When I started street photography almost 10 years ago in March 2016, I knew nothing about the practice. At that time, it was already gaining momentum and was very popular. I became very interested in everything related to street photography. There weren’t many blogs about it, or perhaps I didn’t know where to look. I have developed my skills over the course of these 10 years.

My style has evolved considerably since I took my first photographs in Aix-en-Provence. I remember that day quite well. It was quite intimidating to point the camera at people to photograph them, and the easiest thing to do was to take photographs while walking to avoid any unpleasant confrontations. I don’t know what I was afraid of! Then, for a long time, I started taking close-ups of people, as if photographing them up close showed that I was a guy who had what it takes and was bold enough to take photos with a 28 mm lens 70 cm from their faces… I must say that this was my bread and butter for quite some time. To tell you the truth, I’m not really interested in it anymore. In fact, I’ve given up the 28 mm to devote myself solely to the 35 mm.

For the past few years, I feel like I’ve finally found what I love about street photography. It’s not the light and shadow effects, which I find very tiresome, nor is it, as I said above, close-ups, nor is it high-contrast black and white photos (I’ve done a lot of that too and got tired of it…). No, what I love is just the banality of the street. I discussed this with John Harper. Nothing pleases me more than scenes of street life that are depressingly mundane. The kind of things you regularly come across in the street without paying any attention to them because they’re so ordinary. Of course, when I photograph these kinds of scenes, I try to highlight the moment I’m capturing.

I am very sensitive to the energy that emanates from a scene. It is this same energy that I want the viewer of the photograph to feel. I want them to feel like they are right there beside me at the moment I pressed the shutter button to capture that moment. I also love mingling with the crowd so that no one pays attention to me, as if I were part of the street. I know very well that with my camera, however small it may be, I don’t go unnoticed. People see me and aren’t fooled. But after a while, it’s as if there’s an unspoken agreement and people no longer pay attention to what I’m doing, and that’s when I really enjoy myself!

A picture paints a thousand words! Here is my selection of my 12 photos from 2025. As always, this is a very subjective and personal selection from the past year, which would be very different if I were to make it in a few weeks’ time… But this selection may help you better understand what I have tried to explain above.

I have also included a longer slideshow of my work this year below if you would like to take a look.

As I forgot to wish you a Happy New Year 2026 in my previous blog post, I’m doing so now! Above all, I wish you and your loved ones good health. And thank you for following me over the past year.

Happy New Year 2026!

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