The adventure begins in summer 2019, at one of those crossroads that life sometimes throws in our path. Change, a move to the countryside and a desire to discover the forests and explore the paths that led from my home… and to make sense of it all, I had the idea of ordering myself a camera. I don’t think a day has gone by since then without a link to photography.

I remember that at first, the camera was my excuse to get outside. And then, gradually, it became the main reason for my outings. I think now it and I have become one; being outside with my camera is simply part of my life.

Macro photography and spiders

Ever since my very first photo outing, I’ve been attracted by what the lens allowed me to appreciate better than with my eyes alone. The little creatures on the side of the road, the mushrooms in the rain, the dew of dawn on the spiderwebs…

But it wasn’t until the summer of 2021 that I really discovered macro photography and all its possibilities. It was as if I were absorbed by all these details, this whole unknown world of beasts, each stranger than the last, and to tell you the truth, which frightened me so much before… Because yes, I’ve always been afraid of insects, but especially spiders. I was, and probably still am to some extent, an arachnophobe. But I’ve always been fascinated by these animals and their power of repulsion, and attraction…

And strangely enough, through the lens, the fear faded. These swarming creatures organized themselves before my eyes, revealing antennae, legs all different, incredible colors, sharp claws, almost expressive eyes. Some insects even went from repulsive to cute in a single afternoon, incredible. And then, by observing them again and again, curiosity turned into fascination.

My approach

And I could stop the paragraph here. Because it’s all in the approach. No matter what the results, expectations or feedback, what counts is the process. Here too, as in my walks, I apply this concept of conscious wandering. It is through exploration and a consistently empirical approach that I can create.

I’ll never be satisfied with a photo, not out of frustration, but simply because it makes me want to take another one, a different one, to improve this or that. In short, I enjoy taking photos, and that’s fundamentally the only thing that matters.

My photography also aims to reflect the extraordinary aspects of the ordinary. I don’t believe that rarity creates value. Beauty is everywhere; you just have to stop, bend down, and look. I focus a lot on my region, primarily the foothills of the Jura Mountains, the ridges and their pastures, the Orbe plains, and so on.