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A glimpse of Vietnam

1500 photos. That’s roughly the number of photos I brought back from my recent trip to Vietnam. It’s just enormous. I’m talking about the photos I processed in Lightroom. As for the number of photos I took there, multiply that figure by 5. Yes, you’re not dreaming, I must have clicked the shutter more than 7,000 times. In just one trip, my Ricoh GR3 got a bit old …

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Good Morning … Reunion !

I know you’ve probably been waiting to see the photos I took in Vietnam during our recent trip, but I thought it would be a good idea to start 2025 with a few photos of the streets of Saint-Denis, where most of my work is done. It’s not even a week since we landed after a journey of almost 24 hours through the airports of ConDao, Saigon and Bangkok. I’ll come back later on to this trip, which went beyond my expectations. Not only in terms of the places we visited, but also photographically speaking.

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TWELVE

For some time now, my site has been buggy, with photos being displayed at random. I’ve decided to start from scratch using a new theme and I’m having a hard time getting it right. The content is fine, but I’m having trouble organising it all … After diving headfirst into WordPress, I’ve finally come up with something that works. If you’re reading this, it’s because I’ve finally written my first blog since my website lifting! I’ve given my Portfolio a bit of a makeover, with a few changes to the selection of photos. It’s only cosmetic. My website is mainly my Blog. In fact, that’s what’s highlighted when you arrive on the site.

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Street calling

It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog, and even longer since I’ve actually done any street photography. It’s been a bit of a refrain over the last few years. There’s a lot of downtime during the year when I don’t get out onto the streets of Saint-Denis due to a lack of inspiration or desire. It was the same thing last year, and it seems to me that it was around the same time. I haven’t done much since last July. I haven’t stopped completely, but I haven’t been assiduous and there’s nothing really exciting to report. However, I’ll try to post a little slideshow of some of the photos I took during this period on YouTube.

 

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Layers & gestures

Sunday 28 July. I had ticked this date because there were festivities organised by the Chinese community in Saint-Denis to celebrate Guan Di, a Chinese warrior who has attained the status of Chinese deity. He is also revered in other Asian countries such as Japan and Korea. The festivities were spread over several days, but I wasn’t available and I wanted to take Gwen and the children to hang out for a while late on Sunday morning. Before that, I had a tennis match scheduled that lasted longer than expected, so in the end we didn’t get down to Saint-Denis from our mountain until after midday and the boys were seriously hungry. A hungry kid doesn’t care about any festivities or demonstrations. All he cares about is eating!

 

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What happened to the Street scene ?

Like every year, I wanted to inflict on you some photos taken during the holidays with the children. Just to make up for my lack of inspiration to write. But then I read a very interesting blog by Alex Coghe in which he reacted to an article written by Michael Ernest Sweet which took stock of the Street Photography ‘scene’, claiming that the hype had died down and that there were fewer and fewer blogs or sites devoted to Street Photography. This article was written in 2020 … Oh shit! And yet I’ve spent the last 4 years doing what I do best, which is walking the streets and capturing moments in life. Funnily enough, it seems to coincide with my departure from Aix-en-Provence. I didn’t think my departure would cause such a cataclysm!

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What’s up Doc ?

That’s it! I’ve sold my Fujifilm X100F! I was asking 750€ for it and I let it go for 700€ to a guy who wanted to start out in Street Photography in the south of Reunion Island. It was quite fun to talk to someone about the practice. I think the last time I did that was with a young girl who wanted to interview me because she was doing a book project to validate her Graphic Design studies and as she loved street photography, she had worked on it. That brings me back to 2017! Basically, it had been 7 years since I’d last spoken to someone about Street Photography. For the last few years, I’ve been living Street Photography. I don’t talk about it any more except when I’m ranting in my Blogs.

 

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Used Fujifilm X100F to sell …

Do you think it’s a joke that I’m doing a Blog because I’m so uninspired? Not really. This week I put up for sale my X100F that I bought just 3 months ago. Quite an investment for me back in the day – €890 for a second-hand camera! I’m putting it back up for sale at €750, negotiable if you know anyone who might be interested. I’ve been trying for weeks, but I still can’t get used to the size and weight of the camera. As far as image quality is concerned, I have nothing to complain about  this Fujifilm. It’s a very good camera, but it’s heavy!

 

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Looking back 2022

Yesterday I received John Harper’s newsletter about his usual December TWELVE which concludes the current photographic year. A bit of pressure as it’s been a while since I’ve written and photographed too. But I also wanted to write this last Blog of this year because as you may have noticed, I have not been very active since July this year. I even feel like this year ended in July as far as I’m concerned… Anyway, I didn’t want to end this year without publishing a last blogpost!

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Where do I find myself

Last July was just 3 months ago, but it feels like an eternity ago. I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve done anything in Street Photography. There was a time when I complained that I came home with nothing but crap. I complained that my eyes couldn’t see anything. I used to complain that my city was boring so I could make excuses. None of that today. I can’t even complain about anything. I hardly do any photography. Well, street photography… We just spent a few days at the hotel and I took a lot of pictures. I will share some of them with you in this Blog.

 

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