Well, it must have been seen and even heard if I may. This kind of fairly light preparation is fine if you have to speak in your native language, as you just need a few notes on a piece of paper. It’s much more complicated in your head if it’s in a foreign language (in this case English for me)! I won’t hide from you that I am more comfortable writing. I have time to formulate what I want to write, pay attention to grammar, vocabulary … There I was always taken aback and I made countless mistakes. Beyond that, there were also the answers or the explanations which were rather generic and which lacked imagination.

It reminds me a little of the young athletes that we interview and who have not yet taken a communication course. It sounds simple like that, but this styling exercise is very complicated. We often repeat the same words, the language tics appear and in the end when we look afterwards, it’s just a disaster. I watched some parts of the video on Alex Coghe’s channel and died of shame, I preferred to stop … Well already, I can’t stand my voice. I don’t know how my wife can still stay with me! It’s clear that it’s not for my sweet voice. I am sorely lacking in vocabulary

I even got lost in my explanations when Alex ironically pointed out that he found it bizarre that Ricoh had not appointed me Brand Ambassador while we were discussing a photo where I appeared on screen with the Ricoh. GRD4 clearly visible on the photo. Alex knew he was going to hit a sore spot with me (not being an Ambassador, but the fact that I liked the GR line). It’s funny, because I started laughing and telling anecdotes that were at best uninteresting and at worst forgettable.

The thing is, the interview is a complicated styling exercise. Limit a little tricky. I did not wallow, but not far. There are a lot of things I would do differently if I had to do it again. Starting with a more suitable preparation Recently I made a video where I deciphered the photos from May 2021. I seem very comfortable talking about the photos, but it was scripted! I had written my text on the photos. Even though I wasn’t reading the text, I had a frame and if I moved away from the text, I had it in front of me to come back to it quickly. Of course it’s less lively, but it allows me to hide my weaknesses in English.

But I don’t regret this interview with Alex. It was a great experience even if in the end I was not satisfied with my “performance”. I think it has a lot to do with my image (voice, physique) with which I have a lot of trouble. I think it’s kind of the same for everyone except for people who are narcissistic and love themselves a lot … well, I am not. Being in the shadows suits me very well.

By the way, speaking of the video concerning the photos of May recently published on YouTube, I do not think that I will renew the new formula of the monthly Diaporama. The format is not good and it is more annoying than anything else. Who watches 11 minute slideshows ? I mean, I can watch long videos if it’s interesting. But there clearly 11 minutes for 20 photos, there is enough to fall asleep … I do not rule out making this kind of videos from time to time, but not on a monthly basis … I leave you with the interview of more than an hour made with Alex Coghe. If you are really at the end of your life or  want to laugh at my many english mistakes, go for it!

All the photographs were made with the Fujifilm XF10 during may 2021.

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I burnt my wings. I got lost looking for this junk recognition. I wanted people to like what I was doing. And then I got fed up with this behavior and letting others decide what my photos were worth. Some would say that I’m not emotionally detached from my photos enough and that’s the problem. What is certain is that I attached too much importance to what others thought of my work. The best thing I have done in recent years has been to close my accounts on Facebook, Instagram, 500px and World-Street.Photography.

Of course, by doing this, I cut myself off from all contact with other photographers. However, some people have kept in touch with me. You are quickly forgotten in this digital life. I’m not bitter, just lucid. I couldn’t ask people to keep in touch with me. It was I who had decided to leave. But that says a lot about behavior on social media. The good thing is, I took away the distraction of social media and just focused on my work. This is one of the reasons why my work has become more consistent in recent years. I also kept, for my part, contact with photographers whose work spoke to me. Among them is Alex Coghe, an Italian photographer who has been living in Mexico for many years. He is a photographer who inspires me a lot. I really like his photographic approach and his Blog is full of very interesting articles.

When Alex contacted me to offer to publish myself in his magazine TSPN (The Street Photographer Notebook), I was pleasantly surprised, because I have not appeared on radar screens since I left social media. You have to take the step to come and see my photos on my Blog or website. And if Alex came to offer me that, it was because he knew what my work was all about. This work which has evolved a lot in recent years. Alex had posted a few of my photos, but that was 2-3 years ago. Since then my style has changed and I was happy to have the opportunity to show more people what I was doing now.

As the title of this Blog indicates, it’s a mongraphic issue. In this TSPN n ° 75, there will be only my photos. It’s like the photobook that I can’t quite achieve. Alex asked me to submit a significant number of photos. I didn’t know at the beginning on what topic. It was up to me to decide and quite naturally, I decided to submit only “moment” themed photos. This is what I like most about Street Photography. This moment when all the pieces of the puzzle fall into place to give us THE photo. Looking at it, the idea comes to us that it is a posed photo so there is so much to see in the frame. Even though I find this expression of Henri Cartier Bresson overrated, it must be what he called: the decisive moment.

So there you have it, this Monograph is available in digital or printed version via the Peecho website. If you are interested to see the selection (54 photos) I made or just to get your hands on what looks like a Photobook of my photos … I recommend this TSPN 75 because it is not tomorrow the day before that you will see this so called Photobook that I have already told you about.

Finally, I would like to warmly thank Alex for this publication. It allows me to get out of my cave and see some light, but pretty soon I would go back to the shade that suits me so well.

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