Eric Valli
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Eric Valli (born 1952 Dijon France) is a French photographer and film director.
Valli spent most of his career as a geographical photographer working for the National Geographic Magazine and The Sunday Times[citation needed] capturing more inaccessible locations in the world on camera. He specializes in mountain scenery and is an expert on the Himalaya Mountains, and in 1999 directed the adventure film Himalaya about survival in the Himalayas starring Seven Years in Tibet star Lhakpa Tsamchoe.
Valli has received 3 World Press Awards for his work Chasseurs de Miel (1988), Chasseurs des Ténèbres (1991) and Les enfants de la poussière (1991).