Denis Belliveau

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Denis Belliveau
Born New York City[1]
Alma mater School of Visual Arts[2]
Occupation Photographer, author, educator, and explorer
Awards Flag Expedition for The Explorers Club,
National Emmy Nomination for In the Footsteps of Marco Polo,
Kodak’s Gallery Award[3]

Denis Belliveau is an American photographer, author and explorer notable for retracing Marco Polo's route from Europe to Asia and back, a feat which cumulated in the publication of the documentary and book titled In the Footsteps of Marco Polo;[2] the documentary has been used by Belliveau to create a unique interdisciplinary educational curriculum that he presents at schools and libraries across the United States and internationally.[4] As a "technical scuba diver with over 600 dives on the Mesoamerican Reef," Belliveau's photography was instrumental in establishing the definitive map for the coral reef of the Mexican island of Cozumel.[1] Belliveau also participated in an historic archaeological dig in southwest France, unearthing a centuries-old Christian monastery, located at the current site of Abbatiale Saint-Maixent de Saint-Maixent-l'École.[5][6] In addition, Belliveau's photography and writing have been highlighted in numerous periodicals, magazines and books, including The New York Times, Petersen's Photographic Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine and BBC’s Planet Earth.[7][8][9]

Early life

Denis Belliveau was born in Whitestone, Queens;[10] as a Roman Catholic Christian, he was "inspired to follow his passion for art and travel by his uncle, Father Paul Belliveau, a Maryknoll missionary",[1] who was stationed in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.[11][12] He studied at the High School of Art and Design as well as the School of Visual Arts, both of which are located in Manhattan, New York.[1][2] At the School of Visual Arts, Denis Belliveau "earned an Associates Degree in painting, sculpture and fine arts."[10] In 1987, Belliveau joined his parents' photography studio that specialized in weddings and during the off-season, he would travel; it was during this time that he joined professional photography organizations, including Kodak.[13]

Career

After Denis Belliveau left the wedding photography studio in 1991, he became captivated by the idea of "following Marco Polo’s route from Venice to China and back."[13] As such, Denis Belliveau and a friend named Francis O'Donnell, who met on an archaeological dig in Saint-Maixent-l'École, southwest France,[5] and hailed from the same academic institution, decided to trace Marco Polo's journey as recorded in Polo's Book of the Marvels of the World.[14] Denis Belliveau, along with his companion, was the first individual "to visit and document every region Marco Polo claimed to have traveled using only" land and sea methods of transportation.[15][16] Belliveau's story and photography on this mission was compiled into a News and Documentary Emmy nominated film, as well as a book by the same name (published by Rowman & Littlefield), titled In the Footsteps of Marco Polo; it "has been used as the basis for a unique curriculum" throughout schools in the United States and around the world.[4][17] The same academic press has used Denis Belliveau's images in other books, such as Digging Through The Bible by Richard A. Freund.[18]

Denis Belliveau was "the Director of Photography and Senior Cameraman for the national public television series Real Moms, Real Stories, Real Savvy", which was acquired by Disney in 2010.[3][19] He received Eastman Kodak’s highest honor, its Gallery Award, for an image of a Quechua boy captured in Peru.[8] In total, Denis Belliveau's career has taken him to over sixty countries in the world.[20][21]

References

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