*Recycling*
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You see a lot of such handcarts in Hong Kong, but even more in Guangzhou where a lot of garbage collection is still very manual. I’m always on the lookout for these, and the added bonus here is that the woman saw me, and probably wondered why the hell I found this interesting enough to photograph. The title is a little ironic by the way, recycling is not very high on the agenda in this part of the world…
*Unhinged*
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Just as I was walking past this iron curtain in a narrow, grimy street in Guangzhou, this women emerges… with the door frame in her hands. I snapped, and (for once) got a good shot out of it. I really like the reality warping side of it which makes your brain go « whaaaaat? »
*Canton Lights*
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The most famous Canton Lights are of course those of the Canton Tower at night, but my 2 1/2 weekend there didn’t give me an opportunity to be at the right place and the right time to capture that. Instead I roamed the streets by day and by dusk and captured different kinds of night lights. Love the neon vibe here.
*Double Crossed*
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Another shot from Bordeaux’ Cimetière de la Chartreuse. These two stark parallel crosses appealed to me.
*Resting in the Shadow of a Tree*
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When you shoot cemeteries, as a photographer you’re conflicted: you want moody shots because of the subject matter and that suggests overcast light or rolling clouds. But generally as a photographer you tend to crave directional light, especially sunlight at dawn or dusk. This shot is the latter, in Bordeaux’s ‘Cimetière de la Chartreuse’. The shadow of the tree over the crypt seemed ominous and I decided to frame it as such.
*Straight to Wall Street*
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When I arrived in Brooklyn to try and shoot Wall Street at dawn, I arrived early. These piles spoke to me, so I tried to frame them in my first shot. I then moved and got more direct shots when the sun rose properly, but I’m not wondering if I shouldn’t have stayed just there. Anyway, this is minutes before dawn and I quite like the composition, if I say so myself.
*The Boulder*
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It was the boulder that attracted me to this composition. I love the way the waves at the forefront look like mist over the rocks, and I think the round boulder and the pointy island balance each other out nicely, compositionally speaking.
*Jagged Rock*
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To say that our summer in Wellington a little over a year ago was worse than most winters in France would be an understatement. But I got dramatic skies and heavy grey light, good stuff for long exposure black and whites by the sea. I only published one shot from this series previously, and when I revisited it this one struck me as really interesting.
*Faraway Island*
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When it comes to composition, the effects of wide angle on how things sit in the frame is interesting and an opportunity to play around with things. Here the island that was maybe 500 meters from the shore looks really far away, and the rocks at the foot of my tripod look massive. And this was just 15mm, imagine at 10mm !!!
*Where’s the Sun?*
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I got up really early on a Sunday morning to catch the sunrise on the Southeastern side of Hong Kong Island. The weather apps said it was going to be a sunny day. Even before I got to Shek O, I knew that would not be the case thanks to the drizzle on my windshield. Weather is not an exact science. But when life gives you lemons you make lemonades, so I shifted from glorious colour sunrise over sea to moody black and white over rocks. I got three good shots out of it, this one is the first.
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