Small wishes

I like to wish people a happy day, and so many of my conversations start with “Happy Sunday”, or similar. Today I was able to add an additional well-wish: “Happy Solstice!” As I write, it is 9pm and the sun is still radiating over the hills.
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What the First Study of Photography Festivals in France Reveals

Conducted by the Institut ACTE at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne at the request of the Réseau LUX, the survey examines 22 events, from Deauville to Lectoure. Its hypothesis is a bold one: these festivals carry out missions comparable to those of art centres, without the recognition that should come with them.

L’article What the First Study of Photography Festivals in France Reveals…

Morning coffee

The familiar sounds of the espresso machine never cease to calm me – the joy of the familiar, but also the potential of the variable: of sounds at new tones, of different cadences. Watching as the barista makes sure to stop pulling the espresso shot at 33 seconds — precision at every step..
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Moments; time

One of my favourite parts of writing – and, by extension, blogging – is that I can document a moment: I can, in words, capture a little bit of a day..
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Jean-Marie Périer: Photographs That Parents Hate

An iconic French photographer of the pop years, Jean-Marie Périer is exhibiting this summer at the Festival Photo La Gacilly. At 85, he arrived with the same frenetic energy, the same wit, the same way of telling stories without ever stopping to catch his breath — and his photographs, which he comments on one by one on Instagram or during the opening of his exhibition, remain little bombs of…

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When Photography Looks at Painting, with Jonathan Bertin

How does one photograph today the way the Impressionists once looked? As the Normandie Impressionniste festival marks the centenary of Claude Monet's death with a 2026 edition turned toward contemporary creation, the work of photographer Jonathan Bertin emerges as a singular reinterpretation of that legacy.

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