BEFORE BIKES
Before shooting bikes, I used to create looping images for fun as .gif files from things I shot myself.
It was literally a mix of photo and video, merged into a single image.
Some of them became quite popular, and some brands asked me if I could make some for their products. So for a few years that’s what I did for a living. I created “loops”.
At first, I didn’t know much about cameras, video or photography in general. This is why I started to shoot my friends and their bikes so I could learn how to use my camera. And this is how I became addicted to bicycles, and the atmosphere surrounding them. I thought that I should share these photos. That's how “CYYYCLES” was born.
But it involved so much paperwork, which I'm really terrible at. I expected to be behind a camera, not sitting at a desk filling out confusing forms. So, this is what I did for a few years, then decided to quit. I'm now a bike mechanic.
I stopped making loops, but I kept shooting bikes.
Personnal work (not made for any brand)︎
Commissioned work for various brands:
Canal+ Versailles.
Chanel × Grazia.
Bouygues Telecom.
ASUS CHI.
CIC.
Ejust.
GreyGoose.
Kenzo.
Mercure Hotels.
Mette Henriette.
(This series wasn’t made for a brand, it was a request from the artist Mette Henriette).
Petit Bateau.
I wish this was still my job. I now spend my days tightening bolts and changing inner tubes for people, and it’s a bit depressing. I feel like I've missed a step at some point.