Back in Town.
Since a couple days, I'm officially not anymore a belgium resident. For professional and family related considerations. But my dream job remains to have carte blanche to shoot the official portrait of the Royal Family. How long do I still have until Belgium collapses?
Posted on August 31st, 2010
26th Floor, Topless Optional
That kind of things, anyway, comes from the mess on my desk.
Posted on May 3rd, 2010
I'm Not Here
But i wish you were there.
A serie made with an authentic brave model fighting the rude winter of North Brussels.
My wife told me I'm a sadistic person, because I 'm setting this photoshoot outdoor in plain winter. How is it my fault that Fashion presents summer trends during january? I had an answer for that: I did have a blanket prepared for the model.
Posted on February 14th, 2010
Rendez-vous
Sometime, I wish i could recycle everything I used. At first this serie was named "Invisible Monsters", quoting Chuck Palahniuk. Eventually it turned itself into a rendezvous of some months ago pictures meeting today's. With some drops of unconscious mind.
Posted on February 3rd, 2010
A city of Love and Hate.
Since a few month, I've traded an nice camera I really liked but I didn't use anymore for a quite old and used vespa (1979, actually), in its beautiful dented uncertain blueish dress. My very pride on the street of Paris, cute, conforting and practical. Cruising across the city reveals at last how beautiful Paris can be. But remains, of course a place of Love and… Hate, as I discovered it in the front box of my poor vespa:
for non french speaking readers:
- "I run into you every morning and every time my heart misses a bit. You are my sunshine. I love you."
-"Park this piece of shit somewhere else!"
Posted on January 18th, 2010
Greetings
Posted on December 29th, 2009
Uniforms
Uniforms
"Uniform you’ve got on is bigger than your name..." (did someone say). Let's check that out!
Posted on October 29th, 2009
FIPM 2009
Few sun rays from this summer in Cannes over shadowed time.
Summer 2009, Cannes, Festival International de la Photo de Mode.
Posted on October 15th, 2009
Do you mind I take a picture...
Belgium Waffle: boring! Manneken Pis: has been! New attraction in town: the fashion model: get your camphone ready!
Thanks to Hanan who was so ready to catch the joke.
Posted on August 29th, 2009
Cube Goes To China
Sept-Oct 09 in Beijing. This is a test. Let's have a look at the real ones in September. Let's meet there!
CUBE | From Belgium to China
方块 | 从比利时到中国
Photography Exhibition 25 september to 17 october 2009
at The Village at San Li Tun North
Posted on August 24th, 2009
festival international de la photographie de mode
Unfortunately, I won't be able to make it for the opening party but I wish I could. One of my photograph should be hanging in Cannes during this summer, selected by the Festival International de La Photographie de Mode. I'll send a copy of the IFM catalogue, I've made some time ago (which is still a very nice book), to the first person that'll send me a good shot of my photograph in Cannes. No kidding.
Posted on June 12th, 2009
Furnishions
Somehow, I was asked by a design magazine to shoot a serie of photograhs presenting textiles and furnitures, from belgian designers ' new collections, for some special portfolio due to be released during the Milan Design Fair. "Carte blanche", they said!
So I mixed everything, dresses, model, chairs and lamps in a big blender set in a studio, added some special spices taken from personal souvenirs and voila!
Will it blend? Watch out for the big titanium mirror.
Posted on April 24th, 2009
Walking in your shoes...
And thieve your identity? Looks weird, written like this, doesn't it? So, it's about a misplaced shoot for a belgian magazine. Beauty and shoes, as it waws pitched to the fashion editor. I read somewhere that's a new trend for a fashion photographer is to perform also as model. The dresses didn't really fit me well, neither the shoes but I managed though to stand in the picture. A start for a new carreer?
![Pote [de la chaussure], vos papiers!](http://www.lionelsamain.com/pixjournal/idcheck-1.jpg)
Posted on April 24th, 2009
Newsletter March 09
More things to come. Or not.
Posted on March 10th, 2009
Streaming Panties
Another Youtube merveille, as meticulous report of that day of shooting.
Posted on March 10th, 2009
Down the Rivière (de diamants)
Once, I tried to play according to the rule of classification in photography and put myself into a straight jewels photoshoot. I don't know if I passed the test but the guy from Tiffany's failed! No handcuffs to secure the jewels suitcase? Come on! You're trashing my professional fantasy!
For unepileptic viewers, here's one youtube report with sounds and moving images included.
