Who ?

I studied cinema and made my first framings with a video camera. My interest for photography came slowly in my life after my interest for films.

Where ?

Everywhere I don’t expect. Where colors are. Where I shouldn’t be. In front of my door after a day walking in Paris. Far away from home.

When ?

When I don’t expect it. When I’m not shooting street photography. When it’s time to go home. When I don’t have my camera with me. When I’m thinking of something else. When it’s too late.

What ?

I only know what I’m looking for when I see it. imprints, marks and traces of human presence. evidences of absence. obviousness. Details. Colors.

Why ?

To remember how places look like. To remember how things change. To remember how people are. To remember who I was. To tell myself : I was there. To go back there.

Interview from iN-PUBLiC

Sylvain occupies the majority of his free time thinking and carrying out personal photographic projects. former member of Fragment photo collective, he now took a step back from street photography but continues to work with the stream of immediacy by shaping the unexpected. For the moment, he is working with 35mm and 120 formats for long term projects, particularly Paris Intérieurs, a set of series about his hometown. He is also founder of La Belladone in Brussels, a gallery showcasing contemporary photography at the heart of an art-déco café bar.

website : La Belladone