Stories

  1. Shadow and Light - MB Tbilisi Fashion Week

    November 8, 2018
    Life is indeed a box of chocolates, at least sometimes. What are the odds of taking my son to the dentist and to end up making backstage photos at an international fashion show? This is basically what happened to me last Saturday and it is the result of random encounters…

  2. Rainy day at Samgori Market

    November 3, 2018
    It is still dark when I reach the market at 7AM and things are not going to improve as clouds rapidly pile up above Tbilisi. I always start my visit by the florists market as activity here is at its peak before 8AM. It is always very colorful and there…

  3. Going back to Batumi TB hospital

    June 29, 2018
    Back in January 2017, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) had invited me to join on a field trip to Batumi TB hospital where MSF was starting a building renovation project. I was shocked at the time by the pitiful condition of the building as I relate in this post…

  4. The trolleys of Samgori market

    February 3, 2018
    Combining wholesale and retail areas, Samgori market is a fascinating ecosystem. It offers a multitude of goods and services, but the main activity is the sale of fresh food products. Trade in goods relies on a fleet of delivering trolleys which are the only ones able to make their way…

  5. Thinking Inside the Box?

    December 18, 2017
    The Parent Association of the French school in Tbilisi proposes a calendar every year, gathering all class photos in one place. This year I have offered to produce the class photos. This is far from my usual work and my comfort zone and I am curious to see what I…

  6. Back to Samgori

    September 27, 2017
    [la version française est ici] As I have told before, I visited Samgori market almost every week from November to last June, to photograph the people who work there. I had a lot of encounters over time. But then I left, for summer break, after having promised I would come…

  7. Voices of Samgori market

    July 1, 2017
    I have visited Samgori market for months now, making new photos every week and distributing photos from the previous week. As I don’t speak Georgian nor Russian I can’t have proper conversations. This has become frustrating. Therefore, I now go with an interpreter to collect some stories. Salomé is my…

  8. Women of Pankisi

    June 23, 2017
    Action Against Hunger (ACF for “Action Contre la Faim” in French) invited me to join on a field trip in the remote region of Pankisi, in the north east of Georgia. This agricultural region stretches at the foot of the North Caucasus range Lela, ACF manager for the assistance project…

  9. Armenia - Farewell Arsen

    May 24, 2017
    Today, Margarit, a social worker for Doctors without Borders (MSF) in Armenia, takes me to visit Arsen, who is treated for multi-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). Arsen lives in a house in the suburbs of Yerevan with his mother, 80 years old, along with the family of his brother. He has his…

  10. Armenia - Ashot, a family reboot

    April 20, 2017
    Today, Margarit, a social worker at MSF in Armenia, brings me along to visit Ashot, a TB patient. Ashot lives in a village close to the Turkish border. Mount Ararat overlooks the landscape as Armen drives west, leaving Yerevan behind us Ashot shares his house with his son and his…
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