The Wednesday Shot – Love, art, Revolution and Graham
Every Wednesday, Philippe Graton goes back over one of his images, bringing together his love of photography and his love of writing. A unique opportunity to admire the combined ta [...]
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THE WEDNESDAY SHOT is your new weekly appointment. Every Wednesday, Philippe Graton shares with you his pen and his eye.
The opportunity to be inspired and nourished by the work of a renowned photographer and storywriter.
The Wednesday Shot – The Horizon, Philippe Gildas, Africa and a Victory
Every Wednesday, Philippe Graton goes back over one of his images, bringing together his love of photography and his love of writing. A unique opportunity to admire the combined ta [...]
The Wednesday Shot – Flying, finally
It’s crazy, this need to dive in order to take off. Freediving offers the unique power to move in all three dimensions, without restrictions, as if in a dream. Scuba diving, with [...]
The Wednesday Shot – A Bull’s Last Will
Shinny up onto my back, my sweet. These are my last wishes, to feel your pale thighs against my dark flanks, on my spine, your nudity’s kiss. Lean forward, hold fast to my horns, [...]
The Wednesday Shot – Beirut styles
Beirut’s history is inscribed on its walls. Just as churches nestle next to mosques, the different architectural styles cohabit. On this photo taken last weekend, let’s admire, [...]
The Wednesday Shot – Last summer’s rays
Don’t let them slip away. These are the last of summer’s rays. Last caresses, last dips with the breeze to dry you off, last muggy nights, last blue mornings. Quick – offer y [...]
The Wednesday Shot – Felipe Alejandro Tiago
Felipe Alejandro Tiago, son and grandson of nothing, withy in hand, goes to Arles to photograph the bulls. His locks shining under the green moon, he walks slowly, gracefully. Half [...]
The Wednesday Shot – Kill this noisy shit
The summer’s hit, for me? The cicada’s song. For as long as I can remember, cicadas have been part of the sunny soundtrack of my summer holidays. Those tunes of the South, the [...]
The Wednesday Shot – René’s Birthday
I must have been sixteen when I snapped this photo of my dad and his mates, faces grimed using a burnt cork by candlelight during a birthday party, one summer evening in the south [...]
The Wednesday Shot – Giger’s Doors
I was back in Gruyère, Switzerland yesterday, home of the HR Giger Museum. Four years after the artist’s death, I am stunned to see how his work is one of a visionary. Just as I [...]