 Born in Poissy (Yvelines), in FRANCE, in 1948, photography was a major component of my childhood. My father was a keen photographer and shared his passion with me. On my 5th birthday he gave me my first camera which he had crafted for me (a box painted in black with yellow patterns).
The adventure behind the black and white lab, the preparation of the developer and the fixer with the help of the pharmacist’s scales and its small copper weighs and thin brass plates, the smell of the products, the small red light in the dark and hours spent together looking at the photography setting into the developer, are unforgetable memories.
Time went by, and photography was still a major element in my life, but I had to learn a profession besides my passion, and photography had to stay in the background
When I turned 18, the compulsion to grab the camera came back to the surface, and the first wages were soon used to that end.
  Specialising in nature soon became one of my favourite subjects. I took part in the first training periods organised in the Parc de la Vanoise.
But my need to share my photos became obvious to me, and I registered with a club. There is nothing better than to share a passion and to measure up to the other members of the club. My registration with ISF http://www.image-sans-frontiere.com/ is determined by a willingness to progress in a world of international photographers, and to see how the art evolves in various countries. I am proud to be part of this large family, which motto is “frienship above all else”.
 Photography is a memory bind, a work of reflexion and sharing.
 My passion for nature is still paramount. I am an « image catcher », environmentalist and naturalist, running after the light from dawn to sunset. Outside of the beaten tracks, seeking nature and its many treasures.
Yet in the background I don’t lose sight of the frailness of some of nature’s background, and the urgency to take consciousness of it. Taking a successful macro or animal photo lies on the respect of nature first. Technicity comes second. “Putting the animal’s interest before my own, such is my motto”. Better to lose an opportunity to take a shot than to cause disruption.
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