Back to Rokkasho

Anne is back and she took back possession of the (empty) beach... under the moon.
Hot air / Hot water... 28°C / 24°C... @night!

Rokkasho, Japan - 2010.

end of the Summer

not yet but getting close.

It has been a very intense and great time.
I have worked on the promotion of my new book (by the way available here, FNAC.fr and AMAZON.com so far), signed copies in library, exhibit at Montalivet with 3 others photographers and, of course, shoot a lot!

Rokkasho, Japan - 2010.

Her is a pic of this unexpected exhibition with (from the right) Jock Sturges, Regis Duvignau, Hervé Szydlowski and myself. 4 different vision of Nude photography - Nice "vernissage" -  Special thanks to François Teulié who made it possible!
Too bad I bring only 13x19 prints with me in France!

(from the right) Jock Sturges, Regis Duvignau, Hervé Szydlowski and myself, Montalivet, France - 2010.

Vacations? not yet!

Summer is here.
I am looking for distributors in Japan - France and US for my book so vacations will just wait...
and, anyway, they will be full of loving&thinking&eating&shooting!

Montalivet, France - 2004.

Melissa

Portrait on the roof of the NewSky building.
Again, more to come...

Tokyo, Japan - 2010.

Back Home (and tired)

I am finally back home... and tired.
More soon.

Rokkasho, Japan - 2010.

Production of "Distance(s)"

I have spent a week in Shenzhen (China) following the production of my book.
It was a very great time, intense and interesting to see the conclusion of all the preparation efforts on paper!
Thanks to Joseph J. Pasky (who provided all the printing expertise) and Artron (the printer specialized in Art reproduction), I was impress by the level of quality. First the paper, Stora Enzo 200gsm is thick and nice with a very clean surface. Then, the quality control from the Photo profiles, via the plates productions, to the operator adjustments on press is awesome. They check (with spectrometer) all the starting pages and then one every few hundred along the production - very robust quality management. A minor error has happened during the cover printing and, with such processes, has been detected right away and fix.  I have done the CMYK conversion myself it was such a pleasure to see details on the blacks on very challenging pics. Even the varnishing and lamination processes are perfect! Great work.
At the end, and after only few hours of sleep, they have prepared few book cases and all the signatures for me to validate - here they are!

Shenzhen, China - 2010.