Country: France 🇫🇷
Olivier Morin has been a staff photographer for Agence France-Presse since 1990.
Born in France in 1965, Olivier has been based in Bordeaux, Lille, Paris where he photographed mainly international sports , Eastern France Photo chief based in Strasbourg , before becoming Chief Photographer for the Nordic Countries in Stockholm and spending Six years in AFP Milan, Italy.
From 2016 to 2021 he has been the Editor in Chief Photo France based in Paris.
Now back to the field since January 2022, in charge of photographing and coordinating the future of the planet, the impacts and solutions regarding the climate change, lifestyle and wildlife, with outdoor-water features.
He covered a variety of news events including including economy, social conflict, military conflict (Irak Gulf War 1991) , international politic summits, fashion weeks , and sports, including extreme outdoor activities.
He attended 11 Olympic Games since Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, both Summer and Winter, next Olympics in Paris will be the 12th. He covered football, rugby, Athletics Worlds Championships, Alpine skiing World cups and World Championships on a regular basis.
Olivier was awarded first prize in the 2000 Fuji photo contest for an archery picture from the Sydney Olympics, 2nd prize and 3rd prize in Sportfolio in 2013 and 2015, and won Italy’s sports picture of the year in 2013 for a shot of Usain Bolt under lightning bolt during the 100m final at the World Championships in Moscow, and Sports Illustrated photo of the year and New York Times Winners of the year with this photograph also , among various awards More recently Sport Photo Reportage Award with “surfing in the Arctics” .
Born in France in 1965, Olivier has been based in Bordeaux, Lille, Paris where he photographed mainly international sports , Eastern France Photo chief based in Strasbourg , before becoming Chief Photographer for the Nordic Countries in Stockholm and spending Six years in AFP Milan, Italy.
From 2016 to 2021 he has been the Editor in Chief Photo France based in Paris.
Now back to the field since January 2022, in charge of photographing and coordinating the future of the planet, the impacts and solutions regarding the climate change, lifestyle and wildlife, with outdoor-water features.
He covered a variety of news events including including economy, social conflict, military conflict (Irak Gulf War 1991) , international politic summits, fashion weeks , and sports, including extreme outdoor activities.
He attended 11 Olympic Games since Olympics in Atlanta in 1996, both Summer and Winter, next Olympics in Paris will be the 12th. He covered football, rugby, Athletics Worlds Championships, Alpine skiing World cups and World Championships on a regular basis.
Olivier was awarded first prize in the 2000 Fuji photo contest for an archery picture from the Sydney Olympics, 2nd prize and 3rd prize in Sportfolio in 2013 and 2015, and won Italy’s sports picture of the year in 2013 for a shot of Usain Bolt under lightning bolt during the 100m final at the World Championships in Moscow, and Sports Illustrated photo of the year and New York Times Winners of the year with this photograph also , among various awards More recently Sport Photo Reportage Award with “surfing in the Arctics” .