Born in 1958 in Byblos, I’ve lived in Paris since 1975. And though I feel deeply tender toward the city where my life began, I have a passion for the one which, for fifty years now, has never failed to impress my eyes, my spirit and my heart.
I received my university training at Paris-Sorbonne: classical and modern literature, history, philosophy and aesthetics, art history. My doctoral thesis led to an essay on La Fontaine (Le Seuil). I then published books on painting, and devoted most of my time to photography.
Showing an early predilection for urban views, I use Paris as my artistic material and let my imagination guide me through the scenery. Most often, I capture the timeless fragmentation of Paris in silhouettes, shapes and colors.
One element in particular is conducive to my artistic vision: rain, which blurs or shakes lines and contours as it flows and splashes against glass. It lends a mysterious pictorial veil to the photographic ensemble I call “Rain Painting”.
Large parts of my work are contemplative or tinged with melancholy.