Self-taught photographer born in Nice (France), Olivier Remualdo is passionate with Indian culture. After commercial studies in Cannes and plastic arts in the university Paris VIII, he has started travelling in Europe, America and Asia. Olivier visited India for the first time in 2004: an absolute revelation for him. Since then, he keeps on going back there.
In april 2009, he began the project Sadhus: First in Varanasi, then in Haridwar in 2010 during the largest religious...
Self-taught photographer born in Nice (France), Olivier Remualdo is passionate with Indian culture. After commercial studies in Cannes and plastic arts in the university Paris VIII, he has started travelling in Europe, America and Asia. Olivier visited India for the first time in 2004: an absolute revelation for him. Since then, he keeps on going back there.
In april 2009, he began the project Sadhus: First in Varanasi, then in Haridwar in 2010 during the largest religious gathering in the world (Maha Kumbh Mellah) and in February 2011 in the Holy city of Omkareshwar. During these three journeys over 110 Sadhus were photographed and interviewed.
In 2011, he made the traditional pilgrimage “the Yatra”, walking in the Himalaya more than 600 kilometers alone or with sadhus to the source of the Ganges.
He was awarded the "Lucien Clergue" Prize within the framework of the 12th Sept'Off in 2011 in Nice and was the "Grand Prize Winner" of the "Best Blurb Books Contest" in 2009 Travel category, 1800 participants in San Francisco. This project has been also the “visual correspondence laureate” of the “Compétences photo magazine”, finalist of the “Samsung launching people” in 2013 and selected as “Coup de Coeur” in the “Inrocks” magazine.
