ABOUT
📸 Awards
Main rewards
IPA – International Photography Awards 2025
3 Honorable Mentions
OPY – Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025
Finalist in the Adventure category
PX3 – Paris Photography Prize 2024
Silver in Nature/Water; Bronze in Press/Sport
TIFA – Tokyo International Foto Awards 2024
Gold in Editorial/Sports
Other international distinctions
Chromatic Awards 2024
2nd Prize in Sport; Honorable Mention in Fauna and Flora
ND Awards 2024 – Honorable Mention
Refocus Awards – Honorable Mention at the Black and White Competition
Regional distinctions
“Millimages of the reefs” – IRCP Tahiti
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2024 – Cultural Council Award
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2023 – Audience Award
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2022 – Cultural Council Award
Originally from mainland France, I sailed across the ocean more than 25 years ago to settle in French Polynesia. That voyage was a turning point — the beginning of a life dedicated to the sea and the islands.
For 25 years, I taught history and geography, including 9 years in the Marquesas Islands on Hiva Oa, where I had the privilege of living in close connection with a unique island culture. As both sailor and passionate diver, my bond with the ocean is intimate and vital.
Today, I dedicate myself fully to photography. Through my images, I strive to reveal the beauty and fragility of Polynesian ecosystems, as well as the human and cultural stories intertwined with them. Each photograph is a narrative, a trace, an invitation to see — and to protect.
Selected exhibitions featuring the work of Marc Lenfant.
- From May 14 to November 9, 2025 — Museum of Tahiti and the Islands
Participation in the exhibition “Te iho o te arutaimareva – Plant Presences”, presented in the museum’s temporary exhibition hall
- From March 15 to 28, 2025 — Galerie “Libre Est l’Art”, Paris
- From November 15, 2024 to January 25, 2025 — Museum of Tahiti and the Islands, Participation in the 2024 edition of the Hoho‘a , Exhibition, on the theme “Paths & Journeys.”