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There are 11126 photos on my website.

April 22, 2024
Addition of a black and white series entitled Sabbione (14 photos), a series entitled Foroglio (30 photos), addition of 18 photos to the Giumaglio album and 21 photos to the Lodano album all in the gallery Vallemaggia .

March 20, 2024
Addition of a series on The lemon festival in Menton (48 photos) to the Various Events gallery on the Shows and Events page.

March 19, 2024
Addition in the Macro gallery of a series on The ladybug (32 photos).

March 15, 2024
Addition of a page dedicated to Minimalist photography (634 photos). With 4 galleries and 17 albums.

February 18, 2024
Addition of 60 black and white photos to the Indians album in the Portraits of Asia gallery on the Black and White Photos page.

Addition 60 black and white photos to the Black and White Indians album in the Indians gallery in the India section of the Travels page.

Addition of 60 color photos to the Indians album in the Portraits of Asia gallery on the Encounters page.

January 29, 2024
Addition of a gallery dedicated to Orchids (55 photos) in the Shapes and colors section of the Photo Galleries page.

Exhibition
I have the great pleasure of exhibiting 30 of my photos at the Résidence de Drize, near Geneva, from 1 February to 30 April 2024.

January 23, 2024
Addition to the India section of the Travel page of a Madhya Pradesh gallery (393 photos). These numerous photos summarize my last trip to the Indian subcontinent.

Addition of 71 photos in Delhi album in India section Asia Travel page.

Added to the Encounters page an Encounters in Madhya Pradesh (209 photos) gallery with images of the pilgrims, children, women and men I met during my recent trip to this state in central India.

January 13, 2024
Addition of a Namibia in black and white gallery (164 photos) of the Black and white Photographies menu. This gallery was inspired by the magnificent work by David Yarrow entitled “A vision of photography” published by Editions Eyrolles. The photos of animals, in particular, in black and white are superb.

December 6, 2023
This year I participated in the CEWE Photo Award 2023 photo competition, the largest competition in the world. Some of you probably know CEWE, a company active in photo printing, albums, cards, posters, etc. 1000 prizes were offered worth €250,000. 509,612 photos were submitted. 54,250 photographers from 147 countries participated. And then incredibly two of my photos appear in the 1000 best photos. They are below:

The bee and the mint

The Moro-sphinx

November 9, 2023
Addition of a Namibia page (446 photos) in the Travel in Africa menu, photos taken during a recent trip to this very beautiful country.Galleries are dedicated to Etosha National Park, Damaraland, the Namib Desert, the Atlantic coast and the Namibians.

July 14, 2023
Addition of an Swiss customs and traditions gallery (166 photos) in the Photo galleries page.

July 8, 2023
Addition in the Encounters page of an album entitled Mexicans (46 photos).

July 1, 2023
Addition in the Urban exploration gallery of the Photo galleries page of an album entitled Urbex The Avouillons (30 photos) made in Gland.

June 9, 2023
Added a Black and White Nature and Landscapes page in the Black and White Photos menu. These albums (817 photos) were inspired by Jeanloup Sieff‘s magnificent work entitled “La Vallée de la Mort” published by Contrejour editions. This black and white photo book traces the French photographer’s journey through Death Valley in California and Nevada from February 15 to March 24, 1977. The landscape photos are magnificent.

March 3, 2023
Addition in the Personal exhibitions gallery of images of Drize, (30 photos). This is an exhibition installed for three months in the premises of the Residence of Drize located above Carouge in Geneva. There was no particular theme but three well-defined sectors which allowed me to vary the subjects. Mainly for financial reasons I exhibited images that I had already proposed at other exhibitions.

January 21, 2023
Addition of a series on The oak wood (30 photos) in Nature and Landscape page.

Addition of 14 photos in Walk at the Moulin de Vert album in Nature and Landscape page.

January 15, 2023
Addition of a series on The Joux Valley (30 photos) in Nature and Landscape page.

Added 24 photos to the Venice album in the Travel to Italy gallery.

Addition of a series ond Verona (30 photos) in the Travel to Italy gallery.

January 13, 2023
Addition of an Urban exploration gallery (202 photos) in the Photo galleries page.

December 23, 2022
Addition of a series on the The Jura lakes (24 photos) in Nature and Landscape page. These photos come from several outings in this nature reserve in the French Jura.

Addition of a series entitled Alone (12 photos) in the Black and White Photographies page, Street photography gallery.

December 12, 2022
Addition of a series on The cat roams (Le chat déambule) (24 photos) to the Various Events gallery on theShows and Events page.

December 11, 2022
Addition of a series of photos taken On the heights of Zermatt (30 photos) in Nature and Landscape page. These photos come from a weekend spent in the Valais resort.

