Tylney Hall

[FRA]

Coincé quelque part entre la lune et New York City... Le Tylney Hall est un hôtel quatre étoiles situé près de Basingstoke (Hampshire, Angleterre). C'est juste un de ces endroits où éprouve la sensation d'être le mec le plus chanceux du monde.

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[ENG]

Caught somewhere between the moon and New York City ... The Tylney Hall is a four star hotel located near Basingstoke, Hampshire. It's just one of these places where you find yourself being the luckiest person on earth.

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http://www.tylneyhall.co.uk/

Tech

Nikon D3 / D300

Nikkor AFD 35-70 f/2.8

Nikkor AFD 80-200 f/2.8 ED

Tokina ATX pro 11-16 f/2.8

Thank you so much and loads of Love to you, Nicky, you are my Angel

And many thanks to Warren!

Where I Belong

Again, it's all about Space & Time. It's a thing about where we belong. Most of the time we are not where we belong. We are just where we are. We do many things, we eat, we sleep, we work, we love. We live, basically. But we always keep trying to make things better. We're always looking for more work, more money, more love. More life. We're actually looking for where we belong. The place where everything is complete and perfect for us. But we're doing it clumsily. Work and money is not the most important thing. It can help but it can also cast away. It takes a while to understand what path to go. It took me forever to understand that my way was the light. And it took a curious mix of conscious decisions, instinctive behaviour and something we call luck to take me there. There are the woods. There is where I belong. And there She is. (and I think I'm understanding that I'm not even half way, it actually looks more like I've just reached a starting point)

The PhotoBook

[FRA] Premier brouillon de couverture intérieure / [ENG] Inner cover first draft

[FRA]

Voilà un truc que je voulais faire depuis un moment. Un livre. Enfin, je commence petit, hein. Celui-ci ne sera pas diffusé par millions dans les plus grandes librairies de Paris, Londres, New York ou Tokyo, pas même à la FNAC de Méobeck. Non. Il s'agira plutôt d'une auto-édition en série ultra limitée qui me servira de portfolio de luxe, à utiliser dans mes démarches commerciales et à présenter à mes clients potentiels lors de mes rendez-vous d'affaire. Pas vraiment la consécration, donc. Plutôt un bel objet avec lequel je me fais plaisir - et bon, faut dire que j'ai toujours aimé faire de la mise en page et écrire.

La maquette est bien entamée, je replonge dans mes boulots de ces dernières années, que j'essaye de compiler de manière à peu près logique, et esthétique aussi. Et du coup je réalise à quel point j'ai de la chance de faire ce métier. Grâce à vous, mes amis et mes clients, j'ai vu et photographié des choses vraiment intéressantes, je suis entré aux cœur des chaines de production d'usines historiques, j'ai roulé sur des bécanes magnifiques, et surtout j'ai rencontré des gens passionants… Alors là, tout de suite, j'ai juste envie de dire MERCI et ENCORE !

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[ENG]

Now this is something I've been wanting to do for quite a while. A book. Well, this is my first one. It'll be small and won't hit the biggest bookstores of Paris, London, New York or Tokyo. It won't even make it to Frant's National Archive. Nop'. It'll be a small self-published photo-book, just a few copies that I intend to use as a good looking portfolio to show around in my business meetings. Not really my first best seller indeed, but more a beautiful object that I really enjoy making. Besides, I always liked to toy with page editing and writing.

So the work is in progress, I keep digging in my archives out of which I try to get the best and compile it in some logical and esthetic way. Doing this makes me realize how lucky I am to be a photographer. I must thank you guys, friends and clients because with you I've seen wonderful things, I've been roaming in the hearts of amazing workshops and factories, I've been riding awesome bikes too, and most of all I've met fascinating people. So, right now, all I want to say is: MORE!

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