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The Corazzieri

22 mai 2006

Here are the Corazzieri, the republican guards of the italian president. Was a fantastic meeting, impressive uniform… each guard must be more than 1,90 meter… felt quit small.

San Marino

22 mai 2006

San Marino, two months ago… in the parliament of the 21000 citizens republic. On the beld of each gard, a litlle metallic « Gorgon’s head », copy of the famous painting of Caravaggio… which became the symbol of my whole research about the « guards » series.

I keep going on the HYERES project

20 mai 2006

I keep going on the HYERES project, commissioned by the Villa Noailles. I discovered myself enjoying flowers, and for the first time since 2002, I’ve worked on some pictures without flashlight… felt more fragile then, and less arogant! I’ll shoot again there in July. The show about this project will take place in 2007, with a book and an exhibition. Portraits won’t be the base of this project. It’s a possible evolution.

This is strange, isn’it?

19 mai 2006

This is the room where the LUX series will be displayed the 1st of July at the Museum of Modern Art of Luxembourg… It’s the smallest country where I’ve worked (with Singapore!) but it’s the biggest series selected for an exhibition. I’ve produced 9 different series there, including « LUX soldats », « LUX nageurs », « LUX Ballets », « LUX jobs »… LUX is a demonstration about how a country is finally always made of a systematic set of communities… if not, it would not really be a country.

Politic supporters

17 avril 2006

I’ve just finished a series of portraits printed in seven times in the newspaper « Le Monde ». The idea was to work on a selection of portraits of politic supporters in 7 different political partis before the election. This last picture was made at the meeting of the french national party last sunday. You can see all the portraits selected during the 7 shootings online