Nepalese porter at rest, Gorkha District, Nepal

On his way to Arket Bazaar, a Nepalese porter is having a rest. About the picture: The picture was taken in 2009 during a trek through the Gurung villages. On this particular day, I was walking between Lapubeshi and Arket Bazaar along a trail to the Manalsu trek. At peak season, it is used by [...]

Documentary Photography by Jerome Lorieau

Street Photography Workshop in Bristol, UK and abroad

In the next few weeks and months, I am going to launch a series of workshops organised firstly in the city I currently live, Bristol, and then outside the United Kingdom. The workshops are aimed at photographers having an interest in street and documentary photography and who want to progress in this area. Workshops will [...]

Documentary Photography by Jerome Lorieau

Street Photography workshop in Paris

The workshop It is in Paris that the Golden age of French Humanist photography took place, with photographers such as René Jacques, Jean Dieuzaide, Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis and Henry Cartier Bresson. All French photographers interested in street photography have in some way been influenced by the French humanists. Their photographs are real gems, and [...]

Documentary Photography by Jerome Lorieau

Lane around Al Karaouine Mosque, Medina of Fez, Morocco

In the heart of the Medina of Fez, a man is walking in a lane near by Al Karaouine Mosque. About the picture: The photograph was taken in 2010 during my second visit to Fez. It was probably not the first time that I had walked down this lane, but the lines & the geometry [...]

Documentary Photography by Jerome Lorieau

The Kilt and the Dresses, Edinburgh

In the Old Town of Edinburgh, a man traditionally dressed his pushing a wheelchair. About the picture: The picture was taken in the spring of 2008 during a wander in the old town of Edinburgh. From my perspective (maybe a French perspective) there was something sweet and funny about this man traditionally dressed pushing a [...]

Documentary Photography by Jerome Lorieau

Blue Yamuna, Dark river

From its source at Yamunotri to its merging with the Ganges at Sangham, the Yamuna is a 1400km-long river. For many years, the river has been irrigating the lands of generations of farmers as well as filling their fishing nets, being the work place of some Hindu castes and supplying water for millions of Indian [...]

Documentary Photography by Jerome Lorieau