Ongoing photo story on the French Wrestling revival, I went on to photograph a European wrestling event hosted by Mr Flesh Gordon at the Cirque d’hiver in Paris. Soon off to photograph a wrestling school and take a serie of portraits of the participants. Fun, It was refreshing to watch, quite entertaining actually. Kids sitting...
Paris is flea market heaven, and the mother of all flea markets is Marche aux Puces de Clignancourt. Dating back to 1920 and boasting up to 3,000 stalls, this daily flea market purveys everything from jewelry, chandeliers, fabric, and paintings to musical instruments, vintage postcards, and eclectic French collections. For antique aficionados, this is pure...
I have just completed a story on a squat located on the “place des vosges” in Paris. A day and a life of a group of bright student and highly qualified young professionals who simply cannot afford to have a “home” and pay the kind of rent that a Paris Landlord is asking for, because...
Preparing a story on the Clignancourt flee market or the so called ” Marché aux Puces de St-Ouen “. Meanwhile I was hanging out ” Chez Louisette ” yesterday to feel the freeze.
Ongoing article on the Paris based association “Jeudi Noir”, a group aiming to put housing issues on the political agenda. The article is focusing on an uninhabited space of 30 years, located on place des Vosges in Paris. “Jeudi Noir” took control of the hotel particulier in november. This space is now providing a...
Streets of New York City, a spectacle of our day to day wandering and a reflection on an urban journey.
Editorial photo essay on Time Square
Each day, an estimated 500,000 people pass through Times Square, Over 30 million people visit Times Square annually, Times Square is home to the world’s largest New Year’s Eve celebrations,attracting one million visitors, with another billion people worldwide watching the celebration on air.More than 75 million people use public transportation...
My editorial work is distributed via The Cover Story. It has been a long & fruitful collaboration from New York City. One of my last New York City story “Residing in Style” is featured in this month of february. It is about Hip and classy NYC destination hotels; a fresh breed of designer hotels drawing...
A few portraits taken with a 5×4 field camera and Provia NC film at a Medieval fair in the Puy de Dome region in France. They are part of a reportage for Air Malaysia in-flight magazine. Meanwhile, working on a new DVD portfolio with W.A.MOZART concerto n°23′adagio’ as an optional background music! It actually does...
Prix d’Amerique 2010 at the Hippodrome de Vincennes hosted a splendid race with an amazing horse ; Oyonnax coming first followed by Quaker Jet and Meaulnes du Corta. It is the greatest harness racing event in the world, considered by all as the trotters world championship, with one million euros stakes.
Tear sheet for a corporate portrait commissioned by Bouygues and Colas in Alberta, Canada. The brief was to photograph Mr Gary Walker , head of the security for Colas, Alberta. I ended up doing three variations on two different sites. Taxied by Helicopter to Windfall quarry some 200 miles from headquater, we settled to do...
Few portraits of my Beautiful wife for her fashion blog in exchange of a sweet lunch at our favorite japanese restaurant in the 2nd.
Not bad Hey !
Rice and Fish 22, Rue Greneta – IT is very Cool – Just go – Almost feel like NYC
Ask any New Yorker about Arthur Avenue in the Bronx and you get either puzzlement or a flood of loving sentiment about the real Little Italy of New York, the best place for bread, pasta, meat, pastries,espresso machines, the only place to buy Italian sausage, and more. The paradox is real: Many New Yorkers...
Paris last year and a short selection of a few photos taking during some demonstrations. I photographed my first “Manif” in 82 in London while the nurses were marching for their rights against the Thatcher regime ! Those were the days. It feels more like a ritual in Paris, some kind of tradition inherited from...
NYC is going to celebrate the Chinese New Year on the 14th of February. I love Chinatown. It rocks my boat really. IT is a gold mine for photo opportunities, vibrant, colorful, unique.
Wow, I have just received another tear sheet this morning. Portrait of Maurice Hennessy for Tanks mens fashion magazine in collaboration with the Observer newspaper in London. And a big thanks to Laura Foster from Moët Hennessy UK Limited who i met in Cognac while photographing the story. Laura, it was...
Fencing in Paris and a few images from a personal project i have been carrying on for a while. The aim is to photograph athletes right after a training & hard work out. Your mind is usually empty, your inhibitions are set aside and sometimes the photographs get straight to the soul of the...
It is always nice to get a Tear Sheet from a magazine. These days you have to beg the photo editor to get the tear sheet after they beg you to shoot a story for $ 100. I do not even ask for a magazine copy anymore. Regardless, I do like this story I...
The northern Mexican state of Chihuahua is one of Mexico’s most violent. Rising drug-related crime has taken a heavy toll on the state – just south of the border from New Mexico and Texas. But amidst the violence, a pacifist community thrives. Mennonites have been living in Chihuahua for decades. They’re considered a part of...
