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I will regularly publish here the latest news concerning my work as a photographer and translator: news from ongoing projects, the progress being made on upcoming photo books, the latest writer portraits, any newly-published writer portraits in the press, current translations in progress, etc.
I will regularly publish here the latest news concerning my work as a photographer and translator: news from ongoing projects, the progress being made on upcoming photo books, the latest writer portraits, any newly-published writer portraits in the press, current translations in progress, etc.
I will regularly publish here the latest news concerning my work as a photographer and translator: news from ongoing projects, the progress being made on upcoming photo books, the latest writer portraits, any newly published writer portraits in the press, current translations in progress, etc.
These nineteen photographs were taken during a trip in Crimea summer 2007, from Sevastopol to Balaklava, Foros, Yalta, Sudak, Simferopol and Odessa.
Crimea was still part of Ukraine, until Russian soldiers without insignias took control of strategic positions and infrastructure within the Ukrainian territory of Crimea (March 2014).
Today, the peninsula is still a trouble spot between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union.
The Herbarium, floral and botanical garden, is located in the heart of the old town of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme (Picardy, France). Hidden behind the fortifications of the city, the herbarium was built on the site of a former hospital and it keeps growing medicinal plants today.
The different sections of the garden are dedicated to different kinds of plants: medieval, ornemental, food plants.
The reconstruction of the garden started in 1995 and was conducted by Nicole Quilliot during 25 years. The publication of these nine photographs taken in 2008 is a tribute to her work.
The city of Wadi Musa is located in southern Jordan, and is the nearest town to the archaeological site of Petra.
I traveled in Jordan for exactly 18 years ago, and was in Wadi Musa a few days between 11th and 14th of February, 2003. The six photographs presented bellow were taken Friday, 14th of February, 2003.
I had a short talk with the guy on the second photograph.
In my travel diary, I wrote:
”Friday, 14th of February, 2003 - Wadi Musa
He is watching me walking down the street and taking pictures. He comes out of his shop.
"What a nice camera! I had one of those once, too. But I threw it away, I couldn’t find any medium format rolls!"
He laughs. I look at him. He can see that my camera is a medium format. That's very unusual – and on top of that, he had one once but threw it away.
I ask him quickly: "How are you?"
"I'm fine, thank you," he answers. "Would you like some tea?"
"Sure!" I say, happy to be making contact.
The food shop he keeps is very small. Behind the counter there'sa little gas hotplate with a kettle on it.
"Takes an hour to boil the water", he says with a laugh.
He mixes together some honey and condensed milk in a jar, spreads it on bread, then hands me a piece.
"I pray a lot", he says. "I stay here all day long, listen to the koran on tape, and read it as well. Before, I worked as a guide, down here, in Petra. But it’s finished now. I want to be a good muslim."
My impression is that he's happy. He wears a white djellaba, and his beard is neat. He laughs and smiles a lot.
I ask him"Do you think there's going to be a war in Iraq?"
"Yes, I'm sure there is! It’s going to be a nightmare for the USA!"
I take a picture of him in front of his shop."
The Iraq War began officially on 20th March, 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein.
I sometimes wonder: where is this man now..?
