Alexandre de Mortemart
Photographer Film director
Alexandre de Mortemart was born in France in 1961.
Travelling around the world from Japan to India across the United States, Paris, Switzerland and now in Calcutta, photography has been his mean of expression since the age of 14.
His first professional assignment came in the mid 80’s for weekly magazines in Japan where he resided for five years. Upon returning to Paris he started collaborations with French newspapers Le Figaro, Liberation, Le Monde, magazines Elle, Vogue, l’Egoiste among others till the mid 90’s when he ventured into cinema and started directing short and documentary movies.
He now lives between Calcutta and Paris.
(Source: alexandredemortemart.com)
Films
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