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Water lilies and pads in infrared, lavender and cream tones
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FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY — TRAVELS BEYOND 700NM

Places and palettes.

WATER LILIES — HO CHI MINH CITY 590NM ON-LENS FILTER
About

Choosing the colours

I shoot on a full-spectrum converted camera, then choose an on-lens filter to decide how much visible and infrared light gets through, and what palette that mix renders.

I go looking for places I find genuinely beautiful — gardens, coastlines, temples, cities — and try to imagine them recoloured.

Franco-British and originally from Toulouse, I've been taking photographs since childhood, alongside a career as a researcher in nanoelectronics. Based in Singapore, usually shooting wherever I've ended up.

A black-and-white shot of a cormorant colony received a Lifeframer award in 2022, and a photograph of a tree in Chandigarh was exhibited temporarily in Singapore.

Coconut palm in infrared, deep red tones, terraced hillside behindUBUD, BALI — 720NM

Colour

Infrared and visible light, balanced and rearranged.

Marble urn among clipped hedges at Versailles, infrared blue-white foliage
Bosquet, Versailles
590nm · France
Orangerie garden at Versailles from above, infrared white parterres and blue sky
Orangerie, Versailles
590nm · France
Medieval fortress towers and ramparts of Carcassonne in infrared, autumn-toned trees below
Cité de Carcassonne
590nm · France
Rowers by a riverside boathouse, pink infrared trees and dramatic sky
Boathouse on the Cam
590nm · Cambridge
Row of brick terrace houses with pink infrared ivy and trees behind
Terrace Houses
590nm · Cambridge
Palm fronds beside the domes and minarets of Hagia Sophia, infrared with a warm sky
Hagia Sophia
720nm · Istanbul
Wat Arun temple in Bangkok, shot in infrared, rendered in salmon and rose tones
Wat Arun, Bangkok
720nm · Thailand
Orange infrared leaves framing a gilded temple spire at the Grand Palace, Bangkok
Grand Palace
720nm · Bangkok
Blue infrared palm frond beside a guardian statue at Wat Phra Kaew, Bangkok
Wat Phra Kaew
590nm · Bangkok
Layered orange and green tiled temple roof with a small tree, Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Phra Kaew
720nm · Bangkok
Sultan Mosque seen through palm trees on Bussorah Street, Singapore
Sultan Mosque, Kampong Glam
720nm · Singapore
Tall palms against blue sky and clouds in false-colour infrared
Palm Grove
665nm · Singapore
Shophouses in Chinatown with palm trees and a red-leafed tree in infrared, warm tones
Shophouses, Chinatown
590nm · Singapore
Coconut palm in infrared, deep red tones
Coconut Palm
720nm · Bali
Harbour bay seen from mountainside, infrared haze, boats at anchor
Harbour, Aegean Coast
590nm · Greece
Gyeongbokgung Palace pavilion over water, cherry blossoms in infrared pink
Gyeongbokgung, Seoul
720nm · South Korea
Stone arch bridge over a canal lined with weeping willows in infrared pink, pagoda in the distance
Canal Bridge, Qibao
720nm · Shanghai
Tree over volcanic rock formations, orange sky infrared
Rock Garden, Chandigarh
720nm · India
Grass tree spines silhouetted against skyscrapers in Melbourne, infrared colour shift
Grass Trees & Skyline
590nm · Melbourne
Flowering agave stalks in front of the Royal Exhibition Building dome, Melbourne, pink infrared
Royal Exhibition Building
590nm · Melbourne
Tree canopy against blue sky in infrared, salmon-pink leaves
Canopy
720nm
Palm tree in front of apartment buildings under deep blue infrared sky
Suburban Palm
665nm · United States
Golden Gate Bridge emerging from fog with birds flying past, pastel pink infrared sky
Golden Gate Bridge
590nm · San Francisco
Pine trees turned lavender in infrared over a parking lot, orange sky
Parking Lot
590nm · California
Teal infrared trees and palm trees beside a parking lot and utility pole, purple sky
Parking Lot
590nm · California
Cars in a parking lot with pale cyan infrared trees, sepia sky, streetlights
Parking Lot
590nm · California
Cable cars crossing a misty forested mountain, seen through a rain-flecked window, natural colour
Cable Car, Mountain Fog
natural light
Rolling eucalyptus-planted hills in natural daylight colour
Eucalyptus Valley
natural light

Black & white

Tone and contrast, no colour.

Tree canopy against sky, black and white infrared, high contrast foliage
Canopy — B&W
720nm
White gabled house on Alcatraz Island against dark water and pale hill, black and white infrared
Alcatraz Island
720nm · San Francisco Bay
Agave stalks over a colony of cormorants, Golden Gate Bridge in the distance, black and white infrared
San Francisco Bay
720nm · USA · Lifeframer 2022
Grand horseshoe staircase at Château de Fontainebleau, black and white infrared
Château de Fontainebleau
720nm · France

Collections

A few threads pulled from the archive.

France

Marble urn among clipped hedges at Versailles
Bosquet, Versailles
590nm
Orangerie garden at Versailles from above
Orangerie, Versailles
590nm
Medieval fortress towers of Carcassonne
Cité de Carcassonne
590nm
Horseshoe staircase at Château de Fontainebleau, black and white
Fontainebleau
720nm · B&W

Bangkok temples

Wat Arun temple in Bangkok
Wat Arun
720nm
Gilded spire at the Grand Palace, Bangkok
Grand Palace
720nm
Tiled temple roof at Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Phra Kaew
720nm
Guardian statue at Wat Phra Kaew
Wat Phra Kaew
590nm

American sprawl

Palm tree in a suburban American parking lot
Suburban Palm
665nm
Lavender infrared pines over a parking lot
Parking Lot
590nm
Golden Gate Bridge in fog
Golden Gate Bridge
590nm
Cars in a parking lot with pale cyan infrared trees, sepia sky
Parking Lot
590nm

Singapore streets

Sultan Mosque through palm trees
Sultan Mosque
720nm
Palm grove against clouds
Palm Grove
665nm
Shophouses in Chinatown in infrared
Chinatown
590nm
Field notes
Singapore Bangkok Seoul Paris the Aegean Bali Melbourne San Francisco Istanbul Shanghai Chandigarh Cambridge

Get in touch.

Original prints, commissions and licensing enquiries all welcome. Please get in touch and we can talk specifics.

4R (4×6in), single35 SGD
4R, set of 4100 SGD
5R (5×7in)60 SGD
8R (8×10in)100 SGD

Prices in Singapore Dollars. Other currencies arranged on request.

Some photographs have non-standard proportions and will be priced at the closest matching R size, with white borders added if needed to keep the full image intact.

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