Sainte-Marie de Ré, august 2011. As many other objects, trash cans have been able to speak for a long while. Some are simply labelled “trash”, while other are conceived to “recycle”. Various categories may coexist: some read “aluminum cans”, while […]
Paris, october 2011. In the so called Web 2.0, some writing practices have been given paramount importance. Indeed, it is one of the main points that differenciate the ‘2’ from the ‘1’: people do not only read anymore, they write […]
Paris, august 2011. I entered this shop and began to look at several articles displayed on merchandisers. I carefully chose a suitable time slot : there was no crowd. So, it was possible to take time to glean and to […]
St-Martin de Ré, august 2011. One entity, one name. It is the means we commonly use to designate the world we live in. No human being with no nickname or surname, no city or streets without plaques, no goods without […]
Capbreton, august 2011. A few years ago, you have finally understood that getting old means living with more and more dead people. A gang of ghosts, continuously growing. But you also understood that such an inescapable truth was not a […]
Paris, february 2010. Who is the author of a movie? Who did produce a clothing accessory? Who did participate to the writing of a software program? Who did contribute to a scientific article? One considers important, indeed a requisite, to […]
Saint-Viance, april 2010. « Pupils shelter ». Why does this sounds weird? Partly because we all call it a bus shelter, of course. But also because it’s quite rare to find such a precision in a public space. Usually, the « pupils » category […]
Dieppe, august 2006. The time always comes when we shall leave. Ordinary social time resumes its course and vacation spots disappear in the rear window. Only memories remain and some snapshots to fix them. The buoy and the boat are […]
Canton de Vaud, Suisse, july 2006. A small road in the mountain rises above the vineyards and the Aigle Castle. After one last village to cross, there is no car in sight, or even a cyclist foolish enough to go […]
San Francisco, december 2010. Imagined California is populated by film and television industries with buxom lifeguards and their muscular partners, which will protect you from everything. But this sign is not on the Malibu or Santa Barbara beaches, it is […]