Portraits de Julie et Emah, artistes / acteurs et musiciens de talent et puis en plus de tes bons amis dans la vie ! In French Oups …
Photo essay on Central Park.
Central Park is one of the urban wonders of the world, a green oasis in the great concrete, high-rise landscape of New York City. It is so naturally part of the Manhattan environment that many people may not realize it is entirely man-made. Thanks to the generosity of many individuals,...
I just returned from Alberta where I was doing a photo story for Bouygues. Just enough time to upload and process some 1500 photos before i head down to Bordeaux for another story.
On the French island of Corsica, some 4,000 hectares (10,000 acres) of scrub and bush has burnt in 12 separate blazes over the past 24 hours, with temperatures of above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and strong winds fanning the flames.
“The current situation is … of very high to extreme fire danger in large areas of...
A few 4/5 landscape photographs of Sydney, Australia shot with Film and a folding camera. The best really. Unfortunately, digital will never come close to that kind of quality !
Elie Saab , the best show I have seen this season ! You will find a little bio on Elie Saab wikipedia!
Junko Shimada Backstage
Photos taken within one minute and 1/2 – Thanks to ” Little Mark ” from Cristofolipress who had me waiting around for 45mn before he finally told me that I had a MN and 1/2 to take some photos. It is funny how wise one might get with age! I...
Issey Myake goes KUNG FU
Jasmin P @ Slides Agency
A little personal visual essay on the Paris demonstration / general strike that took place on the 29th of january 2009. For a quicker viewing, you may want to go to VIMEO
Dans le feu de l’action ! Photo prise par Florent Mahiette
It snowed in Paris yesterday and I couldn’t help walking off to the Luxembourg garden
Somehow got to be featured this month on the cover Art page of Flavorpill, a website dedicated to the Arts in between the US and EU.
A story on chinatown-New York City published in Gateways magazines – you can view the PDF on this link.
I get to play around with video these days. I guess I am hooked !
I was just having fun editing a little video piece that I shot a few weeks back.I was on a sunday walk, accross the Tuillerie gardens. I could have named it “memories of a child” because some things do not change much ! And I dedicate it to my father and my son, both named...
Few snap photos of a Music recording session with my Friend bassist Emah Ottu in Paris recently.
I just returned from New York City a few days ago. I was working on a photo essay for Bouygues on the TF1 Washington D.C political bureau – The news brought me back to New York where I photographed the 7th year commemoration ceremony of Sept 11th. It has been 7 years since the twin...
I have just bought a new 85mm 1.4 lens. I snap a few shots this morning at a Local NYC American football game. I do love this lens, it is just so sharp. More picts to follow…
Fashion week is not until the first week of september ! Those are part of a serie of portraits taken in “Massif Central” over a get together of some medieval afficionados. What a blast !
France men’s BMX olympic team
Interested article published in ESPN on BMX- Above a portrait of Anne-Caroline Chausson of France who has won the first ever Olympic gold medal for BMX, finishing first in the high-speed eight-rider women’s final
with her compatriot Laetitia Le Corguille took the silver Friday with Jill Kintner of the United States in...
Story published on Cool’Eh magazine in NYC on Illegal immigrant to the U.S. Text written by my Dear Friend Annie Correal who you will find many interesting article in the pages of the New York Times.
Photo story at the Moulin Rouge with some 25 images published in the week end magazine as well as the online section of “Sueddeutsch” ! IF you haven’t seen the story yet, you are just one click away from having a glance at the Moulin rouge Backstage in Paris “bien sure”.
Oh by the way,...
Shifu Shi Yan Ming is a 34th generation Shaolin Temple Fighting Monk.
He defected to the U.S in 1992 while on the first-ever Shaolin Temple Monks tour of the United States. On the last date of the tour in San Francisco he slipped out of the hotel in the middle of the night and escaped...
Story on Handicapped performers in New York City who actively perform on the stages of Broadway.
Sometimes, you see new potentials in a photograph. Photoshop has allowed me to stretch my creative input, feel like a child and enjoy the play. I just finished revamping this photo I shot at the NYC Chinese new year this past February.
Kink of Cool!
I was on my way back from a shoot, walking accross Times Square. Had a camera on my shoulder and as I was walking past, I instinctively shot this guy! And of course he called upon us, we stopped with my friend writer Annie Correal. His name is Dimitri and he had just arrived from...
New card for “Olivier Lalin Photography” hot from Our Parisian Press !
I shall dispatch before you guys sneak out to the country side for ” sacro saint ” French summer vacation!
Sony mini DV, an impressive list of video features at an incredible value for your little and big travels.
The Heart of an Old Lady, New York City Transit.
The Heart of an Old Lady, New York City Transit.
Corner of Canal street and Broadway, South West Side. Saturday, 2pm hot and Stuffy.
