Julien Dorol

Julien started taking pictures at the age of ten the day his father lent him his Olympus OM10 camera. In his teenage years, various interests would detain his practice of photography for a while, but not for long.

Deeply fond of mountains and wilderness, he travelled to New-Zealand for one year, and dedicated this trip to capture the amazing and lavish landscapes of the country.

He then packed his rucksack again and chose Laos for his next move. This two-month stay would prove to be a momentous step : he came to acknowledge how photography could indeed uncover and map the true beauty and power of human relationships.

From then on, the core of Julien's work has been steadily dedicated to this plain purpose : to figure out the puzzles of lines, faces and eyes and recapture the stories they tell about human beings, testimonials of their lores and cultures, their needs and hopes.