I’m a young photojournalist originally from France, brought in London and currently based in Istanbul. I’m a never-ending enthusiast and annoyingly curious. I’m actually using my work as an excuse to intrude on people’s life, ask questions and learn as much as I can. Hehe.
Or how did photography get me? At the age of 14, I got my first compact and it occurred during my first six months in London, a whole new world was in front of me and I had a way of capturing it and making it mine. I think it was my way of coping with teenage years and moving from France to a new country. At this time, I was photographing frantically. It was quite crazy.
This question is tricky. Can’t I be both?
I’m a photographer and a traveler.
My favorite places are and will always be old bookshops. But I also seek refuge in holy places when all you have to do is silently admire human wonders. Time doesn’t have a grasp on you. I’d also like to spend more time in aquariums. They’re like holy places, but with natural wonders.
If I could travel through time, I don’t think I’d settle with the people there with a camera around my neck. But, I’d travel through time and space, so I’ll be there in Ancient Greece, in Jerusalem during one of Jesus’s talks (I’m an atheist but if I could see him and judge for myself, you know), I’d be a consultant for Cleopatra, a spy in St Petersburg for the Romanovs, I’d discover the Angkor Temples in Cambodgia, I would be friends with Marie-Antoinette and avoid her the death sentence through the guillotine (head cut) by sending her and her kids in Sweden with Count Fersen. Basically I’d be a kind of James Bond/Indiana Jones, with super hidden cameras.
I’d also meet my favorite authors and take portraits of them, like Nadar did but with a Leibovitz twist.
If you want to see what inspires me, look at the people I follow on Instagram (@lightrecital).
This community feeds us daily with wonders.
How light is managed. Light is everything.
What makes anything good is when your heart quivers, from repulsion to beauty, when a sensation is the result of any work.
This interview was originally published on BehindTheCamera.co.
