"I'm from Britanny in France. I taught myself photography by looking a lot of photographer's work on the internet
and photobooks, which are a big source of inspiration. Looking at other people's work is
as important as shooting for me."
"So far, I am shooting digitally with a Ricoh grd (a really great camera,
very handy) but I just sold it a few days ago. I made the switch to
analog and recently bought a canon ae-1 and now I want to focus on
shooting film instead digital. The rendering is totally different and
you can't really imitate it with digital, even by using photoshop. I
prefer to not see my pictures right away, that way you can only focus
on shooting instead checking the LCD screen every time to be sure you got
a 'good shot' ."
"I was traveling in Laos a few years ago when I met this french
photographer named Sebran d'argent. He was using a rolleiflex and
after looking at his work ( which is really stunning ) I started to look at
other photographer's work, mostly on Flickr. I stumbled upon some
galleries that really inspired me. Then I bought a camera and headed
out to India. I do any kind of job I can find to save up money and go for another trip to Asia."
"When I am street shooting I try to be invisible but I'm not really good at it . I rarely ask people
if I can take their picture but most of the time you know if you can
take it or not. Sometimes there is a kind of non-verbal permission, but
it's not 100 % sure. I remember one time in Hong Kong, I was walking in a
small alley and I saw this old lady cleaning some fish so I stop by
her taking her picture and continue my way. At first I didn't notice she
was running after me, and when I finally heard her yelling at me, I
turned around and she threw a bucket of water on me. I was soaked but
thankfully my camera was not, haha."
"Sometimes I can take my camera everyday when I'm out and sometimes don't
touch it for 3 weeks. I tend to shoot a lot more during the winter
because I love this part of the year and it goes very well with
black-and-white photography.
When I travel I photograph everyday, sometimes from the morning to very late at night. Being in a new place breaks the routine and everything can be very inspiring. Therefore, I walk a lot and that can be very exhausting so in that case I go to a bar, drink few beers, and go out again."
When I travel I photograph everyday, sometimes from the morning to very late at night. Being in a new place breaks the routine and everything can be very inspiring. Therefore, I walk a lot and that can be very exhausting so in that case I go to a bar, drink few beers, and go out again."
"I traveled to many countries in Asia before I started to photograph, but I
found in Japan and India something I can't feel in the other countries I
visit. I'm not saying they are more interesting places than the
others, it's just that they attract me more. So when I bought my first
camera I decided to go back there. In Hong Kong, it's different, I never
really planned to go there but the last time I went to Japan I didn't
buy a return ticket so when I left the country, instead of going back
directly to France I went to Hong Kong."
"When I'm in France I don't do street shooting because I live in the countryside so it's not the best place for that
... But I think for western people it's easier to take a candid picture of
people in the street when you are in Asia rather than Paris or London
for example, because you can play the tourist card and people tend
to be more understanding."
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