Foukography, the blog The official blog of фуко, Fine Art photographer and documentary film-maker, based in Beijing. 2024-02-28T11:12:57+08:00 фуко urn:md5:b402c09b50e67198753bdd4269dc5b19 Dotclear The pleasure of using a roll of film urn:md5:da015b14a7d7052af4b2f4cd8d84dc1e 2012-07-06T00:37:00+09:00 2012-07-05T23:47:42+09:00 admin admin Personal AraxFilmMedium-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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/40 Blog reintegrating the new Foukography website! urn:md5:71dc9b666a4df46777c42d63e86083d6 2012-07-04T15:37:00+09:00 2012-07-04T14:37:41+09:00 admin admin Updates <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/39 Welcome to the year of the dragon urn:md5:7c73874dde873336e11eafa8834adf5b 2012-02-15T15:05:00+00:00 2012-02-15T09:58:48+00:00 admin admin Personal <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> <pre></pre> <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/38 POTW #34: Limelight urn:md5:464fc00e6e13299dee43d06cc8fc9ab5 2011-09-13T22:44:00+01:00 2011-09-06T20:44:25+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week ButôD80 <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/37 POTW #33: Sweet Romance urn:md5:edcbceb2101b58a60ba742340ec67b8f 2011-09-06T22:38:00+01:00 2011-09-06T20:38:33+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week AraxTravel <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/36 POTW #32: in the wilderness urn:md5:b8a1e005a9b96028f076d29310379ba6 2011-08-30T22:33:00+01:00 2011-09-06T20:36:09+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week MamiyaMongoliaTravel <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/35 POTW #31: Under a dead tree urn:md5:2e92210a3d9780df1c6480beef6d03b7 2011-08-23T22:26:00+01:00 2011-09-06T20:29:43+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week Bunch 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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/34 POTW #30: Kodak Duaflex urn:md5:4e81378032c234d0364d3adcb95467b4 2011-08-16T22:16:00+01:00 2011-09-06T20:18:12+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week HipstamaticKodak 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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/33 POTW #29: Nantes urn:md5:2f0219b96174b21d4dfbaaec1e9a4194 2011-08-08T19:44:00+01:00 2011-08-14T17:49:19+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week D7k <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/32 POTW #28: The lady in Black urn:md5:54b2b9b59ef8a0723defd51a4f9ad839 2011-08-02T00:02:00+01:00 2011-08-01T22:03:19+01:00 admin admin Picture 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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/31 POTW #27: Julie B. urn:md5:38ae5186069d5874a481f2eb5943da8b 2011-07-25T23:10:00+01:00 2011-07-20T21:10:15+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week AraxJulie 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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/30 POTW #26: Paris urn:md5:a94c972acf6e5ed45ef24a64de10bcb2 2011-07-20T22:40:00+01:00 2011-07-20T20:40:45+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week HipstamaticUrban <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/29 POTW #25: Lovers and raindrops urn:md5:16414e8b619724c64d78c759f7a15b1b 2011-07-11T20:56:00+01:00 2011-07-11T19:56:32+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week D7kTravel <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/28 POTW #24: Cha's portrait urn:md5:dc6ee555167032a5c065676aca4491f4 2011-07-05T20:49:00+01:00 2011-07-05T16:51:48+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week ChaMamiya <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/27 POTW #23:Monroe is alive urn:md5:d50934af2fcfe830de758da9e3695b69 2011-06-29T17:25:00+01:00 2011-06-29T18:50:58+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week HipstamaticUrban <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/26 Photographer #2: Marie Taillefer urn:md5:875c0dd0a027e4e5416c2667b5978bdd 2011-06-23T18:17:00+01:00 2011-06-22T16:18:25+01:00 admin admin Photographers <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&amp;s=10667&amp;io=2">-Showcase on IQONS</a><br /> <a href="http://www.google.fr/url?sa=t&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;ved=0CC0QFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.galerie-clairefontaine.lu%2Fgcf_site%2Fsource%2FCatalogue_Taillefer.pdf&amp;rct=j&amp;q=marie%20taillefer&amp;ei=AgMBTqP9Ioqy8QOK7qzBDQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEHgOM42NCSQ2pMMuhbzdupIpR7PA&amp;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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/25 POTW #22: Sky urn:md5:aed82bbff15c6b50f814e8000f1da8ca 2011-06-21T21:32:00+01:00 2011-06-21T20:32:04+01:00 admin admin Picture 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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/24 POTW #21: Cha! urn:md5:a8c18420158fe5072602da5f17e1c8f1 2011-06-14T20:16:00+01:00 2011-06-14T19:17:04+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week ChaD7kStudio <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/23 POTW #20: Curves urn:md5:9a89c8cc4c3cf87eaf71487a19a1b5b8 2011-06-07T07:45:00+01:00 2011-06-07T06:45:42+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week D7kJulie 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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/22 POTW #19: Eferia urn:md5:f52a065edff5e53fd84b5d57f6206cc6 2011-06-01T16:26:00+01:00 2011-06-01T14:53:20+01:00 admin admin Picture of the week AraxEferiaStudio <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-form http://foukography.com/blog_eng/index.php?feed/atom/comments/21