Si tu comprends ce que je dis, alors viens me chercher

Avril 2005, Toronto, Canada
"Onto the white"

I never knew how to wait. I don't know what "patience" means. I hate delays and losing time. That must be the reason why I've always started up to chase those I'm dreaming about, before they even happen for real. I never stood up in front of the miror wondering what could it be if I was passing through : I try to enter when I see one. Alice is chasing the little white rabbit. I'm chasing nobody, but I'm still chasing all the same.

I'm runing the world to look for a place to live, work and die. I'm looking for a place where I could fit and be confortable. I believe I found that place, yet I'm still runing, for a place to live is not enough... But I'm not sure of what I want to find. All I know is what I hate the most.

For those who know a bit of my production, aperture is the thin red line of all I shot until now. Always a white window, a lighter place, a fading area, a gate to freedom. I love pictures of the past, photos of the begining of the XXth century... but this is not only a personal taste for what smells old. It also the freedom, the opening impression created by the shy masterization of the light at this period of history.

Last summer time, I was walking in the streets of Fengjie, in central China. The rain happened to pour down, and I took refuge under the parapet of a closed fooding store. Waiting for the rain to stop, I wondered for long minutes why I could easily wait quietly under that rotten roof instead of getting angry for that loss of time. When a bright interval allowed me to leave my refuge, I had not found any piece of answer. Today, I think I know. It all because the expression of my desire of freedom is all concentrated in my photographical production. The pictures I shoot ARE that will of liberty . When I travel, spending an entire day waiting for a good shot is no bothering matter... Coz beyond the fact I'm stupidly standing in the street to catch a glimpse of the world, my heart is actually eager to spread its wings, and that desire has my camera for mouth.

Juillet 2007, Tate Modern Gallery, Londres, UK.
"Alice in wonderland"