GUINEAN DAYDREAM
Young Fulani travelling across Fouta Djallon in Guinea
This series aims at disclosing the poetry emanating from hidden fragments of everyday life across Guinea. A story composed from 2013 to 2016.
ABU DHABI 2018, THE YEAR OF SHEIKH ZAYED
Pilgrims having a rest in front of a geant portrait of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Sheikh Zayed, the tutelary figure of the UAE, is omnipresent in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi, December 2018
VOODOO BATHS IN HAITI: FROM BEAUTY TO FIERCENESS
Voodoo believers are about to kill a crying bull covered with a French flag as a sacrifice to the voodoo spirit of war Papa Ogoun Feray, praised as the founding spirit of the revolt of the slaves during French colonial rule of Saint-Domingue 200 years ago.
Every year in July, thousands of Haitians make a pilgrimage to several Haitian cities to seek protection of Voodoo spirits and Catholic saints during cleansing baths. Often spectacular, some of…
IN THE LAND OF BLACK JERUSALEM
Coptic female pilgrims reading the bible in Lalibela rock-hewn church, Ethiopia
Black Jerusalem is the name given to Lalibela, the ancient northern capital of Abyssinia and monastic city. Due to its eleven Coptic orthodox cave churches concealed in the volcanic rock,…
A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS EVE SOMEWHAT SPECIAL
Bishop Nestor of Chersonesus celebrating Russian Christmas in the Church of the Three Holy HIerarchs in Paris, France
In the 15th arrondissement of Paris, at the Church of the Three Saints-Doctors, seat of the Diocese of Chersonesus of the Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian diaspora believers…
HAITI: RECOVERING AS AN ARTIST FROM THE EARTHQUAKE
The Haitian artist and earthquake survivor Rose-Marie Lamour is contributing to the collective artwork inspired by the disaster.
On January 12, 2010, a magnitude 7 earthquake caused the death of about 230,000 people in Haiti and left millions homeless in Port-au-Prince the capital and provincial towns. Artists from…
NAKED, GREEN AND FRAGILE: AN UNUSUAL BIKE RIDE IN BRUSSELS
13rd Cyclonudista edition gathering around 300 cyclists naked or in clothed to raise awareness on cyclists vulnerability in the city,; Brussels, Belgium
Militant riders are naked, and so what ? Their nudity evokes fragility, not crudity. Actually their parade is full of poetry and humor. Today is Naked Bike Ride's or Cyclonudista's…
SCRAP DEALERS HAVE GOLDEN FINGERS
Scrap dealer in his shelter, La Casse, Madina market, Conakry, Republic of Guinea
In Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, West Africa, close to Madina market, the largest market in Conakry, there is a place called "La Casse". La Casse is…
FAITH IN GUINEA: BETWEEN OPENNESS AND RIGOR
Imam getting ready to perform a Muslim baby naming ceremony in Macenta, ethnic-konianke community, Forest Region, Republic of Guinea
In memory of Kanséréba Keita, who left us too early. In Republic of Guinea, over the last decades, traditional and mystical tradition of Western African Islam (Sufism) has been progressively…