Here is a photograph taken at Cheltenham during the 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup Day. It was the most important day of the festival and so the whole place was crowded. The most difficult exercise when you work in a crowded environment is to deal with the constant movement of people. It oc
Playing with light and shade is relatively new to my photography. In 2005 when I seriously started photography, my photographs were not obviously influenced by the light. At the time, I was living in Paris and my work was mainly in black and white, and whatever the weather forecast, I
I was recently interviewed by Street Photography Workshops a website aiming to be a resource for street photographers around the world. The interview gives me the opportunity to speak about my influence, my approach of photography and the way I create images. Please check it.
The workshop Street photography is all about capturing street life and culture in an urban environment. It is in some ways very close to documentary photography. I personally believe that street photography, like a historical book, allows us to understand and visually look back at how
Anticipation is a key element in street photography. But to understand it and acquire this skill you must first have a great ability to observe people and their behaviour. It requires spending months and months walking the streets and observing life around you. At this stage you don
Istanbul, a city shaped by the influence of three continents Istanbul was the capital of four empires including both the great Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. Ideally situated on the road to the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea, the city via the Bosphorus opens a door between Europe
Photography by Jerome Lorieau It has been a few weeks since my first street photography workshop and week end in Paris took place. I thought it would be nice to show a few pictures taken during this summer street photography week end 2012 with Rachael and Dave. Photography by Jerome L
I like this scene of life of these two ladies having a chat while feeding pigeons around Notre Dame de Paris. I don’t know whether they knew each other or whether they were friends but they were certainly regulars coming here in this particular place to feed pigeons with crumbs
Weston Super Mare is an English seaside town situated a few miles south west of Bristol. The seaside has something typically English in its indescribable atmosphere and in the organisation of its seafront: The green space, the promenade, the beach, the Grand pier and the amusement ins
I was on my way to Khari Baoli when I took this picture in the Old Town of Delhi. I was interested in the various blue tones and the two Indian men who I thought would be well placed to make this composition. India is a unique country for colour and texture, and hence a perfect playgr