Basile Morin

This user has been on Wikimedia Commons for 13 years, 3 months and 8 days This user has uploaded 10 finalist to Pictures of the Year to Wikimedia Commons. This user has uploaded 356 featured pictures to Wikimedia Commons. This user has uploaded 1100 quality images to Wikimedia Commons. This user has uploaded 13 valued images to Wikimedia Commons. This user has uploaded featured media to Wikimedia Commons. fr Le français est la langue maternelle de cette personne. en-3 This user is able to contribute with an advanced level of English. lo-3 ຜູ້ໃຊ້ນີ້ມີຄວາມຮູ້ພາສາລາວລະດັບສູງ de-1 Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse. PH-4 This user is able to take professional quality photographs. VG-2 This user is able to contribute with a good level on vector graphics. Ani‑1 This user is able to contribute at a basic level to animations (GIF,...). This user has file mover rights on Wikimedia Commons. (verify) This user has rollback rights on Wikimedia Commons. (verify) This user has patroller rights on Wikimedia Commons. (verify)

Hello

I am a French designer born in 1977 and living in Laos since 2005. Here on Wikimedia I'm mostly active at FPC.

My featured pictures

  My quality images

My photographs have been published in books and in a hundred of websites, like Artforum, The Diplomat (2), Jumeau Empire, The Daily Californian, Le Monde diplomatique, Metro Weekly, Boulder Weekly The Conversation, Nice-Matin, Le Petit Journal, Khmer Times, The American Scholar, Santa Barbara Independent, Futura, Le Progrès, Medium, Ouest-France, World History Encyclopedia, Reporterre, Sputnik, Greek Reporter, The Tico Times, Rediff.com, Open Magazine...

Apart from photography, I also work on ambigrams, words using symmetrical calligraphy to be read upside down or through a mirror.

 ☯ My ambigrams

My ambigrams have been published in Pressenza, Le Monde Libertaire, Substack, Potential Plus UK, Le Point, Forbes, Medium, Quanta Magazine, Le Matin...

Photographs

Landscapes

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  Two Arecaceae in the fields viewed through a hole in a tree stump damaged by fire in Laos
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  Flooded Albizia Saman (rain tree) in the Mekong
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  Green karst peaks seen from the top of Mount Nam Xay a sunny morning during the monsoon Vang Vieng Laos
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  Mekong beach in Si Phan Don
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  Don Puay river bank landscape at sunset
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  Colorful sky with orange clouds reflecting in the water of a paddy field, at sunset, Vang Vieng, Laos
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  Children playing at sunset on a Mekong bank in Si Phan Don
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  Water reflection of karst mountains, wooden hut, trees and colorful clouds at sunset with green paddy fields, Vang Vieng, Laos
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  Wooden fence in Si Phan Don
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  Colorful floating bungalows in Don Khon, Laos
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  Sunny green paddy fields with water reflection
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  Landscape with stormy clouds and a pirogue on the Mekong at golden hour in Laos
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  Water reflection of a wooden hut with colorful sky and karst mountains in a paddy field at sunset Vang Vieng Laos.jpg
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  Pirogue on the Mekong under grey clouds before a storm
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  Working at the consolidation of a wooden footbridge in Luang Prabang
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  Grey clouds over the luminous paddy fields in Don Det
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  Mekong pirogue at sunset with two men working at a power line to connect a partially submerged shelter in the 4000 islands (Si Phan Don) near Don Puay, Laos
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  River bank of Don Khon with stilt wooden houses and leaning Arecaceae (palm tree)
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  River bank of Don Khon with stilt wooden houses at golden hour from Don Det, Laos
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  Silhouette of a fisherman on his pirogue at sunrise in Si Phan Don Laos
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  Sunlight through clouds and view of Ginkaku-ji Temple from above, Kyoto, Japan
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  Tad Hang waterfalls at sunset, Tad Lo village, Bolaven Plateau, Laos
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  Albizia saman trunk leaning over the water on a Mekong bank in sunshine at golden hour
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  Twisted Plumeria tree trunk overgrowing the steep stone stairs of Wat Phou temple, Champasak, Laos
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  Tiny house surrounded by trees, inhabited in the middle of green paddy fields in sunshine under a stormy sky at golden hour in Laos
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  Colorful clouds and blue sky with water reflection of an island at sunrise, in Don Det, Si Phan Don, Laos.
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  Karst peaks and green paddy fields under a stormy sky, in Vang Vieng, Laos.
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  Blue and orange clouds over the Mekong with a pirogue running in the water at sunset in Don Det Laos
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  Water reflection of a dirt road in green paddy fields, karst mountains and clouds at sunset in Vang Vieng Laos
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  Blue stormy clouds at sunset with water reflection and a pirogue moored to the bank, in Don Det, Laos
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  Wooden walkway leading to a hut with straw roof in front of karst mountains at sunset, Vang Vieng, Laos
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  Four dogs running at golden hour in the countryside of Don Det Laos
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  Square plot of a green paddy field, hut and karst mountains under colorful clouds at sunset, Vang Vieng, Laos
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  Three-quarter view of a wooden footbridge over a lagoon, trees and mountains in Vang Vieng, Laos
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  Two Arecaceae in the fields viewed through a hole in a tree trunk in Laos at sunset
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  Wooden bench swing and wicker hammocks on a bamboo footbridge in paddy fields a sunny day during the monsoon, Vang Vieng, Laos
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  Li Phi falls at dusk with colorful sky in Don Khon Laos

