Alain Briot lives and works in the heart of the Southwestern Luminous Landscape. After spending 7 years in Chinle, Arizona, on the Navajo Reservation, Alain moved to Peoria, Arizona, in January 2003. This location allows him access to the Sonoran Desert and to new photographic opportunities. Monument Valley, Canyon de Chelly and the Grand Canyon are his backyard, and he explores them in depth with an artist’s eye.
Born and educated in France, Alain has made the U.S. his home since 1986. He has studied painting and drawing at the Academie des Beaux Arts in Paris, and photography at the American Center also in Paris. After moving to the U.S. Alainreceived his Bachelor and Masters degrees fromNorthern Arizona Universityin Flagstaff, Arizona, and worked on his PhD atMichigan Technological Universityin Houghton, Michigan.
Today Alain creates Fine Art photographs, teaches photography workshops and Seminars, and offers DVD tutorials. Alain authored 3 books:Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Composition, Creativity and Personal Style,andMarketing Fine Art Photography. Information on all these are available onAlain’s website.
A small portfolio of Alain’s work can be foundon this site. Alain may be contacted directly by clickinghere. You should also visit his personalweb sitefor a look at more of this master photographer’s work. There is also a featured interview with Alain inVol. 1, #1of theLuminous Landscape Video Journal.
Alain is a regular contributor theThe Luminous Landscape.
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Alain Briot creates fine art photographs, teaches workshops and offers DVD tutorials on composition, raw conversion, optimization, printing and marketing. Alain is the author of Mastering Landscape Photography, Mastering Photographic Composition and Marketing Fine Art Photography. All 3 books are available from Alain’s website as well as from most bookstores.
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Alain Briot is one of the most successful landscape photographers working in the American Southwest today. His work is widely exhibited and collected. His new
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