Valentin Denyset

Distinctions

2025

  • Publication in GEO France — a two-page spread in special issue no. 57: “Astérix, à la rencontre du monde”.
  • International Photography Awards — Honorable Mention in Silhouette for Western.
  • International Photography Awards — Nominee in People for Sulfur mine.

2024

  • Exhibition for the European Heritage Days at the Mongolian Embassy, in partnership with the city of Boulogne-Billancourt.
  • International Photography Awards — Honorable Mention, Press / Contemporary Issues, for Sulfur Miner.
  • International Photography Awards — Honorable Mention, Event / Traditions and Cultures, for Sebiba.
  • International Photography Awards — Official Selection, Event / Traditions and Cultures, for El Rocío.
  • Annual Photography Awards — Honorable Mention for Sebiba: Ancestral Union of Tassili N’Ajjer’s Tuaregs.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 19th edition — Nominee in Photojournalism for Sulfur Miner.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 19th edition — Honorable Mention in Silhouette for Western.

2023

  • Publication in Terre Sauvage, issue 411 — Tsaatans.
  • Publication in OPENEYE, issue 31.
  • Alone Beneath the Northern Lights presented for the César Awards in 2023.
  • International Color Awards, 16th edition — Honorable Mention in Portrait for Gerel, a Tsaatan woman who aerates reindeer milk.
  • International Color Awards, 16th edition — Nominee in Photojournalism for Shamanic ritual in Mongolia.
  • International Color Awards, 16th edition — Nominee in Aerial for The Tsaatan camp.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 18th edition — two Honorable Mentions in Photojournalism for Reindeer milk and Reindeer slaughter.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 18th edition — Nominee in Photojournalism for Purification of the sacred drum.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 18th edition — Nominee in Portrait for Break in transhumance.

2022

  • Annual Photography Awards — Honorable Mention, People / Culture & Lifestyle, for Tsaatan Life.
  • ND Photography Awards — Honorable Mention, Special / Photojournalism / Story, for Tsaatan Life.
  • International Color Awards, 15th edition — Winner and Honorable Mention in Silhouette for Toil.
  • International Color Awards, 15th edition — Nominee in Nature for Harsh.
  • International Color Awards, 15th edition — Nominee in Still Life for Contemplation.

2020

  • International Color Awards, 13th edition — Nominee in Nature for Lily.
  • International Color Awards, 13th edition — Nominee in Aerial for Freeze.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 14th edition — Nominee for Pure.

2019

  • International Photography Awards — Honorable Mention in Night Photography for Lily.
  • International Color Awards, 12th edition — Nominee in Nature for Engulfing.
  • International Color Awards, 12th edition — Nominee in Abstract for Explosion.
  • ND Photography Awards — Honorable Mention, Nature / Landscapes, for Pure.
  • ND Photography Awards — Honorable Mention in Night Photography for Lily.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 13th edition — Honorable Mention in Silhouette for Toil.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 13th edition — Honorable Mention in Abstract for Isolation.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 13th edition — Nominee in Architecture for Universe.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 13th edition — Nominee in Wildlife for Tenderness.
  • Black & White Spider Awards, 13th edition — Nominee in Nature for Vastness.

2018

  • International Color Awards, 11th edition — Nominee in Nature for Multiplicity.
  • International Color Awards, 11th edition — Nominee in Abstract for Isolation.
  • ShootTheFrame International — Monthly Winner, February, for Eden.
  • PCA Arizona — exhibition of Painting Emanation.
  • PCA Arizona — exhibition of Tranquility.
  • PCA Arizona — exhibition of Acceleration.
  • PCA Arizona — exhibition of Separation.
  • Competitions for Photographers — Top 30, Landscapes, for Misty.
  • Competitions for Photographers — Top 30, Cityscapes, for Toil.
  • Finalist in the International Award Wildlife and Nature Photography OASIS.
  • Indian Photo Festival — exhibition of Eden.
  • Golden Turtle International Festival — Top 100 for Misty.
  • ND Photography Awards — Honorable Mention, Nature / Landscapes, for Explosion.