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during these long breaks from school, to gain experience and for financial security. Distributor and handler, fruit-picker, electronic parts dealer, photographer, private Math tutor, etc…. |
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At this point I know that I want to be a freelancer, even if I have no idea how much I will earn the next month! I remark, among other things, that the bus queues are calm and polite in London, and that people speak kindly to one another, far from the terrible free-for-all mêlées in Arras, Pas-de-Calais. In the UK, if I am second in line for the bus, I will be second to get on the bus. In Arras, I would be the last to board. The Channel is an enormous gap! All the same, I believe firmly in courtesy. My reasoning: it costs nothing at all and can only make interactions better. For many people nowadays, being polite is a sign of weakness, reserved to homosexuals. Parisian waiters who are rude towards their clients are idiots. The only thing that comes of it are unimpressed clients who will consume less and who will not return. I know, I’m an idealist. Well, when I am poorly received in a restaurant, I leave immediately after declaring, “I prefer giving money to polite people.” |
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| English proverb : When there is a storm in the Channel, the English say, “The Continent is isolated”. |
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Henri Cartier Bresson : "I have no message to deliver and nothing to prove: I see and I feel - only the eye, in its surprise, can decide." |
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 Here, voluntary work for the National Trust (England), not paid at all, but I learn to know the trees and I get to see organizations that aren’t as awful as the French administration. Another galaxy. And also, vivent les Beatles! I am the one in the green ecogoly circle My camera is already an integral part of my right arm. The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty (commonly known as the National Trust or NT) is a British not-for-profit founded with the goal of conserving and highlighting monuments and sites of collective interest. The NT is active in England, Wales, on the Isle of Man and in North Ireland. Created in 1895, within a century the National Trust had become the most important organization of its type in Europe and the second private landowner in the United Kingdom after the Crown. The NT manages more than 300 monuments and 200 gardens which range from megalithic sites to manors from every era. Its scope of work includes Industrial buildings, collections, and even the childhood homes of Paul McCartney and John Lennon in Liverpool. The NT possess 250 000 hectares of land and 1 200 kilometers of coast, acquired principally through the safeguarding project “Neptune”.  |
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 Croft Castle National Trust, 1975 Croft Castle est un château, une église et un jardin situés à Yarpole, dans le Herefordshire, en Angleterre. C'est une propriété du National Trust ouverte au public. I often go back to UK to visit National Trust properties. Here Stoneywell in 2019. The National Trust's Stoneywell, Leicestershire, is a cottage designed by Arts and Crafts architect-designer Ernest Gimson.   |
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23 october 1975 From Raphael Christian Fournier to Ina Cecilia Dahl, in Norway Dear Ina, I've been delighted when I received your letter. I hope you are keeping well. You are great and I like you. I would very much like to see you in Norway. When are your winter holidays? I am free after November the 10th and ready to travel to Norway and very happy at the thought of meeting you. Tell me if I can come to you. I am still in France and after Norway I will go back to England. I hope you're not too bored in your school. How is your week-end job? I am still listening to Pink Floyd and am still delighted. Where in Hovik in Norway? How do you like this photo of mine? I'm glad you didn't like the photos of you I sent you, 'cause I didn't like them either. We could do better ones together. I agree with what you said about loneliness. One is always alone in his own mind. But friendship is something else, anyway. Write soon and tell me if I can come. Stay free. True Love.  I hitchhiked from London to Oslo, in winter, to see Ina again. We went skating on frozen fjords, it was extraordinary. |
