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Going Wild

When I was younger, I have no memories of my parents taking my sister and me to the beach. However, in the photo albums, I found a picture of myself at the age of two sitting on the bonnet of the car with my bottle, as if I wasn’t allowed to touch the sand… My parents don’t like the sea and, like most people of their generation in Réunion, they consider it dangerous and prefer to stay away from it. On the other hand, I have lots of memories of my parents taking us hiking in the mountains! That probably explains why, even today, I prefer hiking to roasting in the sun on a beach. Gwen and the children, on the other hand, love going to the beach.

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July 2025 Highlights

I knew that July would be a fairly quiet month in terms of photography. Fewer opportunities despite the children being on holiday. And indeed, that proved to be the case. Nevertheless, as I try to make a point of sharing with you the few photos taken during this month, here they are. In terms of quality and quantity, it’s very light!

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June 2025 Highlights

Given my chronic lack of inspiration to write a Blog, I’ve decided to share with you the photos I consider the most interesting from the previous month. A few years ago, I also did this in the form of a slideshow. At the moment, I don’t think I have enough photos to put together a slideshow … I’m going to try to be regular over the next few months to keep this monthly rendez-vous going. So let’s start with June, which saw me take very few photos. I was saved by an outing to the Grand Boucan, the annual mega-carnival that attracts a lot of people.

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Reigniting my Street Photography

Since I came back from Vietnam, almost 3 months ago, I haven’t been very assiduous about street photography. I’ve had a lot of things to sort out and taking photos wasn’t really high on my list of priorities. As is often the case, the less I do, the less I want to do. Didn’t I miss it? Yes, a little, but as on my trip to Thailand, Vietnam was such a photographic orgy that I was still full of it, even weeks after our return to Reunion Island. I’ve only shown you a tiny part of what I did there. Between the purely street photos and the ‘family’ photos, I really photographed until I was sick of it. Which probably explains the diet I subconsciously imposed on myself when I got home.

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Fuck off YouTube

It’s been nearly 3 months since I last posted a photo slideshow on YouTube. The last time was when I came back from holiday in Vietnam. YouTube was still my last link with social networks. After leaving Facebook and Instagram in quick succession over 5 years ago, I’m slamming the door on YouTube this time. OMG shake YouTube! Jeff’s leaving!

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Ricoh meets Fujifilm

What an enigmatic title! What these two brands have in common is that they are closely linked to Street Photography. But they’re not the only ones. There are also other iconic brands like Leica. If you see a street photographer in the street, chances are they have a Leica, Ricoh or Fujifilm. Leica is a benchmark for photojournalism and street photography. Ricoh’s GRs were made popular by a certain Daido Moriyama. As for Fujifilm, they are the latest to appear on the very juicy Street Photography market. The X100 series, which came onto the market in 2011, needs no introduction. Fujifilm was largely inspired by the Leica M for its X100 series. There are other brands, of course, but these three clearly dominate the market.

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What makes a good photograph ?

April 2018. 7 years ago, John Harper and I decided to each write a Blog on the same subject. Form versus Content. You can read the post here. John is a photographer I really like. As well as being a very good photographer, he’s also someone who could be described as erudite when it comes to Street Photography. Even if, as he says, his blogs sometimes go off in all directions, there’s always something in them that’s directly or indirectly related to Street Photography that gives food for thought. For me, his prose is at least as good as his photos (he’ll tell you that his work is crap… Don’t believe him!). He’s also one of the few photographers I was able to meet in person when I spent ten days or so in Bristol (UK), not far from the city where he usually works: Bath. We’d talked about the idea of writing again, not really four hands, but each working on a common subject.

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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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