Posted on March 6th, 2009
Old news
Have just found back this flick in a drawer of forgoten hard drive, aired centuries ago on belgian TV. I'm still laughing out loud if I'm actually listening to what I was saying. How time flew away! How happened that I'm not taking as much portraits as I used to do?
Posted on March 6th, 2009
I walk the line
People of the web (let's be more precise: you, facebook user!), you may now support my modest person through facebook pages. What do you get from it? Nothing except some more spam from the outter web space. Anyway, I would be delighted to have you in those special salons.
I'm not used to publish scans of pages from magazines but there is a start for everything. I shot recently an editorial serie for belgium magazine Goedele and they have this habit to spread few words about their collaborators. My wife laughed a lot when she discovered the picture I sent as my portrait. Well, first publication of a picture taken by an iphone camera. Let's celebrate!
Posted on January 14th, 2009
As time goes by
Posted on January 5th, 2009
"rich in content"
I'm dreaming of a world where there are more agencies like Gannaca. But I guess genius comes usually along with uniqueness.
Posted on November 19th, 2008
A-well-a everybody's heard about The Word
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Papa-ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow
Ooma-mow-mow, papa-ooma-mow-mow!
In November, in The Word Magazine. Should be easy to find in Brussels (no bird involved).
Posted on October 27th, 2008
Night isn't grey.
I know some collaborators so brave, they told me they wouldn't be affraid of spending the whole night out in a public park. I thought they deserved that experience right away!
Stylist caught at night.
Buffet'Omobile.
Posted on October 9th, 2008
Communication blip/ Oct.08
I love spam. Please, more!
Posted on September 30th, 2008
L'Autre.
Shot in the White Hotel in Brussels. Neat place, but I prefer to bring my own personal through the windows sights.
Posted on September 30th, 2008
So much time, no news.
Posted on September 30th, 2008
Updates
- If you are passing by... have a look (Albertine square, Brussels)
- Me working:
Posted on July 12th, 2008
Some windows
During summer, every day, from July 15th, I'll be posting one new image in the "somewhere" collection. Maybe it'll help cooling your computer. See you in a moment!
Meanwhile, a belgian galery in Brussels, PGA, contribute to the Summer of Photography festival by exhibing huge prints mounted on several cubes, downtown, 'til August. One of them is showing pictures from here.
Posted on June 29th, 2008
Newsletter Summer 08
Always a pleasure to serve!
Posted on June 28th, 2008
Peep Show
On that photoshooting technicaly based upon use of very long lenses, I really enjoyed playing with those walkies talkies, even when the model was standing as close as 3 meters away. I think I need a megaphone. And a folding chair near the camera. That would be the photography as I signed up for.
As first, this serie was meant as a tribute to Antonioni's Blow Up, but in its way through the lens, it transformed itself into Michael Powell's Peeping Tom. I don't mind. Eventually I named those pictures Peep Show. 'Like how it sounds.
Posted on May 6th, 2008
Traffic Out!
Well it was about time.
Thanks again to my friend Kristo Buel for his paintings.
Posted on April 15th, 2008
Cheers!
On a rainy afternoon, I decided to pay a visit to the quiet world of Still Life, where I happened to meet a bunch of
Still Friends.
Posted on March 28th, 2008
Pylône Magazine.
At last there will be things to read around my pictures!
April 10th @ l'Archiduc, in Brussels. Any dead drunk person knows where it stands.
Posted on March 25th, 2008
bis repetto
I had the chance to compete for an old dance shoes brand's campaign, few weeks ago. Benjamin Adida, the art director for that project came with the idea to create a dance studio with pink ribbons, which is the brand logo of Repetto. We were all very excited about the concept and Christian Marguerie, my agent in Paris decided to produce one image selected from the lay out board. Then Jeremy Marchant, best retouching guy in town, worked on it.
We really wanted to please our potential client, so we even hired a real dancer, who is a former David Hamilton's model (tough to get rid of the blurring pink touch in those circumstances).
Despite everything, we didn't win the campaign.
Whatever!
Posted on March 11th, 2008
Snow over spring.
I've just finished a fashion shooting for a magazine, showing spring/summer collections, outdoor, snow falling on the model. My job is non sens.
Posted on March 9th, 2008
Some good prose
I certainly regret not to understand portuguese. I'm quite envious of the website name. I totally love it.
Posted on February 13th, 2008
Not Going Anywhere
Posted on February 13th, 2008
Just in time !
