Some highlights from my recent visit to Jeff Wall's exhibition in Basel at the Fondation Beyeler. In my opinion, he remains one of the most extraordinary photographers of the last ...
Exploring the French Riviera through the lens of Agnès Varda's 'Du côté de la côte' (1958). A sociological journey through the coastal landscape of the 50s, in a visual dialogue ...
My use of large format cameras coincided with the beginning of my beach series – Since 1994 I have built my whole career on it. I worked both with 8x10 ...
Mise en abyme – literally "placed into abyss”– is a gimmick we used for a commercial collaboration with the swimwear brand Vilebrequin a couple of years ago. The swimming trunks ...
Dialogue between photographic gazes along the northern French coast: from Le Gray’s 19th-century seascapes, to Basilico’s “Bord de Mer” and Vitali’s most recent shots in Deauville. ...
At the studio, while going through all my photos for the archive project, we came across some installation views of my solo show at Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles ...
I share here a short excerpt from Michael Fried incredible book “Why Photography Matters as Art as Never Before”, which I believe is must-read for any photographer. In particular, this ...
March 5th, 2022 marked the centenary of the birth of the Italian film director, novelist and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini. Always attentive to the social situation of his country, at ...
In July 2004 I spent my longest day on a beach, 20 hours observing an ever-changing human landscape: families enjoying a quiet sunny day, wild young people going crazy at ...
