Philippe Henry was born in France. He worked as a photographer in the French Air Force for many years then specialized in wildlife photography. From 1985 to 1992, he visited Iceland and Finland to photograph the wildlife, looking for whooper swans, brown bears and other species. He was sponsored by the French Explorers and Travelers Society for the excellence of his work, and his first story - The Whooper Swans - was published in magazines such as Airone, International Wildlife, Birds, Animan, Terre Sauvage, Iceland Review and others. Since moving to Canada in 1994, Philippe works with wildlife biologists and reports on their work in magazines and books.
European and North American agencies market Philippe's work.

In February 2004, he gave an interview to the French Canadian magazine "Pluie de Sciences". Here is an excerpt from that interview : <<I started to work with biologists when I came to Quebec. My first assignment came from the photo editor of "Canadian Wildlife" magazine. I accompanied a wildlife biologist who studied the yellow rail in the swamps and marshy areas of "l’Ile aux Grues", a small island of the Saint Lawrence River. During the months of July and August 1995, I spent time with this biologist who captured the yellow rails, and fitted them with tiny radio-transmitters. This was the very first time I walked in snowshoes, and it was during hot summer days in a marshy area with millions of bugs around. Quite a challenge! Since then, I have worked with other biologists. From 1995 to 2000, I accompanied some who were studying the black bear and moose in Quebec and Newfoundland’s national parks. Working with these scientists was an educational experience, which taught me much about wildlife and its habitat.>>

In June 2000, Philippe travelled to Texas to work with wildlife biologists who study American alligators. He spent several months there documenting their work, and covered a story, which has been published in European magazines. He also wrote a children’s book for his European publishers: L’Ecole des Loisirs (France-2003), and Klematis (Denmark-2003). Today, Philippe is still working in Texas on another book on the American alligator, which is to be published in the US by Texas A&M University Press.

In 2007, Philippe visited Alaska and the canadian northwest. He went to Ivvavik national park, one of the most remote park of the canadian arctic and then spent a few weeks in the Tatshenshini river area, in British Columbia, and in Alaska to photograph the grizzly bears.
The story about Ivvavik National Park was published in the May-June 2008 issue of the canadian magazines "Biosphere" and "Canadian Wildlife".

In 2008, Philippe travelled to the Gaspesie peninsula, in eastern Quebec, to photograph the black bears. He visited Forillon National Park of Canada and Gaspesie National Park.
He also spent several months in Ecuador to cover stories. Among these, one is about the andean bear.

He also collaborates with the "Nova Media Productions" company who makes a documentary about his work. This documentary will be released this year in the TV serie "Humanima".

Two new books feature Philippe's pictures:
- Houston Atlas of Biodiversity Eds Texas A&M Univesity Press. USA
- Los Senderos de la Luz Eds Nobel, S.A. Spain

Philippe Henry is a N.A.N.P.A member (North American Nature photography Association). Web site: www.nanpa.org