Foukography, the blogThe official blog of фуко,
Fine Art photographer and documentary film-maker, based in Beijing.2024-02-28T11:12:57+08:00фукоurn:md5:b402c09b50e67198753bdd4269dc5b19DotclearThe pleasure of using a roll of filmurn:md5:da015b14a7d7052af4b2f4cd8d84dc1e2012-07-06T00:37:00+09:002012-07-05T23:47:42+09:00admin adminPersonalAraxFilmMedium-FormatNudes <p>As most of you know, although I shoot mostly in digital, I also use film regularly-especially medium format film.
It's quite common that if I use both my digital camera and my film camera on a shoot, the best shots-the real keepers- would happen to be the few shots on film.
Of course, there are plenty of possible reasons for that but I don't want to discuss them now.</p>
<p>Today I had a roll of film developped, 12 shots from 3 different photo sessions...
I had almost forgotten what was on them. This is one of the things I love with film.
You keep it for a while inside your camera, then you keep it for some time before bringing it to the lab...and then a few a few more hours or days before actually getting the negatives.
This is just magic.
Ghosts coming back from your past. Appearing on a light table. Resuscitating in your scanner. Making their comeback on a screen...
Oh, how I love film.<br /></p>
<p><a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/1206_BW1_ARAX_5_lrd72.jpg" title="1206_BW1_ARAX_5_lrd72.jpg"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/.1206_BW1_ARAX_5_lrd72_s.jpg" alt="1206_BW1_ARAX_5_lrd72.jpg" /></a><br />
<a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/1206_BW1_ARAX_3_lrd72.jpg" title="1206_BW1_ARAX_3_lrd72.jpg"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/.1206_BW1_ARAX_3_lrd72_s.jpg" alt="1206_BW1_ARAX_3_lrd72.jpg" /></a><br />
<a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/1206_BW1_ARAX_10_lrd72.jpg" title="1206_BW1_ARAX_10_lrd72.jpg"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/.1206_BW1_ARAX_10_lrd72_s.jpg" alt="1206_BW1_ARAX_10_lrd72.jpg" /></a></p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2012/07/06/The-pleasure-of-using-a-roll-of-film#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/40Blog reintegrating the new Foukography website!urn:md5:71dc9b666a4df46777c42d63e86083d62012-07-04T15:37:00+09:002012-07-04T14:37:41+09:00admin adminUpdates <p>It's finally done...
With the development of the new version of the website, the blog had disappeared... It's now back on!
Let me try to keep that updated from now on...
Plenty of new pics done in the last few months!
So stay tuned.</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2012/07/04/Blog-reintegrating-the-new-Foukography-website%21#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/39Welcome to the year of the dragonurn:md5:7c73874dde873336e11eafa8834adf5b2012-02-15T15:05:00+00:002012-02-15T09:58:48+00:00admin adminPersonal <p><a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/DSC_3727_lrdweb.jpg" title="Dragon year"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/.DSC_3727_lrdweb_m.jpg" alt="Dragon year" title="Dragon year" /></a><br /></p>
<p>Here we are... We have finally entered the year of the dragon!
It feels as if it had been ages since my last update of the blog, but it's only been a couple of months...
The reason it's felt so long is probably because there's actually been a lot happening.</p>
<p>First of all, important update, we have now moved to China!
WE means my wife, my son and I.</p>
<p>Ever since we left China, I had been looking forward to coming back. So when they offered me an interesting position as an English Teacher, I took the opportunity and here we are.</p>
<p>Of course, teaching isn't really connected to the arts, but that's a challenging position in a brand new experimental project on education and an experience I am glad to be part of.</p>
<p>So we've left France behind us with no specific plan of coming back in the near future.
Right now, we are FREE.
