Art & images

How can we deal with and document the COVID 19 period? I leave the task of exposing this crime against humanity to others better equipped to do so, and seek here to keep smiling in the face of the greatest masquerade in human history. 

He said, join me for a week-end in my little Lago di Como villa.  A car was waiting for me at the exit of the airport in Milano Malpensa. An hour later, the driver dropped me off at the Yacht Club di Como. From there, a speedboat took me to Villa Capriccio.

These last few weeks were really busy, with the reportage on the strange rock formations of Grauland, the feature article on my beauty recipes for Elle magazine and the tourism assessment trip to Dyrhólaey for the Cock Agency... I really needed a few days of rest. 

The advert read: Landowner seeks animal lover to look after his pets during his absence. Flexible and playful temperament preferred. Irregular hours. Good salary, living and travel expenses covered. 

Looking for new experiences?  A fun and welcome source of extra income? Ambre took a job as a stripper in a well-known club. But at the end of the first night, the contract was broken. She never knows when to stop. r. 

Elvion is a virtual place that I love. There are so many places that are ideal for photography, and so many inspirations for creating stories. Below is a selection of images taken during an enchanting walk.

Gabrielle d'Estrées and one of her sisters is a painting by an unknown author of the Fontainebleau School, painted around 1594. After intense research in the archives of the dusty cellars of the Louvre, it was discovered that Gabrielle d'Estrées' nipple attracted lust, and that many members of the court (...) 

A mix of images, quotes and thoughts for fun, to lift us up, to tell ourselves that we haven't invented anything after all, because I like them so much, and because I didn't know where else to put them. 

You get up thinking you're going to have a perfectly normal day, with no surprises and no mishaps. But sometimes fate intervenes, probably to add a little irony to the daily routine. And you find yourself doing unthinkable things. 

Full of contradictions, Homo Sapiens (Latin for 'who knows') spends a good part of his existence trying not to know. It's so easy to ignore, erase or destroy what embarrasses us, even if it never works.

Following the saga of the Dildo Rose, an exploration of the worst and best moments of humanity, with a particular focus on the place of women in history and the influence of certain artefacts in the evolution of the world.

Grauland is a virtual place in Second Life that changes every few months thanks to the abundant creativity of artist Jim Garland. This version reminded me of a ghost town I visited a long time ago in New Mexico (...)

Ambre believes that keeping a breast exposed every day boosts the immune system. But this daring practice involves a few dangers, and sometimes leads to unexpected, even funny, situations. 

Between 2008 and 2018, I used the virtual environment of Second Life to illustrate quotations from Rumi, the Persian Sunni Muslim poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends ethnic divisions (...)

When Sister Ambre took her vows and entered holy orders, she had no idea of the formidable opponent she would have to face: her libido. A short chronicle of an inner struggle. 

We are still on Earth, in 2057. Many things have changed. It would take some effort to recognize the landscape, and you would be amazed by the new light emanating from nature. Yet your greatest amazement would come from the psychology of the people. It has changed, irrevocably.