Alain Compost
Portfolio June 2008
Wildlife photographer & Cameraman
Alain Compost, a French born Wildlife photographer and Cameraman has lived in Indonesia for the past 35 years. He has documented the wildlife, environment and culture of this vast country as well as other countries of Asia, Australia and Central America. Since 1975 Alain has been supplying photos for international photo agencies like Bruce Coleman, Bios and his work has appeared in magazines such as National Geographic, International Wildlife, BBC Wildlife, Science and Nature, Paris Match and Figaro Magazine. He is also an experienced 16mm and Video cameraman who has worked for Anglia Survival series, BBC and Natural History New Zealand, TF1’s USHUAIA , Canal +, Bone Pioche, Nigel Marven, Discovery, National Geographic and Animal Planet channels. He has been involved as the main photographer in a large number of coffee table and guide books. GREEN INDONESIA, published by Oxford University Press, is one of the best representations of his work
Recent projects In 2007 Alain Compost has been the Cameraman in the filming of “ Orangutan Island “ a 13 episodes series on Orangutans in Borneo. The series is now broadcasted by Animal Planet and was produced by Natural History New Zealand. The filming lasted over 10 months and was shoot on HD Video After the scientific discovery that the Borneo Clouded Leopard was a separate species from mainland Asia, Alain was commissioned by National Geographic to Photograph this rare and elusive animal. The photo was published in the Magazine of October 2007. Alain is just back from a long filming trip in Mexico, Cuba and Panama. He was the wildlife specialist cameraman for his regular client, the French famous Wildlife and Adventure series USHUAIA. He filmed Vampire Bats, Cuban endemic crocodiles, Colibris and Spider Monkeys as well as the Maya pyramids of Kalakmul in Mexico.
Education films for Indonesia
Being an Internationally recognized photographer and cameraman doesn't make Alain Compost forget about his commitment to help save the endangered Indonesian wildlife. He has created an educational film series called “ Alam Indonesia di Ambang Kepunahan “. The films are aimed at creating awareness among the populations living around the “Hot spots” of Indonesian Biodiversity. Without the people understanding and support, conservation efforts will fail so these programs can facilitate the work of the Government and the NGO’s in the field. The first episode “Orangutan” supported by Paneco, is used as an awareness tool in Sumatra and Borneo . The second episode “Babirusa” supported by the Singapore Zoo is being distributed to the “ Babirusa eating communities “ in North Sulawesi and has been broadcasted by local TV networks . The third episode “Elephant” also supported by Paneco is in post production and will be released in July. The plan is to continue the series to cover as much as possible endangered Indonesian wildlife species.
Wildlife of Indonesia : Clouded Leopard
Wildlife of Indonesia : Sumatran Rhino
Wildlife of Indonesia : Orang-Utan
Wildlife of Indonesia : Bekantan
Wildlife of Indonesia : Sumatran Elephant
Wildlife of Indonesia : Babirusa
Wildlife of Indonesia : Birds of Paradise
Wildlife of Indonesia : Maleo
Wildlife of Indonesia : Insects
Wildlife of Indonesia : Snakes
Wildlife of Indonesia : Komodo
Wildlife of Indonesia : Rafflesia
Wildlife of Indonesia : Forest
Wildlife of Indonesia : Plants
Wildlife of Indonesia : Sceneries
Wonders of Indonesia : Volcanoes
People of Indonesia : Mentawai
People of Indonesia : Papua
Culture of Indonesia : Temples