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George Bernard Shaw : "We have not lost faith, but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession." Le Franglish! You Can't Read This Article Si T'es Pas Bilingue (English & Français) Being bilingual est parmi the best pleasures dans le monde entier. Think about it pour un instant. You can utiliser deux different languages en mêne temps in a such a way that makes ton cerveau wants to exploser from the speed par la quelle it switches from one langue to l'autre but still tu peux do it and ressentir special(e) at the same time. et c'est pour ca you are unique. Le fact that tu peux lire this article without stopping to think est un talent très few people have. La majorité of people struggle to lire juste in one single language, but what you are doing maintenant est un signe of absolute genius. Reading a très complicated texte in two langues differences seamlessly makes you un(e) nerd et someone qui trouve joy in languages. Reading cet article must have given your brain a nice little workout. That's why you should le partager avec vos amis. De rien in advance and have a très bonne journée. |
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The Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here Lyrics (Waters, Gilmour) So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here.  |
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"You shouldn’t believe everything you see online":
Napoléon Bonaparte Space Odyssey 2025: NASA promises 'definitive evidence' of alien life by 2025. Space Odyssey 2025: NASA promises 'definitive evidence' of alien life by 2025. Left to right: Kepler 452b2015, space cowboy Chris Fournier, the CFSS (Chris Fournier Space Station). Photographed with an iPhone 36. |
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Stanley Kubrick, mon metteur en scène préféré : Les Sentiers de la gloire 1957, Lolita1962, 2001 l'Odyssée de l'espace 1968, Orange mécanique 1971, Barry Lyndon 1975, Shining 1980, Full Metal Jacket 1987, Eyes Wide Shut 1999.         |
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 From Claude Slowick, Haplincourt, April 7th, 1988 Dear photographer, This morning I received your letter from February 20, 1988, the envelope was not stamped (no date), it took 50 days to arrive. My friend, either continental drift is getting worse or you chose a particularly slow postage. Anyways your letter has arrived at last, you would have a hard time making the text any shorter, although as far as photos are concerned you went to town – I guess this makes sense, you tell your life as you live it … in images. I hope the next time you come to fall flat on your face in the Parisian metro you will have the good grace to come visit me at my home (during daytime). I don’t suppose that you are moved at the sight of a small baby sucking his thumb, or who pisses into the air at 2 in the morning on his father’s slippers. Yet if you are at all wistful for a taste of paternity, don’t take your time… I think quite highly of myself for responding in such a long fashion to your very short letter. If you felt the need to do me a favour, you could find me a collection of Einstein’s works in English, I should really get to work on it, might as well be on an interesting subject. At school at the moment I am working quite a lot with the drawing teacher, the guy is very interested in photography. If you come back, I think for once I will be able to refer you someone interested in some Nikon equipment (at a good price of course, teachers and artists have good reasons to be low on cash). That's all folks. Claude. |
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| Pi is a number that is represented by the Greek letter of the same name : π. It is the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. We can also define it as the ratio of the area of a circle to the square of its radius. Its value rounded to the nearest 0.5x10-15 is 3.141 592 653 589 793 in decimal. Numerous formulas in physics, engineering and of course mathematics use π, which is one of the most important constants in mathematics. The number π is irrational, which means it can’t be expressed as the ratio between two whole numbers; this implies that its decimal form is neither finite nor periodical. It is even a transcendental number, which means that it is not the root of any non-zero polynomial having rational coefficients. La photographie est une question de lumière, de composition, et, surtout, d'émotion. Larry Wilder |
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Les 3 étapes de la vie : - Jeunes : On a tout le temps et l'énergie, mais pas l'argent - Travailleur : On a tout l'argent et l'énergie, mais pas le temps - Vieux : on a tout le temps et l'argent, mais plus l'énergie Leçon : Jouissez de la vie au bon moment. |
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| Marcel Pagnol, "My father's pride", some of the best pages of French literature. Thank you Marcel. He was also the first one to make audio books of his novels. His speech is earth shattering. |
