The reason I started film photography was because of a boy in 2012. The boy left, photography stayed. Since then I shoot the little details of my daily life only with expired films. Not because it's not only cheap, but I love that luck, faulty things and accumulating errors plays a major role in those expired film. For me every shot is a test because I don't understand the theory nor do I care for it. I am too shy to ask for help and want to learn by myself as I proceed. My whole photography practice is an experimentation in itself, I always never know what to expect and this thrills me to keep shooting film. All I do is composing my frame and try to go according to a raw idea I have in my head. For the rest I always say "J’ai pas fait exprès".

 

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"Le lac, Sophie, la canicule"

 

Sophie adore nager seins nus, sa couleur favorite, c’est le bleu.

Sophie lit à voix haute des extraits de livres sulfureux.

 

​​"The Lake, Sophie, the heat wave" Sophie loves swimming topless, her favorite color is blue. Sophie reads extracts from sulfurous books aloud.

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At the end of the day, it was still extremely hot. When I finished my film, I realized how unlikely it was that images would come out great due to the film storage and shooting conditions. These films were from 2000 so basically 20 years overdue. I will always remember when I went to get the prints, the surprise, the relief and the immense joy of seeing that I had been able to keep the hottest day of the year on physical material and forever in memory. It was both simple and extremely precious.

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Thank you for taking your time for reading and enjoying the pictures.