My friend Jeff Rian and his wife Elke just out of their wedding's ceremony. I had the pleasure to be his witness (Paris)

Two previous portraits representing Jeff have been posted on Portrait Lab the 18/09/2011 and 20/01/2012

Alessandro Sartori (Berluti's Art Director) working at the backstage of his huge show in le Jardin du Palais Royal, before I shot his portrait for the next issue of L'Optimum (Paris)

Unpublished. The photographer Paul Schmidt, relaxing after an advertising shoot, at the time he was my assistant - Yaounde, 2002 (Paris)

My mother worried while having a drink with me - Paris, 1999 (Paris)

Anonymous (Paris)

Unpublished. The photographer and visual artist Mark Borthwick, after a tennis match - Paris, 2003 (Paris)

Unpublished. My niece, Emma, in her father's car - Normandy, 2001 (Paris)

Two previous portraits representing Emma have been posted on Portrait Lab the 17/09/2011

Before I photographed the beautiful Amandine, she introduced me to her mother, who told me about her painting work, and the seven years they spent in Haïti (Paris)

Image pain (Paris)

Unpublished. When I met Marie, she was a young Parisian curator. I photographed her in the street where I used to live - 2001 (Paris)

Unpublished. The great Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco, home, for Paris Vogue in 2003 (Paris)

Mister Au is a serious man - Hong-Kong, 2008 (Paris)

Danielle S. looks like a Parisian bourgeoise, or a Swedish model, but she has nothing to do with all this. She's simply one of the sweetest women I know (Paris)

Jonas, on his way back from a week-end at his grandfather's place (Paris)

My nine years old brother Accène in his bedroom (Paris)

My brother Axel, jetlagged, during a walk in Buenos Aires between two photo shoots - 2010, Argentina (Paris)

Regina Demina visited me this afternoon, just after a screen test. We had tea and a talk about her last short film (as a film-maker) and some of her experiences as an actress (Paris)

 Two previous portraits and a video representing Regina have been posted on Portrait Lab the 19/12/2011, 09/01/2012 and 15/05/2012

Unpublished. Julie drinking - Ibiza, 2009 (Paris)

After visiting an amazing exhibition at Musée du Quai Branly about the relationships between the invisible worlds and contemporary art, I went to the stadium to watch Jonas play football (Paris)

Photo: Myriam Mihindou

                       

Amandine spent her childhood in Haiti. I spent mine in France. She may be more Haitian than I am... (Paris)

Election day in France (Paris)

Manon having lunch with Jonas and friends (Deauville)

Jonas on his way to Deauville with Alice and friends (France)

It was nice to meet Angelo Cirimele (one of the best French magazine publisher and critic) at Le Club des Directeurs Artistiques's garden party (Paris)

The amazing Kinshasa's band Staff Benda Bilili live at Le Cenquatre (Paris)

Beautiful Senegalese woman - Senegal, 2010 (Paris)

Cyrille Weiner is a talented architecture and landscape photographer. He wanted to meet me because he thinks we have quite similar visual sensibilities. I visited him today at his studio and had a good time talking to him (Paris)

Guess who? (Paris)

Nicolas Bourriaud is one of the most brilliant men I know. Before being the Director of Les Beaux-Arts de Paris, he co-founded and directed Le Palais de Tokyo, among other prestigious jobs related to contemporary art. No need to say how influential he is for my generation (Paris)

Unpublished. Young scientist at Dakar University - Senegal, 2010 (Paris)