Wood Turner

This is a reportage made for Julien, wood turner from Aiguines (South of France). it's a very well known village for turners as it reside one of the biggest school of the world for this artisanal work. I spent two weeks with him and surroundings, sharing passions, friendship, laughs, and work...

He wanted a raw rendering, a work of matter, that we feel the sawdust through the photo, a work of closeness, just like his personal work. We spend long hours talking about matter, him through wood, me through photographic paper...