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On photography, travel and other things that make me think.

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Conditions of Appearance

On my forthcoming photography book: images made between 2018 and 2023 and a way of seeing landscape that has gradually taken shape over the years.

Life Is Not Long Enough for So Much Beauty

Before certain mountains, I have felt that an entire lifetime is not enough for so much beauty. And even so, what immense good fortune to have been born in time to behold them.

What I Look for When I Make a Photograph

Photography began as a way of bringing something back from my travels, but over the years it came to occupy a place in my life I had never imagined.

Why Notes

For some time now, I have wanted to write about things that are not necessarily related to photography. Ideas that appear during a journey, after reading something or in a conversation.

When the Landscape Bites

A reflection on the difference between nature, territory and landscape, and on what can happen when a photograph goes beyond beauty.