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Guy Samoyault
France
LEOPARD AND ITS PREY by GUY SAMOYAULT
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Born in 1936, he made his first slides in Algeria in the year 1958. He carried on with personal shots – always in color – up to the year 1969 when he felt the need to go more deeply into what had already become a hobby and joined the CLUB COULEUR DE PARIS where he very quickly became an active member.
Since the CLUB COULEUR DE PARIS disappeared, at the end of 1984, I have been a member of MURAPHOT PARIS. I have also been a member of the board and Executive Committee of the FEDERATION PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE FRANCE in quality of responsible for Color Slide Division from 1974 to 2001. I am now a member of the PHOTO CLUB DE LIMOURS. A Founder member of IMAGE SANS FRONTIERE (I.S.F) he was on the Managiement Committee until May 2005.
Although he does not reject creative photography, which he appreciates when it is preconceived and not obtained by chance, even deceptive, he searches above all to reproduce the colored impressions and sensations of the world as he sees and loves them.
As photography is for him a means of communication he enters innumerable international exhibitions all over the world and has at present 10000 acceptances and numerous awards and distinctions. These results are to him secondary, the importance being to show his work. He is often, requested to be a member of international juries ( France, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Great Britain, Portugal and Luxembourg ) and has been the guest of honor at several international salons.
He has had several photos published in books and magazines in France and overseas. Two portfolios, one in the French magazine " CHASSEURS D'IMAGES " in October 1985 and the other one in the Belgium magazine " OBJECTIF " in December 1982.
Other frields of photography with which he is involveded include: travelogues, landscapes, far-off countries, sport photography and studio-portraiture.
He has held several personal exhibitions in France and Italy since 1984, in particular Catania in 1999.