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Photographer and documentary filmmaker, I strive to tell human stories with sincerity and sensitivity.
Through images, I give a voice to those who are rarely heard, documenting lives, cultures, and places without artifice, as close to reality as possible.
My approach is driven by a constant search for meaning: understanding what connects us, what distinguishes us, and questioning our relationship with others, with ourselves, and with the world around us.
Nourished by travel, observation, and the exploration of cultural heritage, my work is built at the crossroads of received influences and personal curiosity, to offer intimate, nuanced, and authentic narratives.
📸 Documentary photography: reports, photographic series, visual storytelling
🎥 Documentary video: portraits, immersion, human and cultural stories
🌍 Research & exploration: cultures and traditions, travel, encounters and expeditions
📝 Narrative support: listening, observation, building sincere stories
✔ Human and engaged perspective
✔ Immersive, patient, and respectful approach
✔ Sense of detail and authenticity
✔ Ability to create stories that connect and question
Today, I continue this approach with the desire to document the world with honesty, curiosity, and sensitivity, and to tell stories that create connection.
French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
Arabic
Basic
Spanish
Basic
Can work on-site
Lyon (up to 50km)
Experience
- IndépendantDocumentary FilmmakingPRESS AND MEDIAOctober 2025 - November 2025 (1 month)Under the Olive Trees is a journalistic and documentary project combining video, photography, and writing.I conducted immersive fieldwork across Palestine (West Bank), from Nablus and Tulkarem to Jerusalem and Hebron.The work is based on prolonged immersion in the field, direct exchanges with residents, and attentive observation of daily life, in order to document the lived reality beyond dominant media discourse and images.The entire project is part of a rigorous journalistic approach, with fully independent project management (contacting people, travel, etc.), attentive to political, social, and human contexts, while asserting a sensitive and embodied approach. Under the Olive Trees thus seeks to produce a coherent narrative that is both informative and very human, giving a voice to those directly concerned and reflecting the complexity of the field.
- IndépendantPhoto-ReportageFILM AND AVOctober 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)Creation of documentaries and photographic series abroad
- Under the Olive Trees (Palestine)
- Bali, the key to a lasting relationship (Bali,
- Indonesia)
- Focus (Dubai, UAE)
- Tracing the Flower People (Saudi Arabia)
- Douira, from the Sahara to the Atlantic (Mauritania)
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Education
- Bachelor's degreeUniversité Lumière Lyon 22024Information - Communication, Médias et Journalisme