Karl Forterre photographs gardens, architecture, landscapes and the sky, in France and Spain.
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Distinction
Karl Forterre has received the Pexels Heroes distinction, which places him among the 1,500 most-viewed contributors on Pexels. It honours the repeated recognition of the photographs shared there: Pexels' curation team has selected and featured a great many of them. The badge appears on his Pexels profile.
Also a writer
Karl Forterre is also a writer: in 2023 he published the short story Darshan and L'histoire du petit Théo, a novel-length tale, with the Société des Éditions du Poitou, in the Cheminement collection he created, and devoted his master's thesis to how authors present themselves on their websites. His books and graphic work are presented on his website.
Series
Total solar eclipse in Galicia · The gardens of Villandry · The Universidad Laboral in Gijón · The Cathedrals coast at Ribadeo · The Way of St James in the Béarn · Ossau Valley · Starry nights · Lighthouses and tides, from Granville to Saint-Malo · Ten days on the road, from Niort to northern Spain · Bordeaux and the Quinconces fountains
Places photographed
Basque Country · Asturias · Galicia · Camino de Santiago · Pyrenees · Bordeaux · Niort · Poitiers and its surroundings · Marais Poitevin wetlands · Loire Valley · Charente: Cognac and Angoulême · Paris · Normandy and Brittany · Vosges, Lorraine and Alsace