Passionate self-taught photographer since childhood, Frédéric Combeau first trained his photographer's eye in the depths of Parisian quarries, where he took his first shots using an ingenious lighting system he had developed himself.
Today a photographer with the Direction des espaces verts et de l'environnement, he roams parks, gardens and urban wastelands to capture the wildlife that slips into the interstices of the capital. His approach, demanding and patient, magnifies each animal by revealing it in its natural environment.
Through a selection of carefully chosen images, this exhibition offers visitors an unexpected face-to-face encounter with Parisian wildlife, a sensitive dive into a living Paris, discreet yet intensely present.
On view at Parc de Bercy (12th arr.), opposite the Maison du jardinage et du compostage, until March 2027.
You can also find Frédéric Combeau's work on the Instagram account "Paris4Nature".