Animals

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  Plexippus petersi (jumping spider) on a human finger
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  Seated felis silvestris catus (domestic cat) playing with a passive calotes versicolor (Oriental garden lizard)
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  Tenebrionidae
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  Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink) eating a frog
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  Close-up photograph of an Iguana iguana
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  Two water buffaloes bathing at sunset
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  Macaca fascicularis (crab-eating macaque) holding a plant stem and looking at viewer in Laos
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  Creobroter gemmatus (jeweled flower mantis) on a Tagetes lucida (marigold)
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  Vespidae (wasp) and eurema blanda (three-spot grass yellow) butterfly on a tagetes lucida (marigold)
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  Hippasa holmerae (Lawn wolf spider) in its funnel web
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  Oecophylla smaragdina (Red weaver ants) transporting a dead gecko, on a beam
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  Standing Suricata suricatta (meerkat) looking behind
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  Wild Myocastor coypus (coypu/nutria) in Oise River in France
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  Three Bubalus bubalis (water buffaloes) bathing in the Mekong in Don An (Si Phan Don, Laos)
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  Catopsilia pomona (Emigrant butterfly) on an orange tagetes lucida (marigold)
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  Pelecanus onocrotalus (Great white pelican) cleaning the feathers of its back
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  Hypomeces squamosus
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  Xylotrupes socrates (Siamese rhinoceros beetle, or "fighting beetle"), male, on a banana leaf
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  Couple of Hemidactylus frenatus (Common House Geckos), mating
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  Sapajus apella (Tufted capuchin) on a branch, in Singapore
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  Mirror reflection of Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) bathing in a pond
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  Gerania bosci bosci (longhorn beetle) on a coconut
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  Chrysomya (Old World blow fly) on a green leaf
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  Eutropis macularia (bronze grass skink) on a tree trunk in Laos
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  Ardea cinerea (Grey heron) eating fish
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  Toy Poodle wearing clothes in Tokyo
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  Eastern great egret (Ardea alba modesta) stretching its neck and preening
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  Pantala flavescens (globe skimmer) in flight, side view
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  Sitting Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) bathing in Tad Lo river, Laos
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  Asian elephant walking in Tad Lo river at golden hour, Bolaven Plateau, Laos
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  Eastern great egret head with open beak
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  Golden apple snail eggs
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  Close-up view of a bioluminescent beetle Elateroidea
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  Cicadidae Dundubia (cicada) standing next to its exuvia, immediately after moulting.
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  Close-up view of the head of a white tiger, yawning with the tongue out
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  Macaca fascicularis looking up to the sky - side view and contre-jour portrait with smooth bokeh
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  Argiope spider female adult on her web ventral view black background Don Det Laos
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  Juvenile Kaloula in a drop of water on a Sacred lotus leaf

