Saint Laurent du Maroni, 2024 A river separates two countries. Guiana and Surinam. In Saint Laurent du Maroni, nothing says that you are in France besides a few administrative buildings. You hear a different language at every corner of the city bordered by the Maroni river. A true melting pot of cultures. In a few…

New Takoradi, 2024 At the heart of community of fishermen. In the misty morning, the community of New Takoradi slowly wakes up . Soon, children leave for school, adults get ready for work. In the late afternoon, the streets fill up again with energy and activity. However, in this community, almost every man has tried…

São Nicolau, 2022 Here, we drink grogue, an artisanal rum. It’s you drink at parties and at the bar. Almost every island has its own production and on the same island, you’ll find different small artisanal distilleries. This one is on the north side of the island where the saudade music genre made famous by…

Sal, Cape Verde, 2022 An afternoon is Sal, an island that lives only for tourism. Amidst the restaurants and tourist shops, locals and migrants stay hopeful. Modu who is doing serigraphy work with his team for a tourism agency that is welcoming a French group from Orléans says: “I like it here. It’s not too…

Cape Verde, 2022 São Nicolau, 12pm. The fishermen come back from a long morning of fishing. The king here is the tuna fish. Women awaits their return to clean and sell the precious fish.

The Larimar mine workers of Dominican Republic,  2014 This series is about the life in the mine that many young workers live in Dominican Republic. Some are from the region, some are from the neighboring country Haïti, in quest of better opportunities. For all of them, the mine is the only future that they foresee.…