Posted on January 23rd, 2008
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It's really inspiring.
Posted on December 2nd, 2007
Where am I?
Paris
(so you should reach me at this phone number 06 857 231 09)
Posted on November 20th, 2007
Classified ad
I'm looking for artists (musicians, painters, photographers, ...) who were officialy established and seen as artists and who have quited their art to turn themself into something completely different. Can be also in an other artistic activity. If you recognize yourself, I would like to take your portrait and ad it in a personal project serie.
Just contact me and drop few line about you. Obviously possible places where the portrait could take place for the moment are Paris and Brussels.
Looking forward to read from you.
Posted on October 10th, 2007
Where is my mind?
what have I done with myself since last post? Well...
I've shot some sets I've builded with my fellow assistant, featuring models and clothes. Eventualy, some tv guys from the national channel came to tape the session, but I managed to rolled some footage by myself with a digital camera smaller than a cigarettes box. Indeed, the film is quite foggy.
Here is this youtube masterpiece:
Then, I had a walk in the gardens of a big grey house for a dynamic ad agency from Gent, WATF. Very gentle job.
Later on, I was found and caught by the automatic shutter button of the camera, playing a quite massive guitar (I know, that's a cello) for Air (it's an ad agency in Brussels and Paris).
Then I visited Charleroi's Photo Museum and made the portrait of Hana Jakrlova, Czech photographer. Very redundant situation.
Posted on October 2nd, 2007
Personal com
In less than 12 days 17 hours and 12 minutes, I'll marry this butterfly that caught me in her fairy net some years ago. Happy to be busy preparing everything.
Posted on August 26th, 2007
communication blip - August newsletter
thank you for your attention!
Posted on August 22nd, 2007
rhesus - album artwork & music video
rhesus next album's release: September 24th. Meanwhile, have a look at the artwork or at the music video.
Pix from the flick's set:
Some documentary footages from rhesus' website about the artwork photoshoot:
Posted on August 20th, 2007
Stray Prints
Looks like I've been very much into aquatic mood recently. Made this serie with Jeremy Marchant's help for the retouching part.
Posted on August 20th, 2007
Petits Riens
Les Petits Riens is some kind of charitable society in Belgium, collecting used clothes and selling second hand. Organizing a defile in purpose of raising funds, they ask every year to several renowned fashion designers to create a collectible silhouette, that will be sold by auction. Here is the 2007 collections.
Posted on August 20th, 2007
Good Vibration
Some print communication projects for the National Orchestra of Belgium. Good Vibration (Gelucks Suykens and Partners agency - media: print and posters). Couldn't drown the violin. I'm too sentimental.
Posted on August 20th, 2007
Wet paint
Long after last post or update on this website, I'm proud to give you its new lay out, wise and sharp, designed by brilliant webdesigner Colin O'Brien. I bow respectfully.
Posted on August 19th, 2007
IFM (archive)
Paris, Monday 26 of february, the French Institution for Fashion will release its yearly catalogue. As a young photographer, it's quite intimidating to be asked by them to work on the images that will fill most of its pages. Because it's an impressive institution. Because the previous releases were high artistic fashionstyle demonstrations. And because, it's a 'carte blanche' assignment.
First, I though, they dialed a wrong number. Then I started to plan something that worths the circumstances. I digged in my drawings notepads, searching for long series. I wanted to tell a precise and only story through those eleven collections from eleven different designers. That means at least 44 images.
3 weeks later, I was at the edge of an abyss of desillusion. After the shooting took place, I was totally glued in it.
The catalogue has been set up by some striking talented and inspired graphic designers, Petra and Simon, guided by uncompromised search for perfection. I had never seen before any layout fitting so perfectly my pictures. Even the paper smells great thanks to them.
I was planning silly situations and impossible set designs. I would have failed without the help and advices of priceless collaborators. Thanks to Pascal, who assisted me. I mean, who bore me till the end. Thanks to Maja who builded sets with her heart. Thanks to Mathieu for his magic brushes and glosses. Thanks to Jennifer for her patience. Thanks to Sebastien who made sure anyone didn’t freeze to death and fed all of us. Thanks to Melody who helped every one and kept smiling. Thanks to Helene for her strange beauty. Thanks to Claudia for having made it happened. And thanks to my beloved wife to have endure so far my bad mood temper mixed with anxiety dysfunctional behaviors.
Posted on August 19th, 2007
