Biographie de Francis Engelmann
Thomas Renaut, is a photographer who has concentrated on Asian subjects for the last six years. He has published several books about Indochina in general and Laos in particular, including Eternal Vientiane. Francis Engelmann has lived in Laos for five years. He was a member of the UNESCO missions which prepared the listing of Luang Prabang as world heritage site in December 1995. He is author of a guide to Vientiane's That Luang (1995) and has travelled throughout most of the countries of South-east Asia. He has also written for several newspapers in the region. Jean-Christophe Marchal and François Greck are architects who have been working in Laos for the past seven years. They created the Peninsula Workshops in Vientiane. Their passion for the traditional and colonial heritage of Indochina has enabled them to complete several important preservation projects.