Gilles Crampes has been working as a freelance photographer since 1994. From that time on, he has focused his work both on a long series of reportages, in particular in Asia, and on social topics he has actually carried through for several years in France.
His reportages appeared in the international press - Newsweek, National Geographic France, The Independent, Le Monde, Le Figaro Magazine, etc - and are currently on show at Visa Pour l'Image. A close cooperation with Grands Reportages magazine has also allowed him to achieve contracts over all the continents since 2002.

With his work as a photojournalist, one can also note a strong activity linked to advertising and corporate clients. In this respect, Noémie Mainguet -who represents, among other photographers, William Klein- has been his agent since 2005 for his advertising and corporate contracts. 2006 opened up with a very regular collaboration with McCann Agency and Gaz de France. He carried out many reportages for them, among which a series of aerial shots of EDF/GDF sites in France, as well the exhaustive shooting for the special photo book of the 50th anniversary of the underground storage of gas in France.

Finally, LightMediation, a french press agency, has had Gilles Crampes's work published on a world scale since 2009.