Addition of a series on the Vallon of the Allondon nature reserve in Geneva, Along the Allondon (24 photos) in Nature and Landscape page.

November 24, 2022
Addition of a series on the Creux de Terre reserve (24 photos) in Nature and Landscape page. These photos come from several outings in this nature reserve.

Exhibition
I have the great pleasure of exhibiting 30 of my photos at the Résidence de Drize, near Geneva, from November 15 to January 31, 2023. Guided tours are also organized.

November 20, 2022
Addition in the Indian dances and musics gallery of images of the Kathak dance performance entitled “Krishna Katha, The Stories of Prince Krishna” given by Annjali Shah, (42 photos), at the Montbenon casino in Lausanne as part of the 10th edition of the CinéMasala film festival.

Addition of a black and white series titled Lodano (18 photos) in the Vallemaggia gallery.

November 9, 2022
Addition of a series on International Festival of Street Artists (30 photos) to the Various Events gallery on the Shows and Events page.

August 10, 2022
Addition of a series on Alpe Devero (36 photos) a glacial valley in northern Piedmont and modification of the album dedicated to Ameno. All in the Travel in Italy page.

July 14, 2022
Addition of photos of a new exhibition in Beausobre (5 photos) in the Exhibitions page, Collective exhibitions page.

July 7, 2022
Addition of a series on Murten Festival of Lights (36 photos) to the Various Events gallery on the Shows and Events page.

July 2, 2022
Added lots of photos from the Geneva Lux Festival. 39 albums, 3 galleries, 269 photos to represent this festival of luminous works. The albums are treated by luminous work. I plan to create a page with the light shows of Geneva Lux, Morat Lumières, Carouge Magique and Lausanne Lumières which are already on the site but I took many other photos. You will find all these photos on the Shows and events page.

June 30, 2022
Addition of a new page entitled Encounters with the Portraits gallery, Lookind East album and a new Stories and Dreams album which was inspired by me (very modestly of course) by Steve McCurry’s superb work entitled “Stories ans Dreams” published in 2021.

June 26, 2022
Addition of a series on Lake Oeschinen (24 photos) in Nature and Landscape page. These photos come from a hike to this beautiful alpine lake and especially from its heights.

June 16, 2022
Added 30 photos to the Ischia album in the Travel to Italy gallery.

April 8, 2022
Addition in Nature and landscape of a gallery devoted to the Arboretum of the Aubonne valley with images by season (168 photos).

March 25, 2022
Addition in the Macro gallery of a series on The Moro-sphink (12 photos), a series on The potter wasp (24 photos) and a series on The grasshopper (18 photos).

Addition in the Portraits of Asia gallery of the album The Armenians (32 photos).

Addition of a black and white series titled Valle del salto (24 photos) in the Vallemaggia gallery.

Addition in the Vallemaggia gallery, in the Black and white photos page, of a report on the Mergozzo Pasture in Ticino in four albums entitled: The Pasture, The Goats, The Milking and The Cheese (60 photos).

December 5, 2021
Addition of a series on The Marécottes (21 photos) in Nature and Landscape page. It is a very wild valley of the canton of Friborg located above the Black Lake.

November 22, 2021
Addition in the Indian dances and musics gallery of images of the Bharata Natyam dance show given by Sharmila Rao, (60 photos), at the Montbenon casino in Lausanne as part of the 9th edition of the CinéMasala film festival.

November 19, 2021
Replacement of the images in the Aubonne Valley Arboretum in Nature and Landscape page, with more recent photos.

November 18, 2021
Addition in the Personal exhibitions gallery of the images of Indian flavors, (18 photos) an exhibition which took place within the framework of the 9th edition of the CinéMasala film festival.

November 16, 2021
Addition in the Shows and events page of images from the 2021 edition of the La Côte Festival Flute (120 photos).

October 17, 2021
Addition of a series on The Brecca Valley (30 photos) in Nature and Landscape page. It is a very wild valley of the canton of Friborg located above the Black Lake.

September 20, 2021
Addition to the Travels in Europe page of a gallery devoted to Greece (162 photos) with albums devoted to Athens, the island of Paros and the island of Santorini. I have also included the album dedicated to Crete previously released.

July 5, 2021
Addition to the Travels in Asia gallery of a series on Malaysia. (35 photos) These are old digitized slides. Ah if I had had the knowledge and the material that I have today I would really have had a blast.

May 20, 2021
Addition of a series on Valle del salto (24 photos) in Nature and Landscape page. This a very wild valley of breathtaking beauty.

March 24, 2021
Addition of a gallery on CEVA stations by night (92 photos) in Photo Galleries page. I hope I have highlighted the splendid lighting of these Geneva stations.

