black and white film photographs

Black to White. Shapes and Presences.

Here, color recedes to reveal the essential: lines, contrasts, light.
The world becomes surface, relief, rhythm.
Landscapes, architecture, faces—everything is structure.
In each shot, a tension: between the still and the living, between shadow and light.
A search for graphic balance, a look at humanity in the material world.

On the road to Normandy, November 13, 1988

Normandy Rain

The Paris bridge in visual Notre Dame Cathedral

From arch to arch

Pigeon taking flight at the Palais Royal, Paris, September 1985

Flight into culture

The kiosk in the fog, Fontainebleau, November 1986

The Kiosk

Waves gallop on the beach, November 13, 1988

Anger in Trouville

Boat on the banks of the Marne, Nogent sur Marne, July 1987

Banks of the Marne

A walk along the seaside Trouville, November 13, 1988

ray of sunshine

Under the fog a person looks at the edge of the lake, Fontainebleau, November 1986

Frozen

The bench under the snow, Rueil-Malmaison, Malmaison park, January 1987

The snowy bench

Child with a sled in the snow, Rueil-Malmaison, Malmaison Park, January 1987

Winter Games

Couple with their dog on a walk, Rueil-Malmaison, May 1987

A quiet Sunday with the family

2 people on a bench in Malmaison Park, Rueil-Malmaison, August 1987

To each his own!

A reader on a bench in Malmaison Park, Rueil-Malmaison, August 1987

The loneliness of a reader

People reading on a bench in the heat at the Tuileries, Paris, June 1987

Summer at the Tuileries

Benches early in the morning, Parc Monceau, Paris, November 1985

The sun has a date with the benches

Benches awaiting public access, Paris, February 1987

Public bench ... without public bench

The public watches the spectacle of the construction of the Grande Arche, Paris la Défense, July 1987

The Grande Arche puts on a show

Young people on bicycles admire the offices of Paris la Défense, January 1987

When I grow up...

An elderly person takes a morning walk in Parc Monceau in Paris, November 1985.

Morning walk

A person walks to work through Parc Monceau in the fog, Paris, November 1987

On the way to work

n the background, we can see a monstrous building, with the couple returning with their purchases and their little girl, Paris-la-Défense, July 1987.

Mastodon

In the background, we can see the residential towers where people are leaving their homes. Paris, La Défense, August 1987.

Left the city

Metal bridge, Paris, July 1987

Crossing the Seine

Black mesh, a blurred representation of industrial silos.

Mystery behind the fence

On the bridge, you can see a bicycle with its wheel removed. In the background, you can see the Bercy Hall, Paris Bercy, July 1987.

The stolen bike

Moving photograph of trees in Malmaison Park, Rueil-Malmaison, August 1987

Pursuit in the Malmaison Park

In the wasteland of Rueil-Malmaison, in April 1987, an unfinished tower.

The Unfinished Tower

Illegal dumping in a vacant lot.

Improvised dump

Illegal dump in a deserted area. An abandoned wall in a deserted area. Rueil-Malmaison, April 1987

90°

Rueil-Malmaison, April 1987, a wall is left abandoned in a vacant lot

Unnatural

In April 1987, a half-destroyed Dauphine was left abandoned in the wasteland of Rueil-Malmaison.

The abandoned Dauphine

Close-up images showing the steering wheel of the Dauphine in the vacant lot in Rueil-Malmaison, in April 1987

The steering wheel of the Dauphine

Sunday stroll along the Seine, Rueil-Malmaison, April 1987

Sunday stroll along the Seine

In the distance, a man walks steadily across a vacant lot, Rueil-Malmaison, April 1987.

The mysterious man

A couple walks peacefully along a path lined with nature

A very quiet path.

During the summer of 1987 in Paris, a shop near the market saw its facades invaded by the posters of the moment.

The Herbes de Provence Market

A young child on a bicycle discovers the Tuileries funfair on a summer morning in Paris, July 1987.

In recognition...

A very young child chooses the restaurant La Vieille Tour, while his parents have lunch opposite, Paris, July 1987.

At the old tower, it's more romantic

Urban scene: a couple crosses a bridge as a bus passes, Paris, summer 1987.

The couple in a hurry

A young man glides at high speed on his roller skates, Palais-Royal, Paris, summer 1987.

Transience

Under an uncertain summer sky, a woman waits, umbrella in hand, at the Tuileries, Paris, June 1987.

Some have been waiting a long time

The decisive moment: a photographer in search of an image on the Buren columns, Palais-Royal, Paris, June 1987.

The decisive moment

Useful art: in the courtyards of the Palais-Royal, a mother with a stroller finds support on a column by Buren, Paris, June 1987.

Useful art

Rueil-Malmaison, August 1987 — two young children run freely in the vast Malmaison park.

A large space for running

Dans un recoin tranquille des Buttes-Chaumont, une silhouette solitaire repose à l’ombre d’un arbre, Paris, septembre 1987.

A peaceful little corner

Under Josephine's motionless gaze, a couple and their child pull a sled in the snow at Malmaison, Rueil-Malmaison, January 1983.

A stroll at Malmaison under the gaze of Joséphine

Rainbow by the sea, Trouville, November 13, 1988

Rainbow over deserted Trouville

Couple returning from shopping with their grandchild in Paris-la-Défense in April 1987.

Quick, home!

Imposing chimneys, an old building in the foreground and modern offices in the background.

Vertical

In May 1987, a house was demolished in Paris

Parisian remains

Paris, summer 1987 — a solitary figure climbs towards the Sacré-Cœur Basilica.

Pilgrimage to the Sacred Heart