Why This Blog?

There’s something a little nostalgic about the idea of starting this blog.

For more than fifteen years, the projects have been adding up. Some took weeks or months of work; others only a few hours. Some were seen by huge numbers of people, while others went almost unnoticed. There have been projects I’m still very proud of, others I would approach completely differently today, successes, less successful attempts, memorable encounters and shoots that sometimes survive only as a few images on an old hard drive.

Over time, I felt like giving them a place again.

First and foremost, this blog is a way to keep a record. To remember the projects that shaped my career, the places they took me, the people I had the chance to work with and, above all, how far I’ve come since my first years behind a camera.

Because a video project is never just the images you see at the end.

Behind a few seconds on screen, there may be days of preparation, dozens of emails, location scouting, abandoned ideas, rewritten scripts, problems to solve, hours of editing and conversations about a light, a frame, a rhythm or simply the best way to tell a story.

There are the hours behind the camera, but also all the hours spent behind a screen.

Writing. Researching. Preparing. Editing. Starting again. Communicating. Sometimes doubting. Finding a solution. Working with people who each bring something to the project.

This blog is also a way to bring those collaborations into the light. An image rarely carries just one person’s signature. Behind many of the projects presented here are directors, producers, technicians, artists, actors, creatives, clients and teams with whom I’ve shared a day, a week or sometimes several years of work.

I want to remember those people too.

Revisiting the archives also reveals the passage of time. Cameras change. Formats change. Ways of working evolve. So does the way we see.

Some images still feel very much like me. Others clearly belong to another period of my work. And that’s exactly what makes them interesting to revisit today.

You can see a style, an approach, a way of framing, editing or storytelling evolve. You can also see that certain obsessions stay the same.

So this blog isn’t really intended to be a perfect portfolio.

Instead, it will be a collection of memories from shoots, projects, collaborations, experiences and stories gathered over the years. A way to glance in the rear-view mirror while continuing to move forward.

Because after all these years creating images for other people, I wanted to take the time to tell the stories around those images too.

And to leave a record of all that work somewhere.