January 22, 2021
Lights of Lausanne (36 photos), addition of an album on light artistic installations set up by the City of Carouge for the end of year celebrations. The album is in the Various events gallery, Shows and events page.

December 29, 2020
Magical Carouge
(36 photos), addition of an album on light artistic installations set up by the City of Carouge for the end of year celebrations. The album is in the Various events gallery, Shows and events page.

December 10, 2020
Addition to the Photo Galleries page of a large series on CEVA train stations designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel, stararchitect. The five stations, Genève-Champel, Genève-Eaux-Vives, Chêne-Bourg, Lancy-Bachet and Lancy-Pont-Rouge are represented (186 photos).

Addition in the Black and white photos page of a large series on CEVA stations, these are not the same images (126 photos).

November 14, 2020
Addition in the Nature and Landscape gallery of an album made during a Walk in the forest of Saint-Livres (24 photos).

November 8, 2020
Creation of an English version of my site for the attention of many English-speaking visitors.

October 17, 2020
Addition in the Towns and Villages gallery of an album on the city of Murten.

October 14, 2020
Addition of a black and white series titled Giumaglio (18 photos) in the Vallemaggia gallery.

October 10, 2020
Addition of a black and white series entitled Puntid and the Val Calnègia (18 photos) in the Vallemaggia gallery. There are several images of the magnificent Puntid stone bridge which has withstood many floods since its construction.

September 24, 2020
Addition of a series on the Geneva Lux Festival (48 photos) in the Shows and events page, Various events. This is a festival of ephemeral light works in the City of Geneva.

August 13, 2020
Addition of a series on Val Calnègia (24 photos) in Nature and Landscape page. This a very wild valley of breathtaking beauty. I have wanted to go there for several years.

August 12, 2020
Addition to the Photo Galleries page of a report on the Mergozzo Pasture in Ticino in four albums entitled: The Pasture, The Goats, The Milking and The Cheese. (180 photos)

June 22, 2020
Use of several of my images for the design of the site of the company Digita-Compta Digital fiduciary services.

Update of the Links page

May 2, 2020
Addition to the Travels page of a gallery devoted to France (336 photos). Soon perhaps a suite with photos of La Dombes, Ain and Haute-Savoie.

April 26, 2020
Addition in the Travels page of a gallery devoted to Indians (306 photos) with three albums entitled India in the female, India in the male and The Indians in black and white, the latter already appears on the Photos in Black page and White, Portraits of Asia. I am very happy with this gallery which brings back many travel memories.

Addition of an album (48 photos) on Vienna in Austria, in the Voyages en Europe gallery.

April 24, 2020
Addition of a gallery dedicated to Irises (60 photos) in the Shapes and colors section of the Photo Galleries page.

I added an album on the Paléo Festival (40 photos) in the Various events gallery on the Shows and events page.

April 12, 2020
Addition to the Travel page of an India gallery (660 photos) in the section dedicated to my travels in Asia. These numerous photos summarize my six trips to the Indian subcontinent.

March 6, 2020
Addition of a Looking East album in the Asia gallery, Travel page. I was inspired (quite modestly of course) by Steve McCurry’s superb work entitled “Looking East” published in 2006 and republished in 2018.

Added a Towns and Villages gallery on the Black and White page.

Addition of a Street Photography gallery also on the Black and White page.

Addition of an album on Freiburg im Breisgau, Travel page, Europe gallery.

February 19, 2020
Addition of the News page to inform you of the latest changes to the site.

Addition in the Travels in Europe gallery of an album on Bavaria (24 photos) and a series on Italy. (120 photos)
Addition in the Macro gallery of an album dedicated to Lavender (42 photos) as well as an album about the admirable Pisaure (36 photos), my favorite spider.

February 3, 2020
Addition in the Portraits of Asia gallery of the album Les Thaïlandais. (24 photos)

Addition to the Travels in Asia gallery of a series on Thailand. (90 photos)

Addition in the Travel in North America gallery of a series on New York (66 photos) and a series on Grand Central Terminal, a train station in New York (42 photos)

February 2, 2020
Addition in the Black and White Photos gallery of the albums Eikenøtt, Le pont de Wiwili and WTC Train Station (84 photos)

January 10, 2020
Black and White Photos page creation of the Craft and Industrial Zones gallery including the Praille Acacias Vernets, La Ballastière in Gland and JTI albums in the Sécheron district of Geneva (144 photos)

January 2, 2020
Black and White Photos page creation of the Vallemaggia gallery and addition of the Mogno, Mogheno and Sonlerto albums (84 photos)
Black and White Photos page addition of the Valère et Tourbillon album (36 photos)

December 12, 2019
Deletion of the Photo Club Gland page
Removal of the Contest page