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Updated on June 09: Initiative fulfilled, read Blog post – Read the press release December 10th marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and a series of events will take place -almost- all around the world. More than ever, human rights and fundamental freedoms have to be respected but sixty years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was signed at Palais de Chaillot in Paris in 1948, the landmark U.N. document still is sadly not respected fully around the world. This Declaration sets basic minimum international standards for the protection of the rights and freedoms of the individual and I think this 60th anniversary gives to each one of us the opportunity to mobilize ourselves and support it. I have been following the amazing work done by The Elders and their actions in Zimbabwe, Cyprus, Sudan, so I decided to humbly contribute and support…⇒ READ MORE

I unfortunately didn’t have much time left to hang around lately but there are some exhibitions I couldn’t miss. “Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990-2005“, a major retrospective of Leibovitz’s work, was definitely one of these. Last September, I spent an entire afternoon at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris and I had a wonderful experience. The first time I heard about Annie Leibovitz was by a friend of mine, a photographer who was truly worshipping her. That was just after Keith Haring untimely death in 1990, when I saw the portrait she did of a self-painted and naked Keith Haring (who would have turned 50 this year). I was stunned by how she succeeded to emphasize Haring’s work and personality. A few years later, I read a very interesting article by Susan Sontag, feminist and literary theorist; at this time Sarajevo was under the bombings… Suddenly, everything…⇒ READ MORE