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I lived briefly at 319 N Avalon BLVD Wilmington 90744, puis à 2537 D Pacific Coast Highway, suite 444, Torrance CA 90505, tel 1 - 310 375 8229 |
Richard Avedon : “A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he is being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he's wearing or how he looks.” |
Then the Nikon F3. |
Here, Helen on a deserted island on a deserted beach, Little San Salvador in the Bahamas. |
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No I did not choose thoose teeth! |
Of course I am French, why do you think I have this outrageous accent for ? Famous quote from Monty Python. |
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Me in 1983 in Cozumel, Mexico, photo by Allan Jones. Trombone loan by Rob Wakefiel. You have to blow the water out of the trombone before you can produce any sound, so it is tough, but it worked and really impressed the local fish. |
Zabrisky Point, Death Valley, California. Death Valley became my personal photo studio, 2 hours from LA by car. There were totally beautiful spots without a soul in sight. It’s better to stay away in the summer though, as the heat becomes unbearable. |
Arches National Park |
1982, Missouri, USA . I was able to take this photo thanks to the light breeze making the flowers sway. I used different shutter speeds to get the slight blur in the foreground, and different apertures for the background blur. No Photoshop necessary. |
Live Life Happy : Life is like a camera: just focus on what's important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don't turn out, just take another shot. |
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Le 24 février 2023 : Electra dans mon petit studio. |
I think one of the things that really separates us from the high primates is that we’re tool builders. I read a study that measured the efficiency of locomotion for various species on the planet. The condor used the least energy to move a kilometer. And, humans came in with a rather unimpressive showing, about a third of the way down the list. It was not too proud a showing for the crown of creation. So, that didn’t look so good. But then, somebody at Scientific American had the insight to test the efficiency of locomotion for a man on a bicycle. And, a man on a bicycle, a human on a bicycle, blew the condor away, completely off the top of the charts. Steve Jobs |
Steve Jobs is the authorized self-titled biography of Steve Jobs. The book was written at the request of Jobs by Walter Isaacson, |
I get my Private Pilot Licence, FAA, in 1982, (validated in France in 1986) in Missouri, to access, among others, the fantastic Alaskan landscapes. Wilderness, here I come. With my camera, of course. I feel ready for "National Geographic". With the wing above the cockpit, Cessnas are ideal for aerial photography. The 152 is the most popular single engine, two passenger planes in the world. Maximum speed 204 km/h, fix landing gear, fix pitch McCauley propeller, take off maximum weight: 757 kg, flight autonomy 5H, runway take of: 408 m. Here in the small Cessna 152, during my first cross-country solo flight. Weather is bad. I fly below the clouds. I had secured my Nikon F3 and its fish-eye Nikkor lens 16mm F2.8 on a tripod, solidly tapes with gaffer behind the seats. Remote control triggering with the remote attached to the yoke. |
I took photos underwater all around the globe. See page 24. |
I took photos of glacier climbing in Alaska. See page 26. Glacier climbing in Alaska. Thank you Barry Moss for introducing me to this sport. He managed to make me overcome my vertigo. I spend 4 summers in Alaska. Here is Mendenhall Glacier, near Juneau. The friend in the middle is Tony. Shannon Templeton: "And thank you for taking me on my first glacier experience! Those are memories I will never forget." |
I go horseback-riding anywhere and everywhere. See page 27. |
I got my sailing certifications to get superb photos of cruiseships from sailboats. See page 25. |
I did a technical photography internship with Dean Collins and a fashion internship with Jean Paglioso. See page 18 Michèle West at Sans Souci Hotel, near Ocho Rios Jamaica, around 1984. As Andy Novis said: "So delicate, so feminine". Jacquie Roussos. |
Gwen in Haïti. |
Jakarta. |
Diving with blue sharks in California in 1992. |
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. Haitians are strikingly kind and sincere. We, the rich and arrogant, could learn a thing or two from them. Cap-Haitien resident in front of his house. |
Feb 1984 : Expedition beyond the polar circle in Alaska.
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1986-87 : Photo reportage on the Amazon.
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Survival suits in Alaska in the summer of 1990.
