Alain Compost

PortfolioJune 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 thefilming of “ Orangutan Island “ a 13 episodes series onOrangutans in Borneo. The series is now broadcasted byAnimal Planet and was produced by Natural HistoryNew Zealand.The filming lasted over 10 months and was shoot on HDVideo

After the scientific discovery that the Borneo CloudedLeopard was a separate species from mainland Asia,Alain was commissioned by National Geographic toPhotograph this rare and elusive animal. The photo waspublished in the Magazine of October 2007.

Alain is just back from a long filming trip in Mexico, Cubaand Panama. He was the wildlife specialist cameramanfor his regular client, the French famous Wildlife andAdventure series USHUAIA. He filmed Vampire Bats,Cuban endemic crocodiles, Colibris and Spider Monkeysas 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