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Publication : Voyages Voyages (Be)
Lucky Belgians! For those who missed our story about Konkatsu (Japanese marriage hunting) in last month’s issue of “Elle Belgique”, you can now read “Voyages Voyages” magazine and our story “24h in the skin of a buddhist monk in Koyasan”. The text is by Delphine Lorin, even her name does not appear in the magazine [...]
Publication :: Elle (Be)
The story on Japanese marriage-hunting (Konkatsu) covered last June by the journalist Delphine Lorin-Etuy and me has been published by “Elle Belgique” in its October’s issue. Konkatsu is an abbreviation of kekkon (marriage) and katsudo (activity), which literally means “marriage hunting”. Several factors seem to push young women, mostly, to konkatsu: – In 2010, wedding [...]
Publication :: Libération (Fr)
After two recent assignments for Le Monde, I had my first picture published in Libération last week. On top of being one of the major newspapers in France, Libération is famous for the quality of its photographic choices (generally speaking, not talking about myself !…). The assignment was a portrait of Takehisa Yaebashi, called “Papa [...]
Publication : Zoom Japon – 4 (Fr)
Zoom Japon’s october issue is out! The main feature is about Akira Kurosawa’s 100th birthday this year, with a cover picture I took in front of the current exhibition in the National Film Center, Tokyo. Zoom Japon website. National Film Center exhibition. More pictures about Akira Kurosawa and this exhibition.
Publication :: Metropolis (Jp)
My first picture published in Japan! As a “Photo of the week”, in the current issue of Tokyo based English-speaking magazine Metropolis. You can even vote for it on their website. The house is called “On a cherry blossom” because the main room overlooks several cherry trees. The architect is Junichi Sampei / A.L.X. This [...]
Publication :: Le Monde (Fr)
Receiving two assignments from French newspaper Le Monde within three weeks is not something usual. For several months, Le Monde has only been requesting stock photographies about Japan from me. Then in August, I was asked to shoot the international far-right meeting in Tokyo and, in September, a portrait of Misato Mochizuki, a Japanese music [...]
Publication :: Tsugi (Fr)
次 (tsugi) means next in japanese. Tsugi is also a French magazine about electronic music and new trends. In the issue of this month, a six-page portfolio of my pictures of the Fujirock festival 2010.
Publication :: Zoom Japon (Fr)
The third issue of French free magazine Zoom Japon is now available in France but also online. This assignment was about Tokyo Tower (東京タワー) losing its Japan’s tallest tower rank. The new Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリー), located in Oshiage area of Sumida Ward, will be completed in 2011 and will reach a height of 634m. [...]
Publication :: Le Monde (Fr)
I had an assignment this week for the French newspaper “Le Monde”, published yesterday (Dimanche 15 aout – lundi 16 aout), about the international far-right meeting in Tokyo. This nationalist fiesta was organized by Japanese party Issuikai, headed by Mitsuhiro Kimura, who invited European far-right parliament members and in particular French leaders of the “Front [...]
AKB48 live in Akihabara, the audience.
In May during an assignment for a French TV program, I had the opportunity to take pictures of J-Pop band AKB48. This band is composed of three teams (A, K, B) of 16 young japanese girls. AKB48 idols perform every weekday in their own theater on the 8th floor of Don Quichote supermarket in Tokyo’s [...]