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After 30 years in Paris (France), I moved to New York where I love, live and work since 2006
My main interest in life is to observe humans in urban spaces.
How they work, breathe, interact,
How they walk, eat and mourn
Where they find the soft, the poetic, the soothing
Where they hide their secrets.
My purpose is not to invade but to share.
The IN YOUR… and Galerists series are shot digitally
The Broadway Mosaic, One day In, In Between, Fashion Forward series are shot on medium format film, directly in camera. I used the same technique for the Blue and Rooftop Boudoir videos.
The Fasten Seat Belt story is made with an Iphone
On a daily basis, I work as a photography teacher at The International Center of Photography, freelance portrait and illustration photographer and contributor for La Lettre de La Photographie and the The New York Times.
My work was shown at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Paris), Le Bon Marché (Paris), and Soho Photo Gallery (New York)
It has also been featured in The New York Times Newspaper, Le Monde Magazine, Images Magazine, ELLE, Io Donna, Esquire, Le Devoir, Privileges , Radio Canada, fubiz.net, Liberation.fr, and numerous blogs all over the world.
Part of my images are syndicated by Redux Agency.
My clients include: The new York Times Newspaper, Edible Manhattan, Popular Mechanics, Le Point, NewsDay, Avram Rusu Interiors, James Koster Architect, Thomas Burak Interiors.
Between 2000 and 2006, as well as working as an editorial portrait photographer in Paris, France,
I founded two major photography projects for underprivileged children:
- LABO PHOTO, a mini-school of black and white film photography for kids between the ages of 5 and 11 years old This program ran for over 3 years and got the attention and sponsorship of the City Hall of Paris that subsequently introduced the children's images in numerous exhibitions.
- REGARDS, an artistic reflection on photography as an alternative to violence for high school students struggling with insertion issues. "Regards" was acclaimed by the French media and continues to have a positive impact on the community today.