• Born in Metz, France, 1959.
• Organ Prize at the Metz Conservatory.
• Medical studies in Strasbourg.
• A year's training as a mountain guide at the French Army’s High Mountain School in Chamonix.
• Alternates for several years between major travel projects and practising medicine. Writes accounts of his travels and
discovers photography.
• After one year in the Sahara, first exhibition “Jeux de sable“ at Espace Canon, Paris.
• Personal shows in galleries in Europe, USA and Asia. (70 exhibitions into 18 pays)
• Is invited to represent France in the “Shapes of Time” exhibition at the “Alessandria Biennale”, 2008
• Works acquired by public and private collections.
• The Province of Milan chooses works from his series “Climates” to accompany a lecture by Edgar Morin and establish a link
between Morin’s thinking and the world of art. Teatro Dal Verne, 2009
• Becomes the first artist to be chosen by the foundation “L’Art pour la Conscience et le Partage des Biens Communs”, 2009
• Is chosen two years running (2009, 2010) by the Esther Woerdehoff Gallery for “PARIS PHOTO”.
• Solo show with Esther Woerdehoff Gallery at “MIA ARTFAIR”, Milan, 2011
• Is chosen two years running (2009, 2011) for MacParis.
• AZART PHOTO Price, at MacParis Artfair, 2011
• His “TransPhotographies” exhibition is spotlighted by the City of Marseille’s cultural programme, 2010
• Invited by the John McDermott Gallery to the Angkor Foto Festival in 2010.
• Exhibition at l’Espace Cardin sponsored by the European Space Agency, 2011
• In June 2012 he is named "Intercultural Ambassador" by the UNESCO Sorbonne Club.
• Invited by the French Embassy in India to exhibit in New Delhi , Visual Art Gallery 2013
• Solo show, UNESCO Paris, during “the Global Conference”, 2013
• RETROSPECTIVE on various sites in the city of Metz, including the Musée de la Cour d’or, 2014
• Black & White Magazine: Award Winner Portfolio Contest 2013
• GRAND PRIX EURAZEO FOR PHOTOGRAPHY 2013.
• Show with the Baudoin Lebon Gallery at the Art o’Clock Fair, Paris 2013
• Nomination for the Pictet Price 2014 for “Consumption”
• Publication of the monograph “les éveillés”, “La Manufacture de l’image Editions”, 2014
• Benaki Museum, Athens Photobook Show, 201
• Invited by the Mairie de Paris and JECJ for the thematic “Ponts et Cultures” with solo show and conference, 2015
• Laureate of the International Competition “l’Esprit de laMéditerranée” by Photomed et Lensculture, 2016
• MONOCHROME PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2016
• Laureate at “Creative Quarterly“ (Fine Art Professional), 2017
• Laureate at Festphoto Brazil, Porto Alegre, Brasil 2017
• Laureate at the "32nd Chelsea International Fine Art Competition", New York, 2017
• Finalist at the Fondation Schneider, 2017
• "The Origin of Light", solo show at Messmer Museum, Riegel, Germany, 2017
• Finalist (5 finalists) for the “Prix de Photographie de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts”, Paris 2017
• GUEST OF HONOR for the Month of Photography with solo show, Musée de la Faïence et des Beaux-Arts de Nevers, 2017
• Exhibition at the “MAISON EUROPÉENNE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE”, with Eurazeo Price, Paris 2018
• INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2017 (Fine Art Conceptual)
• Michel Kirch in “Miroir de l’Art” magazine in a selective list about the “artists who make us dream”.
• MONOVISIONS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS : 1st Place Black & White Conceptual Photo of the year 2018
• ST’ART, solo show with “le Collectionneur Moderne”, 2018
• “regards Croisés”, with the “Fontaine Obscure Gallery” and the austrian association “Fluss”, Vienne 2019
• GUEST OF HONOR AT THE SALON D’AUTOMNE, Champs Elysees, Paris 2019
• Invited for a solo show by the “Galerie Saphir” to celebrate their 40th Anniversary, Paris 2019
• March 2022 : release of the art-book "Entre-Soleils" with Shmuel T. Meyer, Prix Goncourt 2021
• April/November 2022: VENICE BIENNALE, Invitation by the European Cultural Center, Palazzo MORA, VENICE
• September 2023 : Festival Partage des Arts, Isle sur la Sorgue
• 2024: Centre d’art contemporain CAMPREDON, Isle sur la Sorgue