Free to stay here forever. Free to go somewhere else. Free to make any decision we wish.</p>
<p>In my mind, "being free" seems to simply mean "living without a plan" - which would scare a lot of people.</p>
<p>We have now been in Beijing since November and I can't say we've had time to do much-both in terms of network and in terms of visiting/enjoying ourselves.</p>
<p>The first months have been really difficult economically but now we're seeing the end of the tunnel. I hope so at least.</p>
<p>We've also had a month holiday for the Spring Festival and we've had the chance of visiting Cambodia and escape the freezing cold for a while.</p>
<p>Chances are, you'll see a lot of pictures of Cambodia in the coming days...</p>
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<p>Now that we have finally entered the year of the dragon, I would like to wish all of you, wherever you are, an excellent year full of love, understanding, new discoveries and creativity!</p>
<p>May the dragon be with you!</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2012/02/15/Welcome-to-the-year-of-the-dragon#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/38POTW #34: Limelighturn:md5:464fc00e6e13299dee43d06cc8fc9ab52011-09-13T22:44:00+01:002011-09-06T20:44:25+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekButôD80 <p><a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/_DSC7355.jpg" title="Limelight"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/_DSC7355.jpg" alt="Limelight" title="Limelight" /></a><br />
Butô dancer: Tina Besnard<br />
D80</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/09/13/POTW-34%3A-Limelight#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/37POTW #33: Sweet Romanceurn:md5:edcbceb2101b58a60ba742340ec67b8f2011-09-06T22:38:00+01:002011-09-06T20:38:33+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekAraxTravel <p><a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/1009_CL1_9_lrd.jpg" title="Sweet Romance"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/1009_CL1_9_lrd.jpg" alt="Sweet Romance" title="Sweet Romance" /></a><br />
Arax, Sardinia</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/09/06/POTW-33%3A-Sweet-Romance#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/36POTW #32: in the wildernessurn:md5:b8a1e005a9b96028f076d29310379ba62011-08-30T22:33:00+01:002011-09-06T20:36:09+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekMamiyaMongoliaTravel <p><a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/Mongolia_car.jpg" title="Mongolia car"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/Mongolia_car.jpg" alt="Mongolia car" title="Mongolia car" /></a><br />
Mongolia, Mamiya</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/08/30/POTW-32%3A-in-the-wilderness#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/35POTW #31: Under a dead treeurn:md5:2e92210a3d9780df1c6480beef6d03b72011-08-23T22:26:00+01:002011-09-06T20:29:43+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekBunch of CrowsMamiya <p><a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/boc_underadeadtree.jpg" title="BOC_uadt"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/boc_underadeadtree.jpg" alt="BOC_uadt" title="BOC_uadt" /></a><br />
Extract for a photoshoot for the <a href="http://www.bunchofcrows.com/">Bunch of Crows</a>.</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/08/23/POTW-31%3A-Under-a-dead-tree#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/34POTW #30: Kodak Duaflexurn:md5:4e81378032c234d0364d3adcb95467b42011-08-16T22:16:00+01:002011-09-06T20:18:12+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekHipstamaticKodak Duaflex <p><a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/IMG_1330.jpg" title="Kodak Duaflex"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/IMG_1330.jpg" alt="Kodak Duaflex" title="Kodak Duaflex" /></a><br />
Model: Kodak Duaflex</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/08/16/POTW-30%3A-Kodak-Duaflex#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/33POTW #29: Nantesurn:md5:2f0219b96174b21d4dfbaaec1e9a41942011-08-08T19:44:00+01:002011-08-14T17:49:19+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekD7k <p><a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/DSC_0441_lrd300.jpg" title="Nantes"><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/.DSC_0441_lrd300_m.jpg" alt="Nantes" title="Nantes" /></a>
Nikon D7k - Nantes</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/08/08/POTW-29%3A-Nantes#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/32POTW #28: The lady in Blackurn:md5:54b2b9b59ef8a0723defd51a4f9ad8392011-08-02T00:02:00+01:002011-08-01T22:03:19+01:00admin adminPicture of the week <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/DSC_8313_lrd_signed.jpg" alt="dameennoir" title="dameennoir" />
Model: Eferia, Nikon D7k</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/08/02/POTW-28%3A-The-lady-in-Black#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/31POTW #27: Julie B.urn:md5:38ae5186069d5874a481f2eb5943da8b2011-07-25T23:10:00+01:002011-07-20T21:10:15+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekAraxJulie B.Nudes <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/JulieB_photo_blog.jpg" alt="JulieB_photo_nude" title="JulieB_photo_nude" /><br />
