THE SHORTEST WAY IS NOT ALWAY THE BEST

Born in Marseille, I went quite a long way before getting to photography.

Music was my first love. I used to play bass with rock and pop bands, wilst studying electronics.

In 1980 with a friend of mine, we launched the very first professionnal recording studio of the region, «Studio de l'Etoile», then a private radio station that went very popular : «Radio Star».

In 86, the discovery of the trades of the communication and the Image challanged my professionnal life.

Within a large financial company, I started studying the DTP (Desktop publishing), as well as the video and graphics and ultimately became creative executive in the communication department.

In january 1992, first catch, I had a breakthrough : what if I tried Photographic Art!

Thus I began to photograph each and every thing with more or less success. Tough lesson! It is not enough to have eyes to see, you have to learn how to see.

In March 1993, I made a determining meeting, Christian and Jean-François from “Light Foch” camera store. They gave me the oppurtunity to make my first stereotypes in studio with models. It was the second catch. In their studio, I learned how to operate the gearing, the flashes and how to model the light.

I invested heavily in photograhic material. I made books for dozens of models, my prefered work being to work in studio. In 1999 and 2000 I was the official photographer of the «Elite Model Look PACA Languedoc-Roussillon and Corsica», and made books for the winners. I received my first commanded work of photographs.

Since 2001, still working as a creative executive, I began my series of personal shoots in the idea to develop series of artistic nude and publish, one day, my first book of photographs.

2002 - First nude artistic exhibition in Arles.

2003 - January, launching of my Internet site - June, permanent exhibition of my work at the «Island Gallery» in Uzes. - October, nice article in Playboy magazine, on my light and the beauty of my models... Thanks for them.

2004 - May, exhibition of my theme «Fleur de Peau» as a guest at the «European Exhibition of the Nude Photograph» in Arles - August, positive and encouraging article on this theme in the magazine «Réponse Photo» - October, Prize winner of the «Serge ASSIER Price» in Marseilles.

2005 - March, guest at the International Exhibition of Contemporary art in Marseilles - May, Master of training course at the "European Exhibition of the Nude Photograph" in Arles. May, launching of the collective book «glances at the body» - May, Exhibitor and training course master at the «Salve Mater Photo Festival» in Belgium - June, 8 pages article «Fleur de Peau» in the Belgian magazine «Menzo» - In November, shooting for Canadian documentary «The Art of Nude» and last photo shoots for «Natural Bodies».

2006 - launching of a souscription for "Natural Bodies"