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7th March 2016: I pay my respects to Marcel Pagnol. His grave is in La Treille, near Marseille where he grew up.    César : [...] Tu mets un tiers de curaçao. Fais attention : un tout petit tiers...Bon, Un tiers de citron. Tu vois, Un BON tiers de Picon. Tu vois. Et alors, un GRAND tiers d'eau. Marius : Et ça fait quatre tiers. César : Et alors ? il boit une gorgée du mélange) Marius : Dans un verre, il n'y a que trois tiers. César : Mais, imbécile, ça dépend de la grosseur des tiers ! Expo Marcel Pagnol au Château de la Buzine Le Château de la Buzine est bien plus qu’un bâtiment ou un monument. Le Château s’inscrit dans plusieurs cultures : celle des bastides marseillaises, celle de Marseille joyeuse, triomphante, créative, populaire, rayonnante et instruite incarnée par Marcel Pagnol et celle des années 2000 qui cherche à ré-écrire des liens entre l’homme, la nature, l’architecture, le cinéma, le tourisme… L’histoire du Château de la Buzine est agitée et complexe puisqu’il appartient successivement à des propriétaires nombreux et variés. C’est Marcel Pagnol, qui lui donne sa dimension exceptionnelle par ses merveilleux récits intitulés Souvenirs d’enfance. En devenant propriétaire des lieux, Marcel Pagnol ajoute une nouvelle dimension au Château de son enfance. Pagnol veut lui donner une valeur symbolique à l’échelle mondiale en le transformant en cité du cinéma. Les années 2000 ouvrent le Château sur de nouveaux horizons. Le travail de restauration est conduit par la cabinet d’architecture Stern International qui réussit à faire le lien entre le passé de bastide privée et le présent de cinémathèque publique. Le château vit également en phase avec la nature qui l’entoure, le Parc des 7 Collines, un équilibre fragile et nécessaire.     La table montage films 35 mm de Marcel Pagnol  Manon des sources |
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Raymond Depardon : "One must be agressive towards themselves and discreet with those he photographs." |
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| Quiz: Find THE job I did not do:
Handler, salesman in a bookstore, private math tutor, math teacher in college, salesman of electronic components, manager of a hi-fi chain store, cinema projectionist, volunteer in a large ecological organization, charitable volunteer in building work, pea sorter, raspberry pickers, baby sitter, hop pickers, extra for TV series, salesman in a camera store, photographer at Club Med, paratrooper for the French government, photographer for Universal Studios, assistant photo of Dean Collins, teacher digital photo of Peter Lindberg, film producer, volunteer tester of survival suits in cold water, photo teacher in international school, spy for the CIA, press photographer, photo teacher at FNAC, I am the subject of a national TV show, business manager, I am rewarded by NASA. I did a lot of odd jobs after my studies of Maths, to earn my living because I was poor, certainly, but mainly to live very varied slices of life. The answers are in my bio: https://prisedevue.photos/english/chapitres/info_pratique/bio/index.htm I worked a lot of odd jobs after my Math studies, to earn my living because I was poor, of course, but especially to live very varied slices of life. Manutentionnaire (2), vendeur dans une librairie (6), répétiteur de math privé (1), prof de math en collège (12), vendeur de composants électroniques (9), gérant d'un magasin de chaînes haute fidélité (13), projectionniste de cinéma (14), volontaire dans un grand organisme écologique (4), volontaire caritatif en travaux de bâtiments (10), trieur de petits pois (3), cueilleurs de framboises (5), baby sitter, cueilleur de houblon (7), figurant pour séries TV (23), vendeur dans un magasin d'appareil photo (11), filmeur au Club Med (17), parachutiste pour le gouvernement français (15), filmeur pour Universal Studios (19), ouvrier agricole (8), filmeur chez Butlin's (12), assistant photo de Dean Collins (18), prof photo numérique de Peter Lindberg (24), producteur cinéma (25), testeur bénévole de combinaisons de survie en eau froide (20), prof de photo en école internationale (21), espion pour la CIA (26), photographe de presse (22), prof de photo à la FNAC, (27), Je suis le sujet d'une émission de TV nationale (28), chef d'entreprise (29), récompensé par la NASA (16). 1 - Page 4 : Je donne des cours privés de Maths et je photographie des mariages de 1970 à 1975 pour gagner de quoi m'acheter mon premier vrai appareil photo : Zeiss-Ikon, Contaflex, reflex 24x36cm. 2 - Page 4 : Travail comme manutentionnaire chez ADV du 21juin1973 au 5 juillet 1973 et aussi comme manutentionnaire chez CEGF du 6 au 16 avril 1976 et aussi comme manutentionnaire chez Manpower en Angleterre en mai 1976. 3 - Page 7 : Trieur de petits pois à l'usine Smedley of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire en 1975. 4 - Page 7 : volontaire pour le grand organisme écologique National Trust à Pumpsaint, à Selbourne Hill et Croft Castle en 1974 et 1975. 5 - Page 7 : Cueillette de framboises à Letham Grange, Angus, Scotland en été 1975. 6 - Page 7 : Vendeur de livres scientifiques chez Foyles, 119 charing Cross Road London WC1 en janvier 1976. 