With Memories of Palestine, I try to tell a story about Palestine outside of the mainstream media stereotypes. As most of the Palestinians live outside of their country, I use the perspective of the Palestinian Diaspora and interview Palestinians across the World (Europe, Canada, USA, Chile, Australia, Dubai...). Those interviews are not finished, next year I plan do more in the Arab countries around Palestine. What I have done so far is available on www.memoriesofpalestine.com. In parallel, I am documenting the projects of several NGO's in Israel and Palestine. As I travel in the region, I cannot ignore the stories from the Diaspora. They are the main inspiration for my work. I am doing this because I care. This is not a scientific project, it is driven by coincidence, encounters and emotions. But many of the shared emotions can be a key to empathise with the people from Palestine. As for the format: there is no way that I could have done this without being a photographer but the end result had to be more than photography. It is many things: a video, a website, a book, photography and storytelling, personal encounters and future collaborations.

TRANSEO "This is exactly what characterizes the identity of each : complex, unique, irreplaceable, not merging with any other." (Amin Maalouf) The successive moves of my childhood have erased all ties that I could have with the territory. To be from everywhere is also to be from nowhere. Transeo is transit from one location to another. It is also the diary of the elements composing myself, people that make me be who I am , moments that make me feel at home.

Cattaro « C'est toujours un site très surprenant cette entrée de Cattaro; un décor qui change avec les aspects du ciel, et qui, ce matin, par ce temps noir, est sombre, avec un grand air imposant et étrange. Partout des montagnes, hautes, abruptes, la cime cachée Dans les nuages. » « Les yeux gris de cette petite Pascala ont ce je ne sais quoi de vague, de septentrional, qui est particulier à sa race et qui fait le charme de certains yeux russes. Mais ses joues sont dorées au soleil comme des pêches mûres et ses cheveux très blonds se détachent en plus clair sur la couleur brunie de ses tempes. » - Pierre Lotti Tantôt occupé par l'Italie, tantôt Yougoslavie, et puis aussi communauté d'état de Serbie-Montene- gro, le Montenegro (montagne noire) a subit de nombreux bouleversements identitaires. Dans les années 90 les yougoslaves s'entretuent. Mais enfin, en 2006 le pays acquière son indépendance. Depuis 2008 même, il est reconnu comme candidat à l'union européenne. Le tourisme, qui s'était éteint dans les années 80 dû au climat tendu, reprend peu à peu. Lorsque Pierre Loti découvre les bouches de Kotor à la fin du XIXème siècle, le Montenegro est un royaume indépendant. L'écrivain voyageur découvre cet écrin de beauté à l'aube du futur royaume de Yougoslavie, qui viendra relayer au second plan le nom du pays pourtant tellement caractéris- tique. Les textes de Pierre Loti nous décrivent un lieu sublime, pétrifiant. Il y rencontra Pascala Ivanović, une jeune bergère dont il tombât amoureux. Le temps passé et les événements survenus entre ces deux indépendances ont-ils effacés les souvenirs de Pierre Loti? Et Pascala, cette petite bergère asservie à ses maîtres, peut-on la re- trouver chez des jeunes femmes qui aujourd'hui définissent l'indépendance?

Here are a few images from different projects. NAKED MADONNA is my graduation work from HAW Hamburg about the difficulties and body image of motherhood. The Men series is my current work focusing on the emancipation and self Image of young men and boys. Sensibility/Strength

Momentary Matter (Title) A choreography; The art or job of deciding how images will move in space ; also: the movements that are done by images and spectators in a space. I like to compare this project to a choreopgraphy. A sort of script, with a certain structure that can be performed in different ways; fold, unfold, fold / again / a choreography amongst images / again / the action of folding, feels like framing / again / no scale, no frame / again / touching borders, stretching the frame / again / in search of a state, it was before / and again / something quite different happens / again / when you see / again / what is it then, if it’s not what you think it is, reinventing / again / a facsimile, but / again / nor a fixed choreography, nor a fixed line / again / translucent / again / in between, a pulse, a rhyme, a time / again / itself, never referring / again / in between, drawing lines and movement / again / a rhythm / again / several times, the same, the different / still again / smallest details, disappearing / again / resonating, rehearsing / again / as if anew, composing, building, weaving / again / an extension / again / along sightlines, a dance / again / momentary matter / again / disoriented / again / beyond / again / fold unfold fold / again /