Photography, Memory, and the Time That Passes
Behind the lens, some thoughts…
There are things we do long before we understand why we do them.
Photography has been part of my life since my teenage years. At first, there was no clear intention, no defined vision, no desire to “build a style.” It was simply there — a quiet presence, something instinctive, almost necessary. Only with time did I begin to realize that photography had slowly become a way of holding onto things.
Moments.
Memories.
Fragments of life that would otherwise slip away.
Today, I’m only starting to truly understand what this practice means to me.
An instinctive relationship with images
I’ve always been drawn to images — not only photographs, but images in a broader sense. Cinema, frames, light, silence. Visual language has always felt more natural to me than words.
Photography didn’t begin as a conscious attempt to capture emotions or tell stories. It developed organically, almost unconsciously. I photographed because it felt right. Because it allowed me to slow things down. Because it gave shape to moments that felt important, even if I couldn’t yet explain why.
It’s only recently that I’ve started to step back and analyze this relationship. To understand that photography, for me, is deeply connected to memory and to the passage of time.
Cinema as a language, not a reference
Cinema plays a major role in the way I see and feel images. Not as something to imitate, but as a language to learn from.
What fascinates me in cinema is not spectacle, but intention. The way framing, light, rhythm, and silence can serve a deeper meaning. The way form exists to support emotion, not to overshadow it.
This approach strongly influences my photography. I’m constantly searching for a balance between aesthetics and substance — between cinematic beauty and emotional truth. I’m interested in images that feel inhabited, that carry something beneath the surface.
An image can be beautiful, but if it doesn’t say anything, it quickly loses its impact. What matters to me is coherence: when every visual choice has a reason to exist, even if that reason remains unspoken.
Memory before perfection
I’m deeply sensitive to time passing. To nostalgia. To the way memories live within us long after a moment has ended.
Photographs have a unique power: they don’t create memories, but they bring them back. And through those memories, emotions and sensations resurface — sometimes unexpectedly, sometimes years later.
This is why perfection has never been my priority. I don’t believe an image needs to be flawless to be meaningful. On the contrary, imperfections often carry truth. They remind us that a moment was real, lived, human.
In my work, I value honesty over polish. I allow myself subtle adjustments if they serve the emotion, but I never alter who people are. Not out of rigid conviction, but out of respect — and because I believe that authenticity is what gives an image its lasting value.
Photographing in the present, understanding later
When I photograph couples or weddings, I don’t work with a calculated vision of the future. I’m fully present, attentive, instinctive. I observe more than I direct. I focus on gestures, glances, silences — the small things that often go unnoticed.
It’s usually later, during post-production, that another layer of meaning emerges. While editing, revisiting, and spending time with the images, I begin to sense what they might become over time. What they may represent years from now, when the day itself has faded into memory.
This process isn’t planned. It reveals itself gradually.
Fragments of lived moments
My photographs are not memories in themselves.
They are fragments.
Anchors that help reconnect with moments that have been lived — moments filled with emotion, intimacy, and presence. They don’t replace what was felt; they help bring it back.
Over the years, my work has taken shape quietly. Instinctively. And only now, more consciously than before.
This growing awareness doesn’t change the way I photograph — it simply helps me understand why I do it.
A personal approach to wedding and couple photography
Whether it’s a wedding or a couple session, my approach remains the same: attentive, honest, and deeply human.
I’m not interested in staging moments that don’t exist. I’m interested in revealing what’s already there. In creating images that feel natural, cinematic, and emotionally grounded — images that will still make sense long after trends have passed.
This article isn’t meant to define my work once and for all. It’s simply a reflection, a moment of pause, a way of putting words on a journey that continues to evolve.
Photography, for me, remains a dialogue between instinct and awareness. Between what is felt in the moment and what is understood with time.
And that’s where I feel most aligned.
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