Model: Julie B. - Arax</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/07/25/POTW-27%3A-Julie-B.#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/30POTW #26: Parisurn:md5:a94c972acf6e5ed45ef24a64de10bcb22011-07-20T22:40:00+01:002011-07-20T20:40:45+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekHipstamaticUrban <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/Paris_photo.jpg" alt="Paris" title="Paris" /><br />
Hipstamatic, Paris</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/07/20/POTW-26%3A-Paris#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/29POTW #25: Lovers and raindropsurn:md5:16414e8b619724c64d78c759f7a15b1b2011-07-11T20:56:00+01:002011-07-11T19:56:32+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekD7kTravel <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/DSC_8881_lrd.jpg" alt="Loversandrain" title="Loversandrain" /><br />
D7k, Budapest</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/07/11/POTW-25%3A-Lovers-and-raindrops#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/28POTW #24: Cha's portraiturn:md5:dc6ee555167032a5c065676aca4491f42011-07-05T20:49:00+01:002011-07-05T16:51:48+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekChaMamiya <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/public/Cha_versionblog.jpg" alt="Cha2" title="Cha2" />
Model: Cha</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/07/05/POTW-24%3A-Cha-s-portrait#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/27POTW #23:Monroe is aliveurn:md5:d50934af2fcfe830de758da9e3695b692011-06-29T17:25:00+01:002011-06-29T18:50:58+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekHipstamaticUrban <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/IMG_1079_blog-2.jpg" alt="Monroe" title="Monroe" />
Hipstamatic, Budapest</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/06/29/POTW-23%3AMonroe-is-alive#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/26Photographer #2: Marie Tailleferurn:md5:875c0dd0a027e4e5416c2667b5978bdd2011-06-23T18:17:00+01:002011-06-22T16:18:25+01:00admin adminPhotographers <p>The photographer I wish to write about today is obviously very much inspired by my previous choice of photographer - Sarah Moon - but Marie Taillefer manages to remain very personal despite her references to Moon's work.<br />
She obviously has a similar approach to the world of fashion photography, but she ventures further in the post-treatment of the image and the fragmentation of the composition.<br />
I got to discover Marie Taillefer's work through a portrait she made for the singer/songwriter Hindi Zahra.<br />
<img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/Hindi.jpg" alt="Hindi" title="Hindi" /><br />
Finding it very special, I typed her name into Google and that was love at first sight. <br />
Marie Taillefer has a sensual feel for colour and composition and a vibrant energy that explodes through the use of vivid colours and a very physical use of paint, cuts and collage techniques.<br />
Her superb work is highly inspiring and moving and I urge you to visit the following works to get an idea of the magic she produces:<br />
<a href="http://www.iqons.com/showcase.php?i=13406&s=10667&io=2">-Showcase on IQONS</a><br />
<a href="http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CC0QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.galerie-clairefontaine.lu%2Fgcf_site%2Fsource%2FCatalogue_Taillefer.pdf&rct=j&q=marie%20taillefer&ei=AgMBTqP9Ioqy8QOK7qzBDQ&usg=AFQjCNEHgOM42NCSQ2pMMuhbzdupIpR7PA&cad=rja">-PDF from the Clairefontaine gallery</a></p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/06/23/Photographer-2%3A-Marie-Taillefer#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/25POTW #22: Skyurn:md5:aed82bbff15c6b50f814e8000f1da8ca2011-06-21T21:32:00+01:002011-06-21T20:32:04+01:00admin adminPicture of the week <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/IMG_1032.jpg" alt="Sky" title="Sky" />
Hipstamatic</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/06/21/POTW-22%3A-Sky#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/24POTW #21: Cha!urn:md5:a8c18420158fe5072602da5f17e1c8f12011-06-14T20:16:00+01:002011-06-14T19:17:04+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekChaD7kStudio <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/DSC_9309_lrd_signed.jpg" alt="Cha" title="Cha" /><br />
D7k<br />
Model: Cha</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/06/14/POTW-21%3A-Cha%21#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/23POTW #20: Curvesurn:md5:9a89c8cc4c3cf87eaf71487a19a1b5b82011-06-07T07:45:00+01:002011-06-07T06:45:42+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekD7kJulie B.Nudes <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/DSC_8674_sig72.jpg" alt="JulieB" title="JulieB" /><br />
Nikon D7k<br />
Model: Julie B.</p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/06/07/POTW-20%3A-Curves#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/22POTW #19: Eferiaurn:md5:f52a065edff5e53fd84b5d57f6206cc62011-06-01T16:26:00+01:002011-06-01T14:53:20+01:00admin adminPicture of the weekAraxEferiaStudio <p><img src="http://foukography.com/blog2/public/Eferia_Arax.jpg" alt="Arax" title="Arax" />
ARAX 60 - Model:<a href="http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/06/01/eferia.tk">Eferia</a></p>http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?post/2011/06/01/POTW-19%3A-Eferia#comment-formhttp://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/21