Alain Compost now focuses on high-definition video production. Whether on assignment, or producing his own videos, Alain complements his mastery of current technology with an artistry born of decades of film photography experience.
In the high canopy, perched on the majestic tree trunks and buried in the moist earth, are whole societies lying unseen. The many millions of insects living in a single hectare of the Borneo rain forest live their lives with all the drama and tragedy of the wide world. Through strategy, cunning, deception, and violence the tiny denizens of the tropical forest engage in an endless struggle for survival, battles no less furious that they are conducted on a single leaf or a blade of grass.
Alain Compost was the Director of Photography for "Orangutan Island", a thirteen-episodes series for Animal Planet.
Alain Compost is frequently on assigment for "Ushuaia Nature" on TF1.
"Ushuaia Nature" in Indonesia
"Ushuaia Nature" in Mexico and Cuba
In a small patch of rain forest, an orangutan is startled by the approach of men armed with machetes and axes. But, unlike his brethren struggling to survive elsewhere in Borneo’s rapidly disappearing primary forest lands, this great ape is in no danger. The men, all residents of a nearby village, are part of a revolutionary approach to environmental activism: the Samboja Lestari Square Meter Project. This video tells the story of how the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation forged ties with local communities to transform a patch of logged-over land into a tropical rain forest, a refuge for the orangutan and source of sustainable livelihood for those living on the periphery. The success of this pilot project has created a new paradigm for rain forest conservation.
The abode of powerful spirits, a treasure of botanical wonders for the knowledgeable and a potential deathtrap for the unwary, the densely forested slopes of Mount Halimun is all that remains of the primary tropical rain forests that once covered all of Java. This video takes you into the shadowy depths of Gunung Halimun Salak National Park, where the astounding fertility of the volcanic soil and near constant rainfall create a hothouse environment of unique natural wonders, a primordial world lying a two-hour drive from Indonesia’s bustling capital city.
