china Archive

  • I thought it would be a nice delicacy to myself to bring some subtleness to the situation. So I had fun being the photographer who shoot the photographers who shoot the models, oops… cars.

    Which came first, the egg or the chicken?

    I thought it would be a nice delicacy to myself to bring some subtleness to the situation. So I had fun being the photographer who shoot the photographers who shoot the models, oops… cars.

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  • A timelapse movie shot for the French Pavilion.

    French Pavilion movie, Shanghai 2010

    A timelapse movie shot for the French Pavilion.

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  • A scooter ride in Shanghai, listening hip-hop.

    where will you go ?

    A scooter ride in Shanghai, listening hip-hop.

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  • nothing else to say. *Video: motto of the shanghai world expo: better city, better life.

    very “better city, better life”

    nothing else to say. *Video: motto of the shanghai world expo: better city, better life.

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  • For 3 years, I have been shooting Chinese people sleeping during the day on the streets of China ..  I collected a few hundreds of them between 2005 and 2008....

    100 dreamers…

    For 3 years, I have been shooting Chinese people sleeping during the day on the streets of China ..  I collected a few hundreds of them between 2005 and 2008....

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  • One of my recent work is called ”C(O)C(O)TV”. It is a series of images of the China 60th anniversary ceremony broadcasted on China Central Television (CCTV1). The images were shot...

    All is about propaganda…

    One of my recent work is called ”C(O)C(O)TV”. It is a series of images of the China 60th anniversary ceremony broadcasted on China Central Television (CCTV1). The images were shot...

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  • This is a series called ‘subtitles’. It presents red banners with Chinese characters on them, and the translation below… Something I always wanted to understand since I am in China....

    Need subtitles ?

    This is a series called ‘subtitles’. It presents red banners with Chinese characters on them, and the translation below… Something I always wanted to understand since I am in China....

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  • I was lucky enough to introduce my favourite photographer to a gallery I knew in Beijing. Lucky because I could meet him and accompany him for 3/4 days when he...

    Martin Parr in China

    I was lucky enough to introduce my favourite photographer to a gallery I knew in Beijing. Lucky because I could meet him and accompany him for 3/4 days when he...

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  • Yangshuo is one of the most famous landmarks of China. It deserves it. We went there with a friend (Nicolas) to shoot reference photography (to build 3D environments) for a...

    Yangshuo, Guangxi, China

    Yangshuo is one of the most famous landmarks of China. It deserves it. We went there with a friend (Nicolas) to shoot reference photography (to build 3D environments) for a...

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  • The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, seen from Ditan Park very close to the Bird Nest stadium. I like the photo besides, very symbolic, a Chinese on the shoulders...

    08/08/2008

    The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, seen from Ditan Park very close to the Bird Nest stadium. I like the photo besides, very symbolic, a Chinese on the shoulders...

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  • I have a brother and a sister. Difficult for me to imagine what this generation should feel like to not be able to have brothers/sisters. Resignation ? This wide topic...

    One child policy – China

    I have a brother and a sister. Difficult for me to imagine what this generation should feel like to not be able to have brothers/sisters. Resignation ? This wide topic...

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  • Since my first trip in China (2004) I have been shooting Chinese people having a nap on the streets during the day. Over the months and years, i have been...

    Day Dreamers

    Since my first trip in China (2004) I have been shooting Chinese people having a nap on the streets during the day. Over the months and years, i have been...

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  • A short trip in Xinjiang, China. Strange feeling to be there, at the crossroad of so many countries and cultures. For sure, you do not feel like in China…

    Kashgar, Xinjiang, China

    A short trip in Xinjiang, China. Strange feeling to be there, at the crossroad of so many countries and cultures. For sure, you do not feel like in China…

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  • I worked as a producer for my former press agency (Sipa Press) who made a photographer fly from Paris to cover several topics. One of them was about the textile...

    My chair

    I worked as a producer for my former press agency (Sipa Press) who made a photographer fly from Paris to cover several topics. One of them was about the textile...

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  • I was at the 1st Guangzhou photo biennale during my first week in China in 2005. I was helping Alain Jullien – curator of the biennale – in installing the...

    China Red

    I was at the 1st Guangzhou photo biennale during my first week in China in 2005. I was helping Alain Jullien – curator of the biennale – in installing the...

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  • My first trip to China in 2004. And my first steps in photoshop (just for adding the title..). One of the 2 guys on the photo is now an organic...

    Chico Rabatt

    My first trip to China in 2004. And my first steps in photoshop (just for adding the title..). One of the 2 guys on the photo is now an organic...

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