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Hi, I am Olivier

I am a photographer working within the spaces beyond the moment storytelling, outdoors, active lifestyle, and portrait imagery.

My work is grounded in emotions, immersion, and observation — the slow act of watching a situation unfold, people connecting, a soul showing up beyond the body. I’m drawn to the moments that count beyond life, that most people overlook: Imagine, a hug, a smile, a gaze going straight through you, a brief exchange of glances, shadows bringing out that glimpse of light on a body, the rhythm of life taking place when humans do human things, with full vulnerability.

Photography, for me, isn’t about capturing perfection. It’s about presence — Presence of the soul, of the being, of the perfect imperfection of the moment. It’s the time between time, the silence between the silence, this immersion in life, where you can feel, hear, smell, taste, touch, connect with the moment captured, and your body remembers, shivers, reacts, as if you were the hero of that moment.

I’ve been through commercial advertising, beauty photography, working with superficiality as much as luxury, the corporate world, the high-end brands, and i’ve also photographed personal moments, life, illness, weddings, love, raw passion of individuals exploring their body, or couples making love.

I’ve come to realize that depth, presence, connection and the unique instant which will never come back is the most precious thing I can bring myself to capture. A time capsule is way more powerful than any perfect, social media perfect, inauthentic, powerless, disembodied images now flooding the internet.

Forget the grand narratives, let’s reveal the utmost simplicity of life, of the outdoors, of imperfection and messy humans, and how we just inhabit a place. My photographs often explore presence, distance, intimacy, and the poetry of the everyday.

Some of my corporate clients, International Brands & Ambassadors include:

  • Cartier
  • Louis Vuitton
  • La Vaudoise Assurances
  • BCN (Banque Cantonale de Neuchâtel)
  • UNAIDS
  • UNICEF
  • Celgène
  • Tag Heuer
  • ZMB Foundation
  • Mairie de Cologny
  • Telono
  • World Economic Forum
  • Global Fund
  • AVFuel
  • Agence France Presse (AFP)
  • La Haute Route
  • Cycling for Children
  • Geneva Marathon
  • OC Sport
  • Eberhard & Co.
  • Tissot
  • Mont-Blanc Horlogerie
  • Geneva University
  • The Giants
  • Fujifilm (X photographer)
  • Profoto (Swiss Ambassador & Trainer)
  • Sony (Trainings & Workshops)
  • Graphicart (Trainings & Workshops)
  • Swiss Photo Club (Training & Workshops)

Outside of my commercial work for Brands, I dedicate myself to Individuals seeking to reconnect with their body, their soul, and dive deep into a transformational therapeutical Journey, dearmouring, releasing all emotional blocages, and opening up the can of worms of what has been kept inside, and work on my own personal projects, always searching for that thin line where clarity meets emotion.