Entering the mosque

Elusive silhouette at Al-Abhar mosque in Sana'a.

Veiled Shakties in Sana'a

Yemen, a mysterious land where fast moving silhouettes sometimes speak to strangers from behind their veils...

News from Yemen

Bab Al Yemen, south gate of Sana'a.

Walking around with Jumana this morning in Sana'a, capital of Yemen.

Are Tibetans travelling the world?

The prestigious Leica Fotografie International magazine just published a 14 pages portfolio of my reportage on Tibet.



Photographic representations of Tibetans do get seen worldwide by millions of persons. Yet, themselves have difficulties to travel on their own land because the Chinese authorities have set up so many restricting rules.
In the spring of 2000, I went to Tibet to share and photograph the lifestyle of the Tibetan pilgrims.

I walked through snowy mountains and high passes in their company, took refuge in caves or in nomad’s tents and shared their simple and daring lifestyle.
The photographs published in the current LFI magazine were made in Lhassa and around mount Kailash, the most sacred mountain in southwest Tibet.
I was once lost on a snowy day while trekking between the Ganden and Samye monasteries when suddenly, a single monk in his twenties appeared, himself lost and coming for a very far away part of Tibet. We became travel companions and found our way through high passes and frozen lakes.
His dream was to escape Tibet and to go live near the Dalai Lama in India.
Is he now travelling the world?


Technical notes:
I used Leica M cameras (on this trip, a M6 loaded with 3200 asa film for the dark interior shoots, a M4P with 35mm summicron and a M3 with 50mm summicron and 400 asa film for outoors). After years of carrying SLR cameras and heavy equipment, I discovered the freedom of having just a couple of discreet, quiet rangefinders and fabulous lenses. Best built quality, smoothness of use, reliability, no power failure and I can load film fearlessly in a snowstorm…

The french editor "Autrement" published "Pèlerinages tibétains : le goût du sacré" in 2004. The photographs are accompanied by a superb text from Martin Melkonian.

To view the full photo story, go visit my website.


Do you want one of these photographs on your wall? Write to me (email adress in my profil).

Night Light

night walk by the monastery......

Diana, espiègle ou mutine?

Akashic Icon

A new silver print of the iconic Katiusha

Snowy Bucarest

Promenade avec Sabrina dans le voisinage.
Click on the pic to enjoy this panoramic pinhole photograph...

Dynamic 2010

I wish to everyone a dynamic, spiritual and loving year 2010.

Santa Claus apparition?

Merry Christmas to all of you.......

Is it beauty in the eye of the beholder ou...

es-tu toujours aussi belle?

Tripura Sundari as Cristina

Tripura Sundari, the Great Cosmic Power of Beauty, Truth and Harmony as she appeared to me after many meditations.

Tara as Cristina

Tara, the Great Cosmic Power of Compassion and Divine Grace as she appeared to me after many meditations.

Kali as Cristina

Kali, the great Cosmic Power of Time as she appeared to me after many meditations.

After the earthquake

From my window this morning, 2 mn exposure for this "pinhole" photograph.

Que les filles sont belles...

Four of the countless beauties who come every year to the the yoga camp in Baile Herculane.....

Bucarest: Protest against Biometric Passports

Protest in Bucarest on march 7 against the new Identity card and the Passport with microchips. The black and white photos are with little details because they are pinhole images....

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Mahashivaratri

Meditation in a yang spirale on the night of Mahashivaratri at the yoga hall "Pipera" in Bucarest.
I used a special analog camera without lens to record on film the energy field of this meditation. The exposure time was 45mn from 11.30 pm feb 23 till 0.15 am feb 24.
The above photograph is very soft because of this unique procedure....

Alexandra on Tripura Sundari

The second day before full moon is charged by the great cosmic power of Tripura Sundari. The most beautiful energies are then surrounding us; perfect afternoon to go for a walk with Alexandra and cameras...



I removed the lense from my leica rangefinder and replaced it with the body cap and a 0,2mm pinhole; focal length became 30mm, aperture f/150, exposure was 2s with film speed of 400 iso in the late afternoon sun......

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