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Tulamben shipwreck, Bali, 1991. |
I went to the top of those magnificent towers. Andy Novis remarked: "Atheists don't fly planes into buildings" Tenzin Gyatso : "It does not matter if a person is religious or not : what is far more important is that he is good.” Salon Retro Mobile à La Porte de Versailles le 17 mars 2022 : Many memories La Kardashian du passé, en plus classe. |
I photographed Petra Lindblad, famous model, in Hollywood, 1993. White background, protection from intense white reflection with the help of Lightform P22 panels with black screens Petra was also photographed, among others, by the famous photograph Peter Lindbergh for the magazine Vogue France. I would later Peter Lindberg later, at his home on rue de Savoie in Paris, to give him introductory courses to computers. |
"Je peux acheter TOUS les appareils photo dont je rêvais." Cela atteint son paroxysme en 2023 : Mes appareils photo sur mon étagère chambre le 21 sept 2023 Mes objectifs. |
Calvin et Hobbes est une bande dessinée américaine écrite et illustrée par Bill Watterson, qui met en scène les aventures humoristiques de Calvin, un enfant imaginatif de six ans, et de Hobbes, son tigre en peluche sarcastique. Fin 1995. |
Probably it influenced my passion for soft toys : https://prisedevue.photos/english/chapitres/info_pratique/bio/page81.htm |
If you lived in California in the 80s. This is why I spent 12 years in California: I lived briefly at 319 N Avalon BLVD Wilmington 90744, then àat2537 D Pacific Coast Highway, suite 444, Torrance CA 90505, tel 1 - 310 375 8229 The Golden State La Californie à elle seule représente un quart de la totalité des brevets déposés aux États-Unis. Elle a aussi produit : Disneyland, Universal Studios, la Silicon Valley, Apple, Facebook, Hollywood, les universités prestigieuses : Caltech, UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), Base Edwards, Stanford, Berkeley, l’université de San Francisco ou de San Jose, California Institute of Technology (Richard Feynman), Observatoire du Mont Wilson (Edwin Hubble y a prouvé l'expansion de l'Univers), Palomar Observatory, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Steve jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Hewlett et David Packard, Netscape, Synthorx, George Lucas, The Beach Boys, Tim Burton, Joe DiMaggio, Serena Williams, Robert Frost, William Hearst, Sally K. Ride, Johny Depp, Ben Affleck, Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert Redford, Tom Hanks, Robert Duval, Sean Penn, Nicolas Cage, Francis Ford Coppola, John Ford, Gregory Peck, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, Marilyn Monroe, Ronald Reagan, Fritz Lang, Pierce Brosnan, Shirley Temple, Jennifer Aniston, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Jodie Foster, Kate Hudson, Michelle Pfeifer, Cameron Diaz, Dean Collins, etc. La diversité géographique et culturelle : 6 Flags Atlantis, Glendale Galeria, Disney, Venice Beach, Griffith Observatory, shark diving from San Pedro, kelp diving at Catalina island, Mme Tussaud, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Grauman's Chinese Theatre (TCL Chinese Theatre), Newport Beach : observation de baleines, Universal Studios Hollywood, Hard Rock Cafe, Santa Monica, Palisades Park, Warner Bros, le panneau Hollywood, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles Dodgers, La vallée de la Mort, Anza-Borrego Desert, Mappa valley, San Diego, San Francisco, Baie de Monterey, Baie de Santa Monica, Big Sur, Les Channel Islands, Santa Barbara, Le désert des Mojaves, Yosemite, Sequoia Park, Sierra Nevada, Reno, Mont Whitney, Parc national de Joshua Tree, Lac Tahoe, Alcatraz, etc.. |
Conclusion 1: I must not be bad, so that all these people trust me. Conclusion 2: Thanks to all these varied clients (industry, wedding, corporate and personal portraits, press, events, objects, medical, culinary, diving, sports, pageants, etc. ..), I see extraordinary slices of life, confidential or public, trades and fabulous countries. I do feel very privileged. Real life, live. Thank you customers. In rough estimation, I take 5,000 photos a week. 5,000 x 52 = 260,000 a year. For 35 years = 9,100,000 photos. Well, I would like to reach 10 million anyway! Conclusion 3: Photography is my language |
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