We strolled through the daily market in Quatre Bornes, a town in the center of Mauritius today. With me not my trusty camera but shockingly…. my iPhone. But why did I say shockingly? I am quite proud of some of the photos I made today and I honestly can’t see what a camera of any... Continue Reading →

When you live near the sea or even a river or lake, and if you are a photographer, you can't evade the siren call of boats. And if you happen to live in a place such as Mauritius, this is even better! What I like best are those sometimes derelict wooden boats, some abandoned, some... Continue Reading →

Hi from Mauritius! Just wanted to give you all an update about what we're doing (apart from soaking up the sun...). We're planning our future guesthouse at full speed. Bought our plot of land and we hope our construction work will soon start with all the speed Mauritian builders can manage.... which is not all... Continue Reading →

Yes, the final Hurrah for film photography from me. And I wanted to let film go out with a bang. I took my final film camera, a trusty Canon AE-1 to Mauritius, with a dozen rolls of film, to see what could be done. And there was a lot to do. A lot to photograph... Continue Reading →

No, I will not apologize, I will not go into details why and when and where, I will not try to explain. Just accept it, I was AWOL and I’m showing signs of life again. I just wanted to show some photos I took on a recent trip to Porto in Portugal. And I want... Continue Reading →

Dreams are what’s fuelling our lives and what’s pushing humanity forward. Some have small dreams, some have big dreams and some have dreams rooted in childhood. There’s a farmer in our town who has got a dream, I suppose it’s one of his childhood dreams or even the dream of one of his kids. He... Continue Reading →

Or does it? Sure, most of the great Street Photos do have people in them. Of course.... as Street Photography is mostly defined by photographing people evolving in their usual surroundings. But the presence of people is not always indispensable. There's also the implied presence of people, the traces of their interactions with their world.... Continue Reading →