7 - Page 8 : Cueilleur de houblon à Stuart Tipping's farm, Staplehurst, Kent, England, septembre 1975. 8 - Page 8 : Ouvrier agricole pour "Friday Bridge Agricultural Camp" à Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire en 1975, 1976 et 1977. 9 - Page 8 : Vendeur de composants électroniques chez Proops Bros. Ltd, 52 Tottenham court road, London WC2 du 19 janvier au 26 mars 1976. 10 - Page 8 : Je suis volontaire pour aider les victimes du tremblement de terre à Monteaperta di Fruli, près de Udine en Italie de 13 au 23 août 1976. 11 - Page 10 : Vendeur dans un magasin d'appareils photo : Reids Photographic and HiFi, 8 yield Hall Lane, Reading, Berks du 10 mai au 24 juillet 1976. 12 - Page 9 : Prof auxiliaire de Mathématiques au Lycée de Garons d'Arras Pas de Calais, Lycée Robespierre en sept 1976. 12 - Page 9 : Filmeur chez Butlin's Holiday Centre in Bognor Regis, décembre 1976. 13 - Page 10 : Herbert's HiFi, 177 Whitley Wood lane, Reading, Berks, assistant à Reading 130 Butts Centre, de début octobre 1976 à mi-juillet 1977, puis gérant début janvier 1978 à mi-juin 1978 à Newbury. 14 - Page 12 : Projectionniste de cinéma pour l'Armée Française en 1979. 15 - Page 13 : Parachutisme pour l'Armée Française en 1979. 16 - Page 9 : Mon nom est gravé sur une puce électronique déposée sur Mars par Insight qui a atterri à la surface de la planète le 26 novembre 2018 ! Merci à Shannon Templeton pour cela. 17 - Page 14 : Filmeur pour le Cub Med à Corfu en Août 1976. Aussi en 1992, Je suis le photographe officiel de la croisière inaugurale qui part du Havre (là où il a été construit) jusqu'en Nouvelle-Calédonie (avec escales à Djibouti, en Australie et au Japon pour faire de la pub). 3 mois. Je ne suis jamais autant ennuyé de ma vie ! 18 - Page 18 : Je suis l'un des assistants de Dean Collins en 1992 à San Diego sur "Heavenly Porsche", aidant à créer une chaîne de montagnes, du brouillard et à construire un lac en studio autour d'une Porsche avec de grandes sources d'éclairage. Dean Collins, malheureusement décédé d'un cancer en 2005, est l'un des plus grands professeurs d'éclairage et photographes commerciaux de l'histoire. 19 : Page 19 : Je travaille aussi de temps en temps entre 1985 et 1990, pour Cruiship Pictures Co, à Universal Studios, près de chez moi, à Los Angeles. 20 : Page 32 : Je teste des combinaisons de survie en Alaska en été 1990. 21 : Page 43 : De décembre 1996 à décembre 1997, j'enseigne à temps partiel, à l'école de photo internationale Spéos de Paris. 22 : Page 87 (vers la fin) : Je suis photographe de presse pour l'agence MaxPPP. Elle assure une couverture mondiale, nationale et régionale de l'actualité. • Un réseau de plus de 800 photographes. • 100 agences partenaires en France et dans le monde. • 4500 nouvelles photos disponibles chaque jour. • 8 millions d'images accessibles sur la base. • 1000 clients presse, numérique, TV, édition, communication, corporate. 23 : Pages 84 : figurant pour séries TV : 24 : Page 87 : Je photographie Petra Lindblad, célèbre mannequin top modèle internationale, en studio à Hollywood, en 1993 pour le magazine Photography International qui paraît en couverture en 1994 et aussi sur celle de Amateur Photographer en 1996. Petra a été aussi photographiée, entre autres, par le célèbre photographe allemand Peter Lindbergh pour le magazine Vogue. Je rencontrerai Peter Lindberg en 1997, dans sa maison rue de Savoie à Paris, pour lui donner des cours d'introduction au numérique via Spéos International photography school, et aussi en 2016 lors d'une séance de dédicaces chez Taschen. 25 : Page 84 : A la demande d'un directeur de programmes de TF1, je produis un film court "Beautiful Intimacy". 26 : Page 31 à mi-chemin, Petrodvorets, Peterhof, Saint-Pétersbourg, Russie, en images quizz qui permettent de comprendre. 27 : Page 43 vers le milieu : J'enseigne à la FNAC et dans d'autres écoles photo privées, de temps en temps. 28 : Page 99 au début : TF1 "Sans Aucun Doute" dans mon studio. J'arbitre un conflit mannequin/agence. Repris au zapping hebdomadaire, puis annuel de Canal + en 2008. 29 : Page 45. Chef d'entreprise : Présentation de mon activité de photographe professionnel "prisedevue.photos". |
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Conclusion 1: I must not be bad, so that all these people trust me. Conclusion 2: Thanks to all these varied clients (industry, wedding, corporate and personal portraits, press, events, objects, medical, culinary, diving, sports, pageants, etc. ..), I see extraordinary slices of life, confidential or public, trades and fabulous countries. I do feel very privileged. Real life, live. Thank you customers. In rough estimation, I take 5,000 photos a week. 5,000 x 52 = 260,000 a year. For 35 years = 9,100,000 photos. Well, I would like to reach 10 million anyway! Conclusion 3: Photography is my language |
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