Sahel desert under threat) and Mauvais Karma (Bad Karma).
A specialist of the Canadian Great White North, I also contributed to the documentary series Arctic Territory and Objectif Nord.
I have worked in 40 countries across five continents. My photographs have been published in many magazines (Le Monde, l’Express, Courrier international) and my video footage is regularly broadcast on TV networks RDI, Ushuaia, France 5 and TV5 Monde.
- Environment
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Reporting
- Video capture