The prison of light

From L'Express | Published in Art and Culture - 25 September 2011

Men obviously do not like prisons; or anything that can limit their lives. They do not like boundaries or constraints imposed on them by the brevity of their lives, or those imposed on them by physics. So, all the human adventure is made of escape attempts: thus, man lives longer and longer, knows the entire globe, learned how to fly, and explores the universe.

Garden of Eden

From L'Express | Published in Art and Culture - 14 August 2011

Should we talk about the rare places we’ve loved, at the risk of seing them invaded by a horde of tourists? This is to be case with some places that I had the privilege to cross: from the Band-e Amir lakes in Afghanistan to Easter Island, by way of the Bhutan’s valleys, Lao’s forests and some others.

France in July

From L'Express | Published in Art and Culture - 11 July 2011

France is so beautiful in July! The most beautiful country in the world, no doubt.

Hadopi – living off one’s art

From L'Express | Published in Art and Culture - 19 June 2011

Hadopi, the High Authority in charge of fighting music downloading on the Internet, made illegal by the law that created it, has just presented an advertising campaign of great magnitude.

A first name story

From L'Express | Published in Art and Culture - 26 January 2010

The choice of first names says a lot about the evolution of a nation.

Phillipe Seguin or the nowhere to be found Republic

From L'Express | Published in Art and Culture - 12 January 2010

The death of a friend always sends us back to what we shared with him, in what we said to each other, and what we did not say. The death of a personality, an intellectual or a politician, leads to say publicly things that we should have said before, during his lifetime.