Round Up - Year 2022
A quick note to apologize for the silence on the blog. Life got a bit crazy, and I let the updates slip through the cracks.
I realize that consistency is key, mostly for the algorithms that dictate my internet rankings. So, I'm diving into the blogging with a quick 2022 Round Up.
2022 was eventfull and fun and very busy straight out of the Covid break.
I went on Tour with Amy MacDonald, Calexico and Jeff Parker. I worked on Rupaul Drag Race and was part of the official photography Team for a few festivals including the super cool Primavera Sound, Aluna Festival in France, Food London, Pointu, Truck Festival, Celtic Connections, TRNSMT and Connect in Scotland, …
I also shot Christine & the Queens amazing performances at Southbank Center in London for his Press. What a show !
And I ended the year photographing a few dates of my favorite band The Cure European Tour.
All of those updates can be seen on my Instagram !
Desert Daze - Festival 2021
I was so happy to be back taking photos in the US after such a long time not beeing able to travel due to the Pandemic !
With Lake Perris in southern California as its backdrop, Desert Daze aims to be an intimate Festival with a sharp Line Up and an amazing atmosphere ! The 2021 edition was scaled down but still pretty exciting with The War on Drugs, Kamasi Washington, Deap Vally, Ty Segall, Kikagaku Moyo and many more bands on the bill. Definetely one on my list of favorite Festivals. A few pictures below :
Pointu - Festival 2019
I will never say enough how much I LOVE Pointu Festival. It’s an amazing little festival by the sea in the South of France. It’s free and the Line-Up is always pretty cool. This year Mogwai, Hot Chip, Slaves, Converge, Julia Jacklin, Steve Gunn, Metz and Twilight Sad were playing. I was delighted to be their Official Photographer this year again and photograph the bands on and off stage ! Check out the images on their website.
Primavera Sound Barcelona - Festival 2019
Primavera Sound is one of my favorite festival to attend. This year, with their New Normal Line Up, they offered a 50/50 gender balanced Line-Up. A huge step for the industry where diversity isn’t so well represented. Click the image below for some photos of the event.
Belle & Sebastian + LCD Soundsystem - May 2018
Back from Tour, I got commissionned to photograph Belle & Sebastian & LCD Soundsystem shows at the Galvanizer Yards in Glasgow for DF concerts. Here is a sneak peek preview with more photos to follow ! Sylvan Esso, Young Fathers and Lylo also played with them.
Pointu 2017 - Festival
I was the official photographer of 2017 Pointu Festival. Really glad to see such a good line up so close to my hometown. It was the 3rd edition and it's entirely free !
Click the pic below to see more.
Benicassim 2017 - Festival
My fourth time at Benicassim this year. Find below some of my favorite images.
Bestival 2015 - Festivals
I had a very busy summer which explains the lack of Updates on the website. I'll try to put a few more galleries up on the Blog soon to keep the site lively...
There you go, my last European Festival of the season : Bestival.
Coachella 2015 - Festivals
In April, I have covered Coachella Festival for Line of Best Fit and for Hunger Online.
I have put a selection of my favorite images here. It was great to be there again and see so many talented performers. My highlights were definitely FKA Twigs and Florence and the Machine shows.
I also took some portraits of Mac DeMarco, Stromae, Toro Y Moi ...
Hop Farm + Garbage
Since my last updates, my websites have been hacked. You could visit a Russian website by clicking my name on google and it resulted on me having to pay a webmaster and new host to get rid of it. I wasn't really ready for the expenditure but anyway, it's getting back to normal slowly but surely... Last weekend, I've also covered the Hop Farm Festival for the Line of Best Fit. I think I have not been treated so well at any other festival before. Nice press people, food, drinks... I particularly enjoyed watching Slow Club and of course Patti Smith (despite her spitting a lot on stage and me making sure that I wasn't on the way...). Patrick Wolf also played violin with her...
I also shot Garbage at Brixton Academy on sunday evening...
And if you bought the Guitarist Magazine from last month, there is one of my picture from the Cure New York Reflection show on it.
Primavera
Primavera is always a bit of a challenge as there is about 200 photographers to share the pits with... Here are my pros and cons of this year festival.+ Sun + Seeing the Cure + Shooting Portraits of Josh T Pearson - one of the greatest beard around + Richard Hawley + Goat cheese salad
- The storm on the last day and no tent to put us in - Shooting the Cure (the worse pictures of my Cure history - I will blame the high stage and the other 200 photographers)... - Waking up after three hours sleep - Not understanding anything - Too many point and shoot
One of the good things is that I met Josh T Pearson who accepted to do a portrait session. However I had to wake up after only three hours sleep to do the shoot at the hotel. I waited patiently half asleep for him and his Manager to arrive, behind Marianne Faithful... I would have love to bump into Warren Ellis who played the Festival with the Dirty Three but unfortunately it didn't happen !
Since I have been back from Primavera, I have only shot one gig : Jack White at Brixton !
A couple of pics are on flickr - Do not use anywhere even on Blogs without my prior authorization - Thanks !
