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"La Beauté"— Charles Baudelaire, "Les Fleurs du mal", (Spleen et Idéal). Je suis belle, ô mortels! comme un rêve de pierre, Et mon sein, où chacun s'est meurtri tour à tour, Est fait pour inspirer au poète un amour Eternel et muet ainsi que la matière.…
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"The oldest living city in the world". This was shot on the bank of river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras) on a Sunday afternoon. This saddhu is looking at the other bank which is covered by the waters in summer. I was wondering what he could be thinking abou…
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The Golden Temple (informal name in Sikhism), is the most sacred and holiest shrine of Sikhism (the holy-of-holies of Sikhism). The official name of the Temple in Sikhism is: Harmandir Sahib or Darbar Sahib, (Punjabi: ਹਰਿਮੰਦਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ ) which means literal…
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"The oldest living city i the world". A few weeks ago I was walking near Lal ghat early in the morning and I saw this young man who was looking in a mirror. I came close and as this happened along river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras) where reality someti…
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“J’ai deux amours, mon pays et Paris...” This was shot last June, at the Opéra Comique in Paris. My friend Carmen Arbues Miro was the make-up artist of this splashy musical revue, "A la recherche de Joséphine - à La Nouvelle-Orléans" (Looking for Joséphi…
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"The oldest living city in the world". As I was walking in a little street which is leading to the Nepali temple in Varanasi (Benaras) I met this young boy who was busy with a kite. He didn't mind that I was taking a few pictures of him and he was making…
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This is a portrait of my brother with his elder daughter. It was in August in Varanasi (Benaras) during a very hot day, we were expecting the monsoon rain and it was not easy to work on our new collection for winter. Suddenly this little girl came in our…
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“The oldest living city in the world”. I shot this picture at Scindia ghat in Varanasi (Benaras) during the time at which the sun is 6 degrees below the horizon in the evening. At this time called “civil dusk”, objects are distinguishable and some st…
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- FREE TIBET - Tibetan monks are our shepherds, they pray for us, for our souls and we can't let them down... Chinese invaders will not leave this land because this part of Himalaya has many valuable resources. An huge Highway is already reaching the hil…
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"When you were here before, Couldn't look you in the eye You're just like an angel, Your skin makes me cry You float like a feather In a beautiful world I wish I was special You're so very special But I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo What the hell am I doin…
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"The oldest living city in the world". My first video over here, I did it with my picture camera so the quality can't be great. However it was fun to do and to be able to show a basic street in Varanasi (Benaras). I like the mix between people, style gar…
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"The oldest living city in the world". As I took this picture on the ghats along river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras) there was this song of Gilbert O'Sullivan running into my mind. I can't really explain why, maybe it was because of this baba who was looki…
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"The oldest living city in the world". I met this young man one morning as I was walking along river Ganga in Varanasi (Benaras). It was the kite festival and less people were working that day, that might be the reason why he came to the ghats early in o…
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Today you are 30 070 Flickr viewers who visisted my photostream. I wanted to thank you all for your kind comments and support, for your advices, for your friendship... Flickr is an amazing platform which allows me to show my work and to share many emo…
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This image was shot on the bank of river Ganga at Scindia ghat in Varanasi (Benaras). At dusk I often meet seniors nearby the holy waters of the oldest living city in the world, I try to pierce their souls with my camera but I can hardly find anything as…
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"The oldest living city in the world." This was shot from Scindia Ghat. The platform is only visible in winter as the floods are covering it during summer monsoons. Above the ghat, several of Kashi’s most influential shrines are hidden within the tight m…
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This is a portrait of Manish who is a young Banarasi. It was the second time that I was taking pictures of him, I have been shooting this one at sunrise at the Akhara which is near scindia ghat in Vanarasi (Benaras). The sunshine was reflecting into the h…
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Vinod is a pehlwan (Indian wrestler) who allowed me to take some pictures during his training last January. As he was very easy with the camera I asked him to become one of my models for the catalogue of our new collection. I took this picture a few hou…
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This morning we were driving back to Varanasi (Benaras) when we met this elephant on the road. As it is my favourite animal I asked the driver to stop the car and I took a few pictures. The tradition wants that people give some money to the haathi (elep…
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I was walking on the ghats of Varanasi along river Ganga when this boat came nearby with some music on. I remembered I could make a video with my little camera which I always keep in my pocket and I decided to try to catch this moment. The quality is no…
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