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L'Arche photographique
The project L’Arche photographique was introduced officially and for the first time in 2002 by Gilles Martin in the magazine Terre Sauvage. This great project goes beyond photography to touch on our consciences. The photographer’s ambition is to create, at the dawn of the third millennium, a “photographic planetary Noah’s ark”; to photograph, before it’s too late, endangered wildlife; and to bear witness to those rare and threatened species on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) red list of threatened species.

All animal species of L’Arche photographique were photographed by Gilles Martin in their natural habitat in their country of origin.

The traveling exhibition L'Arche photographique was presented in China in the city of Sanmenxia and in Kunming, capital of the Yunnan province

Japanese macaque
Macaca fuscata
Japan

Gilles Martin's photograph : japanese macaque, Struggle for life

Whooper swan
Cygnus cygnus
Japan

Gilles Martin's photograph : whooper swan from Japan, Struggle for life

Red-crowned crane
Grus japonensis
Japan

Gilles Martin's photograph : japanese crane from Japan, Struggle for life

Japonese macaque
Macaca fuscata
Japan

Red-crowned crane
Grus japonensis
Japan

Steller’s sea eagle
Healiaeetus pelagicus
Japan

Gilles Martin's photograph : steller's sea eagle from Japan, Struggle for life

African elephant
Loxodonta africana
Zimbabwe

Gilles Martin's photograph : african elephant from Zimbabwe, Struggle for life

White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
South Africa

Gilles Martin's photograph : white rhinoceros from South Africa, Struggle for life

Leopard
Panthera pardus
Botswana

Gilles Martin's photograph : leopard from Botswana, Struggle for life

Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
Kenya

Gilles Martin's photograph : giraffe from Kenya, Struggle for life

Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Kenya

Gilles Martin's photograph : wildebeest from Kenya, Struggle for life

Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
Tanzania

Gilles Martin's photograph : cheetah from Tanzania, Struggle for life

Gelada baboon
Theropithecus gelada
Ethiopia

Gilles Martin's photograph : gelada from Ethiopia, Struggle for life

Ethiopian wolf
Canis simensis
Ethiopia

Gilles Martin's photograph : Ethiopian wolf, Struggle for life

Gelada baboon
Theropithecus gelada
Ethiopia

Chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes
Rwanda

Gilles Martin's photograph : chimpanzee from Rwanda, Struggle for life

Plains zebra
Equus quagga
Kenya

Gilles Martin's photograph : zebras from plains of Kenya, Struggle for life

Plains zebra
Equus quagga
Kenya

Shoebill
Balanaeniceps rex
Uganda

Gilles Martin's photograph : shoebill from Ouganda, Struggle for life

Shoebill
Balanaeniceps rex
Uganda

Franklin’s gull
Larus pipixcan
Peru

Gilles Martin's photograph : Franklin's gull from Peru, Struggle for life

Aldabra giant tortoise
Geochelone gigantea
Aldabra

Gilles Martin's photograph : Aldabra giant tortoise, Struggle for life

White tern
Gygis alba
seychelles

Gilles Martin's photograph : white tern in the Seychelles, Struggle for life

Surfbird
Aphriza virgata
Peru

Gilles Martin's photograph : surfbird from Peru, Struggle for life

Marine iguana
Amblyrhynchus cristatus
Galapagos islands

Gilles Martin's photograph : Galápagos marine iguana, Struggle for life

Brown pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Peru

Gilles Martin's photograph : brown pelican from Peru, Struggle for life

Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeanglia
Labrador

Gilles Martin's photograph : humpback whale from Labrador, Struggle for life

Grizzly bear
Ursus arctos horribillis
Alaska

Gilles Martin's photograph : grizzli bear from Alaska, Struggle for life

Black bear
Ursus americanus
Canada

Gilles Martin's photograph : american black bear from Canada, Struggle for life

Polar bear
Ursus maritimus
Canada

Gilles Martin's photograph : polar bear from Canada, Struggle for life

Polar bear
Ursus maritimus
Svalbard

Gilles Martin's photograph : polar bear from Svalbard, Struggle for life

Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Svalbard

Gilles Martin's photograph : walrus from Svalbard, Struggle for life

Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Svalbard

Tufted puffin
Fratercula cirrhata
Alaska

Gilles Martin's photograph : tufted puffin from Alaska, Struggle for life

Walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Svalbard

Polar fox
Vulpes lagopus
Spitzberg

Gilles Martin's photograph : arctic fox from Spitsbergen, Struggle for life

Gentoo penguin
Pygoscelis papua
Antarctic

Gilles Martin's photograph : gentoo penguin from Antarctica, Struggle for life

King penguin
Aptenodytes patagonica
South Georgia island

Gilles Martin's photograph : king penguin from South Georgia Island, Struggle for life

Elephant seal
Mirounga leonina
Argentina

Gilles Martin's photograph : elephant seal (mirounga) from Argentina, Struggle for life

Crabeater seal
Lobodon carcinophagus
Antarctic

Gilles Martin's photograph : crabeater seal from Antarctica, Struggle for life

Komodo dragon
Varus komodoensis
Komodo island

Gilles Martin's photograph : komodo dragon (varanus komodoensis), Struggle for life

Orang-outang
Pongo pygmaeus
Borneo

Gilles Martin's photograph : orangutan from Borneo, Struggle for life

Orang-outang
Pongo pygmaeus
Borneo

Proboscis monkey
Nasalis larvatus
Borneo

Gilles Martin's photograph : proboscis monkey (nasalis larvatus) from Borneo, Struggle for life

Bengal tiger
Panthera tigris tigris
India

Gilles Martin's photograph : Bengal tiger from India, Struggle for life

Spectacled caiman
Caiman crocodilus
Venezuela

Gilles Martin's photograph : spectacled caiman (caiman crocodilus) from Venzuela, Struggle for life

Komodo dragon
Varus komodoensis
Komodo island

Chinese alligator
Alligator sinensis
China

Gilles Martin's photograph : chinese alligator, Struggle for life