South story : train des merveilles

there is a train that goes from Nice up to mountains, to the border between France and Italy, it's an amazing trip called Train of Wonders. the train stops in several beautiful villages, in each one there is something special, an old story. you can hop on and off of the train as you like and go and sightsee each one of the villages. I've already visited 3 of them and loved it. with Charity we've visited Tende and went hiking there together. it was the last part of our trip.

all the pictures are by Charity Thomas and me

Charlie Morgan

I've met Charlie the first time at Kusmi Tea on Champs Elysées, he came to Paris for an audition. it was an amazing day for me for many reasons and I was meeting my friend the talent agent Maëlle and had no idea that there will be someone else with her. he seemed very nice but very shy, I would never thought at this point that we will meet again very soon and became friends.
he invited us to come to London to see him in a play where he had the leading role. so we decided with Maëlle to go to London for 5 days. I'll post later my feelings about London and our trip.

Charlie was very good in his play and he was a perfect guide for us in the city. we had a lot of fun together. at the end of our trip we took only few minutes for a test shoot but it was enough to realize his potential. there is something enigmatic in his face, you think you know him but then you look at the pictures and you see something else, something special. I truly believe that he can go very far in his career, I can feel it and see it in his expressions. maybe through my camera I can capture the man he is going to be... it's very strange and I can't wait to made the real shooting with him, to see what he has behind his green eyes.

  model : Charlie Morgan, Venin Agency

under frozen water

I am blessed having my passion as work, my only problem is organization. I am easily distracted and when I loose my concentration it's pretty hard for me to get back to the good rhythm of work, that's why I dont' have a lot of time for personal projects, I always privilege clients. 

but from time to time I feel the need doing things just for me, without any particular goal ! 

this shoot is one for the soul, was made in a very transitional period of my life. the model is my close friend who bravely endured the cold, thank you babe ♥

model : Pascaline

Maëlle Venin

everything happens for a reason...

about a year and a half ago I had a difficult time recovering from a very painful but necessary break-up. I had no idea what to do with my life, where to go, where to live, I was such a mess... 

the only moments when I felt alive was the time I was surrounded by my friends and their friends. that's when I met Clémence Thooris, a gorgeous actress with cat eyes. we spend few months hanging out all together then everybody disappeared, as if by magic, following their roads. 

about a year after, out of nowhere, Clémence wrote me down asking to take some pictures of her, because apparently her agent was never satisfied with her photos. I got scared imagining this terrifying agent never happy with anything but said "yes" anyway. we spend a very cool afternoon with Clem taking pictures talking about past months of our lives (the fool shooting is here). 

when I was sending her the pictures I was under a lot of pressure, waiting for the answer... 

and then I've got THE call :

"Hey, I'm Maëlle, Clémence Thooris' agent. I loved your pictures ! Can you photograph my other actors from the agency ?" - asked a girlish sweet voice. I was shocked. mostly because it was my dream job - working with actors, but also because this agent seemed to be a lovely fairy. 

after our conversation we spend few weeks speaking regularly on a phone, or by text messages, I took pictures of several actors from her agency - Venin, we became pretty close without seeing each other. 

and then finally we've met ! so the big scary agent happens to be this teeny tiny graceful brunette filled with charm and kindness. people like her are very rare : strong, willing to help lost souls around her in whom she believes, knows exactly what she wants and where she goes, can manage several things at the same time, very professional, genuine, smart, intuitive, sensitive, funny... but at the same time there is this very fragile side of her, very precious and delicate that I'm crazy about.

her actors love her very much and she takes good care of them. and, in some way, she also took me under her wing, giving me some precious advices and helping me to build the confidence in myself.

I feel like I know her for ages, from our previous lives maybe (if there is...), even though it's been only for 8 months top, there is the deep connection full of light between us. I hope our friendship will grow on beautiful and strong and all our projects will be realized together side by side.

of course from the first sigh I saw her I wanted to take pictures of her, but she was very reluctant to this idea, so I tricked her ! presenting the photo-session as a gift for her birthday and shooting her daughter at the same time. it must have been just a try, because I've never did a real mother-daughter shooting before, but I like the result very much and hope we will do it again some time soon ;)

 motherhood

models : Maëlle & Satine