Laurence VIDAL
Born on December 25, 1948
Author-Photographer, Germain School of Photography (New York City, NY)
Assistant to Leo Karr, advertising photographer
Assistant to Jonathan Blair of National Geographic Magazine
Assistant to Harry Meerson, fashion and advertising photographer
1975 Creation of a photo studio in Paris (photos for advertising, celebrity portraits: writers, company directors, famous chefs, etc.)
Equipped with film and digital material adapted to the creation of images to be used for cookbooks, recipe cards and press packs as well as packaging.
Photo documentaries/ reports
China : March 1978, August 1978, January 1979, May 1984, October 1987, May 1995, November 1995, October 1997, January 1999, May 2000, April 2002, August 2002
Russia : 1981, 1998
Israel : 1981
Japan : 1983
USA : 1979, 1981, 1986
Advertisements
Thomson, IBM, Schlumberger, Suma, Coca Cola, Schweppes, William Saurin, Spie Batignolles, Air France, Bankers Trust, Knorr, Sovac, National Federation of Ophlm and Opac, Servair, 9Telecom, Messier Bugatti, La Compagnie Générale des Eaux, Vivendi, Cidelcem, Thales, Gtie, Arena, Nestlé, SFR, Epad, Axalto
Various Appearances in Publications
Arthaud, Hachette, Larousse, Magnard, Nathan, Borads, Artulen, IMP
Exhibitions
1980 : Créteil, Courbevoie, Evry « Day to Day China »
1981 : Georges Pompidou Center, Palais des Congrès, « Seen in China »
1982 : Georges Pompidou Center « Comic Strips in China » (poster photo by L. Vidal)
1988 : Studio Babylone (Saatchi & Saatchi Group), ‘The Fifth Voyage » (China)
Schlumberger Forum of Montrouge, « China : The Air in Spring »
2000 : Schlumberger Forum of Montrouge: « The Peking Opera »
Théatre des Champs Elysées: «The Peking Opera» on the occasion of Chinese Cultural Week in Paris
Welcome Center for the Foreign Press (Maison de la Radio), « The Peking Opera »
Central Color/Les coulisses de l’Image : « The Peking Opera »
2001 : Massy Opera (91) : « The Peking Opera »
2003 : Editions du Pacifique gallery in Paris (6th) « In China 1978-2003 »
2004 : The Museum of Asian Arts in Nice « Eating in China »
2005 : Espace Assurances Conseils Groupe Rothschild in Paris (8th) « The Peking Opera »
Espace Assurances Conseils Groupe Rotschild in Paris (8th) « Expectations » Chine 1978 – 1998.
Publications
« The Peking Opera », photographic book by Editions Actes Sud, forward by Jacques Pimpaneau
« In China 1978-2003 », Photographic book by Editions du Pacifique, text by François Leperlier
Various
Since 2001, consulting on the French translation of photo guides published by National Geographic
