Marie-Anne, A pair of brown eyes, 26, France

1- Who are you?
I’m 26. When i was a kid my only chance to be free was to work hard at school. Now i live in French California and have a good job in aeronautic industry as mechanical manufacturing engineer. I use my free time for living my second life with photography, concerts, snowboarding, travelling, creating with the photographers collective La Visu and partying with the local skate scene. 
I am proud to be independant and make all i want. 

2- Where are you right now?
At home. It’s friday, i’m back from work and too tired to get out. I try to manage many stuffs like preparing a photo exhibition for november, pay home tax, buy fly tickets to go to Paris next month, planning my christmas hollidays in Algeria and choose a camera for tomorrow because i’ll go to Bilbao in Spain for the day.   

3- What’s your current camera set up?
Mamiya 645 with 35/3.5 and 80/2.8 
Canon AE1 with 24/2.8 macro and 50/1.4
Zero Image 6×6 Pinhole Camera
Holga 120GN
Fuji Velvia and Sensia for cross processing. 
Kodac Provia for color. 
Fuji Neopan 400 for black and white. I develope at home with Tetenal. 
I stop numeric for the moment because i think we are in the fatal last years for analogic. film is not dead yet but it’s now or never!!!

 

 

4- What’s your current skateboard set up?

i don’t skate anymore since i lost a piece of tooth when i was 16. if i had a deck, it will be certainly a Jart or Anagram or Rekiem for support local brands. 

5- What inspires you?
Life and light! Action shots is not my cup of tea. I just try to capture magic moments on Earth. 
My close friends and lovers inspire me for portraits. It’s too difficult to shot unknow for me. 
Travels and surf lifestyle are goods subjects. 
I also feel concerned by politic, social and ecology and it’s feeds my most personnals projects. 

6- Who inspires you?
skateboarders over 30 years old and war photographers. 

 

 

7- What was the last music track you listened to?
Lions by Jonquil, a band from UK. I saw them in a house show last tuesday. 
www.myspace.com/jonquiluk

8- What was the last cool stuff you have seen on the web ?
the last work of Seb Abes
http://vimeo.com/1733585

9- Where can we see your work?
exhibitions with La Visu in Basque Country
apairofbrowneyes.tumblr.com
www.flickr.com/photos/mfleur/
www.myspace.com/marieakariotgirl

 

 

 

10- Anything you would like to add?
don’t be afraid
do it yourself
with the heart
big up to my snowboard crew : The Crash Team

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