My first contacts with the video medium was through breakdance in 2003. From my teenage years and throughout my twenties, I have been intimately involved in this movement, as an (average) dancer, and mainly as a videographer. Unexpectedly, this teenager's passion took me to more than 35 countries, from Korea to Sudan, El Salvador, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria… I worked with some of the best dancers in the world ; and I also went off-road, to meet some hidden talents in countries you’d least expect to have great dancers.

Alongside my dance journey, I studied digital media & visual communication at Bordeaux-Montaigne University and Hyper Island Stockholm. I began working as a freelance multimedia designer in 2009, doing a variety of projects, in diverse regions and contexts (selection of works here).

In 2016, I decided to take a light turn toward journalism, with the desire to work on projects that were meaningful to me. Soon I had the chance to join the video team of Le Monde, where I worked two and a half years as a lead motion designer / video maker. Alongside motion graphics production, I co-directed and edited a number of news explainers, designed and coded a new visual identity, and wrote a couple of stories.

In 2019, I returned to freelancing, and worked with various media outlets (Mediapart, The New York Times, Upian). I notably co-directed a documentary video series called Dans ton tel (In your phone), and a visual investigation on a case of Police violence in France.

I currently work with the research agency Forensic Architecture in London.

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Through my experiences, I have developed a versatile range of skills: filmmaking, editing, art direction, information design, 2D/3D animation, media/spatial analysis, coding…

Nowadays, my work as a visual journalist frequently involves finding visual solutions to represent complex ideas, or situations missing iconography, with as much clarity as possible. I often rely on my motion graphics skillset, but also sound design, musics, testimonies…

I also usually build my edits from the audio track, shaping from there speech, mood, and flow. Which allows me then to develop on top of it a strong and symbiotic visual language.

My very first aspiration is to take part in telling stories that are meaningful, in the public's best interest.

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