Curriculum / CV
Benoit, now 51, has practiced Photography since the age of 14. He has worked alternately as a photographer, digital technology guru, professor and journalist in many imaging related areas. In 1987, he graduated from Louis Lumiere, the National French Photography College in Paris. Then, he joined ILFORD Ltd, the world-leading manufacturer of black and white photographic paper as its European Technical Director. There, he worked helping leading photo artists on technical issues, gaining insights on their methods and approaches. As soon as 1992, he pioneered the emerging technology related to digital photography working on the first generation of photography capable inkjet printers and software. In 1995, Benoit led the creation of Renoir, a new French National Photography College located in Paris whose program was focused on digital imaging. As a writer and journalist, Benoit has published 200+ technical articles in French photography and technology related magazines. He has established a strong reputation as perfecting the usage of new technologies to enhance photographic quality and realism.
On top of his artistic activity as landscape
photographer, Benoit's main focus has been climate change with a focus
on energy and the environment. Behavioral conservation and adoption of
energy efficient new technologies are his two favorite research topics.
Benoit is teaching a set of green building and energy classes at San
Jose State University. As a returning student in the U.S,
Benoit graduated in 2008 from U.C
Berkeley with a double BA in Mass
Communication and Sociology and a minor from the famous U.C
Berkeley Energy and Resources department (ERG).
Benoit graduated in 2011 from San
Jose State University, with a MS in
environmental science. Benoit's thesis (available
here on Amazon.com) is focused on the
environmental impacts of the photo processing industry in the Bay Area,
near San Francisco, California. In April 2012, Benoit works as energy
engineer at BYK Services LLC (now
NRGwise.com) a company created with one of his former college professor
and privately funded. NRGwise is the first energy efficiency audit
company that focuses on the commercial
market of San Francisco, Bay Area.
Benoit, maintenant 51 ans, est un passionné de photographie depuis l’age de 14ans. Après un bac D au lycée privé St Paul d'Angoulême, j'ai fait l'école nationale supérieure Louis Lumière en section photo. Deuxième et troisième cycles aux Arts décoratifs de Paris en section communication visuelle. Ensuite, 5 ans au poste de Directeur technique chez ILFORD. J'écris des articles techniques photo dans plusieurs mensuels spécialisés depuis 1994 (Photographies Mag., Réponses Photo, Le Photographe...). J'ai enseigné le labo photo, la photo numérique et la prise de vue dans plusieurs écoles supérieures spécialisées(Ecole de l'image : Les Gobelins, Lycée Auguste Renoir).
Depuis 2002, je vis en Californie aux USA en
plein coeur de la fameuse Silicon Valley ou j'ai étudié la Sociologie,
la Communicationet le changement climatique à l'université de Berkeley pour
obtenir un double B.A (Bachelor of Arts) en Juin 2008. Depuis, j'ai
rejoint l'université de la Silicon Valley, SJSU, pour y faire un Master
en science de l'environnement. Depuis
2008, j’ai dédié ma vie professionelle à la lutte environementale et
particuliérement les économies d’énergie. Ma thèse de fin d’étude se
concentre sur l’impact environemental de l’industrie du développement
photo de 1996 à 2006. Le livre est disponible sur Amazon.com,
ici. Depuis Avril 2012, Benoit
travaille comme ingenieur chez NRGwise.com, une start-up qui se
concentre sur l'audit energetique des immeubles commerciaux de San
Francisco.
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