'En Forêt' wildlife photography exhibition opens its doors in Lyon

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Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Vincent Munier presents his latest exhibition at Lyon's Musée des Confluences, focusing on awe-inspiring wildlife near his home in the Vosges mountains.

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00:00 Getting close to nature is the mantra of photographer and filmmaker Vincent Meunier.

00:07 He has traveled to the world's most remote regions, from the North and South Poles to

00:13 Tibet, snapping shots of the wildest animals on the planet.

00:18 His new exhibition at Lyon's Musée des Confluences is a dive into the forests he grew up with

00:23 in eastern France.

00:24 I learned how to dive and I can spend days and hours there. I am totally possessed by

00:31 this encounter, by this desire to highlight the animals, in a way that we have put aside

00:38 a little bit. That's what affects me the most.

00:41 It's how much we have advanced a little bit in solitaire. It's man and man and animals

00:48 in show, in accessories, but not in the same range. There is this vertical position that

00:54 annoys me a lot. This hegemonic position of our species on others.

00:59 The wild world is being gnawed away by man to the detriment of the flora and fauna.

01:06 Vincent Meunier wants to showcase the beauty of the planet, whether it comes from the other

01:10 side of the world or close to home.

01:12 It's been a long time since I've been travelling. It's my job, but I want to show that you

01:19 can have such an intense emotion when you see a snow panther as well as a lynx, a wild

01:26 cat or even a little mongrel. There are things that seem quite ordinary, but when you pay

01:33 attention, take your time and everything is brought together, the light and everything,

01:39 and it becomes extraordinary.

01:42 The Enforez exhibition is open to the public until 2025 at the Musée des Confluences in Lyon.

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