About the Author
Born in Lille in 1949, Patrick de Wilde is a photojournalist, art director of the Marie-Claire group, director of the De Wilde studio, and collection director at Editions Atlas. He has also been editor-in-chief of the magazine LExpansion Voyages and an editor of Voyages dAffaires, Tour Hebdo, and Jeune Afrique. In the past twenty years he has contributed to Grands Reportages, BBC Wildlife, and Géo.