Shanghai Skaters Story for HUCK Magazine
Here is a feature I work on with some of the Local and International skaters cruising and enjoying Shanghai Urban Areas. Was an interesting gig to photograph especially with my old rolleiflex
I am a photographer based in Shanghai & Seoul working on editorial and commercial assignments
America Road Trip with old Rolleilfex part 2
A couple month ago, I took off to America for the Metamorpolis Book Launch in New York and then traveled by Car from Florida to California. Most of the time, I enjoyed discovering new places and meeting with friends, taking a break from photography but once in a while I took my old rolleilfex twin lens out of the bag to capture a few photos, here are some of them
Polaroid Portrait Photographer
As our Studio & Agency were opening its door for a special evening, I have decided to portray each of our guest with a 4x5 land camera and polaroid films. Here are the results and the video of our event !
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Portraits | Dan Shapiro | Shanghai 2012
In the middle of 2012 - My friend & musician Dan Shapiro ask me to take a few portraits of him at various stages of its moustache treaming. We met regularly for a month shooting in my apartment with a simple set up and my hasselblad on a few rolls of films. A year passed since then and I finally took the time to look at those films and sharing the photos here .
Little punk portrait in Beijing
A few weeks ago, my old shanghai friend ask me if I could do some portraits of her for the release of her upcoming Vinyl LP . Since I was passing by through the capital, I ve spent an hour around her hour and on her rooftop taking photographs of her. I am looking forward to hear the music and if you never heard her voice, I highly recommend you to listen her former band, Boys Climbing Ropes.
Jiang Qiong Er | Portrait in Shanghai for Le Monde
Sang Xia is a new Chinese Luxury brand reporting to Hermes. Jiang Qiong Er, Shang Xia's CEO started as a window designer for Hermes and is now opening her first shop outside China in the center of Paris. I went to her private showroom last week to take a couple of portraits for an article in Le Monde to be published soon. The place was neat and simple, with a tea room where walls were made of dry tea leaves.
Venice Beach
This summer, I spent some time on the US west coast, especially shooting portraits on Venice Beach. The diversity of the people strolling around the walkway amazed me and I wanted to capture that with my old rolleiflex. Unfortunately, the shutter broke and only the first photo of each roll came out. Here are 3 of the 4 photos that came out from those 4 rolls shot on the beach.
new york | subway acrobats
While commuting between Manhattan and Brooklyn on the L train, you might come across Kaheen and his group of acrobatic dancer. Almost everyday, they come from Brooklyn and Queens and ride the L train between Union Square and Bedford. " This is where people give the most ! On good days we make about a 100 dollars " say Kaheen. Their performance take train in the middle of the commuter - using train bars and handles, each of the group member dance to the rhythm of the music making impressive acrobatic moves. Here is a few photos taken during one afternoon commuting together with them.
Photos by Tim Franco
Han Han Portrait | Le Monde
My third portrait of Han Han for Le Monde. Han Han is blogger celebrity who also writes and races in China.
Portrait in Shanghai | L' Express
A portrait for L' Express about a young foreign girl working in Shanghai
Wang Shu | Pritzker 2012 Architecture | Le Monde
Wang Shu, Chinese architect won the 2012 Pritzker Price. I followed him on numerous occasion and took photograph of his project throughout China.
