Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

Japanese people are used to these restaurants where you have to sit on the floor. Foreign visitors may find it hard to stand up after their lunch. February 2012. Les Japonais ont l’habitude de ces restaurants où il faut s’asseoir sur le sol. Les visiteurs étrangers ont parfois du mal à se redresser après leur…

Merrill Oregon

Merrill, Oregon

Merrill is a small city of around 800 inhabitants in the south of Oregon. It seems to be in the middle of nowhere. One out of four inhabitants lives below the poverty line. Pappy Gander & Co is the local restaurant and it has its own countryside charm. It caters hunters. August 2011. Merrill est…

Bruxelles

Brussels, Belgium

This looks like a Sci-Fi scene from a Stanley Kubrick movie. These people are just visitors inside the Brussels Atomium. The Atomium was built for the 1958 World’s Fair and it has the shape of a unit cell of an iron crystal. May 2011. Cela a l’air d’une scène de science fiction dans un film…

Moscow

Moscow, Russia

Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior is known in the western world because of the Pussy Riots. In February 2012, five members of the group staged a performance against Putin in the cathedral and were arrested. The original church was destroyed in 1931 during the Stalin era. The church was reconstructed in the 1990s on…

Abeokuta, Nigeria

Two boys wearing a mask sit in the street as they are exhausted after many hours of dancing. April 1991. Deux garçons portant un masque sont assis dans la rue car ils sont épuisés après plusieurs heures de danse. Avril 1991.

Rhodes, Greece

British tourists take the pose in front of one the ‘inns’ of of the Knights Hospitaller. In the 14th century, the city was rebuilt into a model of the European medieval ideal. August 2014. Des touristes britanniques prennent la pose devant une des auberges des Chevaliers Hospitaliers. Au XIVème siècle, la ville a été reconstruite…