Showing posts with label Geneva. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Geneva. Show all posts

Sunday, July 9, 2017

Rekindling romance in old friendships

I have spent a wonderful evening with my college (and even primary school!) friends. It started at 7pm and ended at 3am in a nightclub. It felt like I had been waiting for that reunion without even knowing it.





































Saturday, June 10, 2017

Full moon

This full moon is like a midnight sun. It has illuminated my night and I am today as never before.


Monday, June 5, 2017

An evening at Bongo Joe Records

What you see below are the photographs I took before filming a concert at Bongo Joe Records, one of my favorite place downtown. If you're curious to know who was performing that day, check this link on my website. It's been a blast attending this long-awaited show and working and sharing what I love the most (music) with people I deeply fond.

After months of rollercoaster moods, I feel quite indifferent these days and I have to say it is doing me good. I could probably spend the rest of my life cultivating this sense of detachment, simply observing events as they unfold without resisting them. But my life is also meant to be experienced while I am emotionally attached. Making films, taking pictures is about standing somewhere in-between.





Saturday, April 8, 2017

I found a pearl in a shell

Doing my paperwork and Sunday laundry to this. This is mother of pearl. My favorite song of his.
Full support to this beautiful soul and Genevan musician! I am just so proud to be surrounded by incredible artists!



See also the homemade clip, timelapse galore

Friday, December 4, 2015

Ce matin...

à 7h30, les couleurs du ciel au-dessus de Genève et du Léman sont de feu, rose, rouge et jaune.

La Vieille-Ville à Genève aujourd'hui (c) Mélanie Sandell

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

La culture lutte

Aujourd'hui, troisième jour de grève de la fonction publique à Genève. Se joignent à la manifestation, artistes et acteurs culturels pour défendre le maintien de certains acquis financiers indispensables. L'heure est grave, ça ne va pas et il faut le faire savoir. Rendez-vous avec le collectif La culture lutte dont je fais partie, ce soir à 17 heures à la Place de Neuve.


Monday, September 7, 2015

Fin d'un mois marathon

Pfiou ! Fin d'un très long mois sur les chapeaux de roue. Le tournage et montage de la bande démo de "Une fête savauge", mon nouveau court-métrage de fiction, étant terminé, j'ai enfin ce matin rendu mon dossier de présentation à Fonction : Cinema pour l'appel à projet de Face To Face. Croisons les doigts pour que ça marche ! Parce qu'on a rien sans rien, je suis officiellement en phase de pré-burn-out, selon mon docteur. Je comprends un peu mieux mes crises de colère et de larmes. Promis cette semaine, je me repose !

 Voici un avant-goût du court-métrage grâce à cette photo de plateau prise pendant le tournage. Ma chérie Thaïs dans l'oeilleton de Rene ! Merci à toutes les personnes qui ont rendu ce jour de tournage possible.

Coeur coeur

Thaïs Venetz

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Jul et Zoule sont sur un bateau

Mercredi 22 juillet 2015. Genève accueillait ce jour-là sa première pluie après quatre semaines ininterrompues de canicule. Bon nombre de gens sont restés dehors sans parapluie, jusqu'à en avoir les habits et les cheveux qui collent. Comme nous, comme moi ici qui photographie Julien alias Zoule et Julia alias Vicki sur la terrasse du Cabinet. Quelle belle fin de journée on a passé !
Je devrais prendre l'habitude de photographier les gens plus souvent.

Julien Tsongas et Julia Batinova

























Source : @julia1977

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Deux jours de congé, un vrai week-end

Il est bon parfois de dire merci... J'avais prévu de travailler intensément ce week-end et je n'ai rien fait de tel. Au contraire. Tout en profitant des doux et chaleureux rayons de soleil, j'ai passé l'essentiel du temps à flâner dans les rues de Genève. Sans rien programmer, j'ai croisé quasiment toutes les personnes que j'avais envie de voir. Pas besoin de téléphone, il suffisait de faire quelques mètres, d'une terrasse ou d'un parc à l'autre pour croiser quelqu'un. Avec en prime deux concerts (Duck Duck Grey Duck et Triomboli) et un disque de Can acheté et redécouvert chez Bongo Joe. Que du bonheur ! Merci à Mia, Livia et son pote de toujours dont j'ai bien sûr oublié le nom, Nina, Dan, Zoltan, Laurent, Lukas, Robin, Cyril et surtout Pierre-Yves et Sophie ! Coeur coeur.

© Duck Duck Grey Duck

Saturday, April 18, 2015

Ta tête

Dernière vidéo mise en ligne du concert de Gros Oiseau avec un morceau qui s'appelle "Ta tête". Mon préféré.

Friday, January 30, 2015

Le petit oiseau est sorti

Post en retard pour annoncer la mise en ligne des clips enfin montés du groupe Gros Oiseau. Des G'enevois. Non, je ne sais pas "me vendre" et c'est vraiment une habitude que je dois prendre que de parler de mon travail avec Susu-prod.


Saturday, October 15, 2011

Of guilt

Five months after the first mass rally in Madrid, the "Indignant" movement is back. Activists from all around the world have mounted an international day of protest under the slogan: "Unite for global change" and that day was, is, today, October 15, 2011. The Geneva gathering was said to be taking place in La Place des Nations, right in front of the UN, so I decided to drop by around 1 pm and hear what they had to say about economy bankrupt and the tragedy of human beings.

Weather was incredibly sunny despite the cold. A blessing. I took pictures (see below), exchanged a few words with the people I knew there. I watched, listened for the most part but then after the two hours, I left because I was starting to feel hungry. On the way back home, I thought to myself of all the guilt I had inside.

I attend a protest march but what do I do to make things change for real? Very little besides complaining. Recently I got angry for what people do in and to their life. They claim they disapprove the world we live in but at the same time they nourish it by investing their energy and money into it. What about me? Am I not "feeding the beast" by arguing constantly with them?

I should stop getting angry all the time and worry about the consequences of keeping my door shut to all the crap. This takes guts and I have to admit that I am afraid of my own choices. I want to feel at peace with my peers and loved ones, I also want to conduct my life a certain way, based on truth, honesty and freedom as much as possible even though sometimes it means disagreeing loudly.

You may be reading this post.... Philippe, I wish you were and could have seen what I saw.

 Sure I heard about the Anynomous movement but I have reasons to doubt its genuinity. Am I wrong ? Am I right ? Still don't know. Now this was the first time I got to meet one its reprensative in flesh. Gotta listen and watch before judging, I guess.


Local television and radio catching up with Anonymous

 


Most heartwarming moment I experienced there : listening to this self-claimed "wealthy" indignant and witness in the Jerome Kerviel trial. I didn't mention about his occupation was but it sure had something to do with banking. It men in his position begin to speak, hope is still left...