Architecture

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  Buddhist monks walking in front of the temple Haw Pha Bang in Luang Prabang
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  Vat Pa Phai temple with a Buddhist monk, orange marigold, clouds and blue sky, in Luang Prabang
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  Praying monks and nuns in the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple of Singapore
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  Skyline of the Central Business District of Singapore with Esplanade Bridge
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  Façade hoist along the Andaz Hotel of Singapore at sunset
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  Hotel 3 Nagas with old red Citroen at blue hour in Luang Prabang
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  Lounge InterContinental Singapore
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  Aerial photographs of The Fullerton Hotel of Singapore at night
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  Colorful shophouses in Koon Seng Road, Singapore
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  Lighted polyhedral building Louis Vuitton in Singapore
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  Lobby hall with couches and chandelier at The Fullerton Bay Hotel, Singapore
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  Skyscraper Swissôtel The Stamford reflecting in the basin of the roof garden at level 6 of the National Gallery in Singapore
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  TWG Tea shop entrance, Singapore
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  The sinks of the restrooms in Crowne Plaza hotel of Vientiane, Laos
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  Symmetric view of the staircase at The Fullerton Hotel, Singapore
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  Pedestrian road with pavements and paper umbrellas, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan, early morning
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  Golden gate of Ueno Tōshō-gū Shinto shrine, Tokyo, Japan
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  Torii path with lantern at Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
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  Water reflection of Kinkaku-ji Temple a sunny day, Kyoto, Japan
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  Interior of the Tokyo International Forum Glass Building, Japan
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  Asahi Breweries headquarters building with the Asahi Flame and Skytree at blue hour with full moon, Sumida-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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  Cream and red coffee cup-shaped balconies, Niimi Tableware, Kappabashi Dougu Street, Tokyo, Japan
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  Yasaka-dori early morning with street lanterns and the Tower of Yasaka (Hokan-ji Temple), Kyoto, Japan
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  Togetsu-kyo bridge at dusk, Kyoto, Japan
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  Kabukicho red gate and colorful neon street signs at night, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
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  Buildings with colorful neon street signs at blue hour, Shinjuku, Tokyo
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  Kimono Forest at night, Arashiyama Station, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
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  Colorful illuminated facades of buildings at night, with green, blue and pink lights, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo
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  Street crowd reflecting in the polyhedral mirrors of the station Tokyu Plaza Omotesando, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan
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  Clothed statues of the Buddha in the ruined Khmer Hindu temple of Wat Phou, Champasak, Laos
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  Illuminated facade of a 3-storey restaurant, Tokyo
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  Worm's-eye view of Tokyo Skytree (Japan)
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  Illuminated white and purple facade of the office building Rohm Semiconductor in Kyoto, Japan
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  Exterior facade of Residence Bassac at blue hour, town of Champasak, Laos
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  Wooden gate with open double door leading to the garden of Isshinin Buddhist temple in the compounds of Chion-in Kyoto Japan
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  Wooden and bamboo facades of dwellings with sudare in a cobbled street of Gion, perspective effect with vanishing point, Kyoto, Japan

People

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  Five children on a motorcycle
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  Girl riding a motorcycle with two passengers laughing on the muddy slope of Don Khon
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  Water reflection of a smiling woman planting rice
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  Water reflection of a girl walking in the paddy fields of Don Puay
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  Fishing boy in Laos
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  Boy plowing with a tractor at sunset in Don Det, Laos
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  Two children catching crabs and frogs stored in a bucket for cooking
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  Buddhist monks procession in front of a pyre
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  Buddhist alms in Si Phan Don
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  Young girl smiling with teeth in sunshine at golden hour, in Don Det (Si Phan Don), Laos
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  Laughing boy at golden hour, Laos
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  Smiling girl holding a lotus flower
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  Portrait of a smiling girl with wet face in the sunshine at golden hour
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  Portrait of a smiling girl at golden hour with catch light in Laos
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  Portrait of a smiling 15 year-old Laotian teen
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  Woman with hand-rolled cigarette
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  Laughing woman, Laos
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  Old woman of Don Puay (Si Phan Don, Laos) with grey hair and wrinkled skin, smiling
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  Six children in the Mekong with buffalos and boat
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  Portrait of two young girls feet in the water of the Mekong
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  Twin sisters wearing their school uniform in the countryside of Don Som
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  Young vendor smiling, sitting in a grocery store in Laos
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  Craftmen at work, bamboo basket weaving and textile mobile sculptures, in Heuan Chan heritage house, Luang Prabang, Laos
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  Photographer taking a group photograph of smiling students in front of the Tokyo station, Marunouchi, Japan
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  Sole of foot of an infant held between the middle finger and the ring finger of an adult hand for size comparison

Miscellaneous

Structures, sculptures, plants, food, objects, etc.

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  Illuminated Ferris wheel, bouncing castle and carousel at night in a funfair in Vientiane, Laos
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  Two Arecaceae in the fields viewed through a hole in a tree trunk at sunset
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  Long hanging vines of a strangler fig seen from below in Luang Prabang Laos
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  Libellulidae Brachythemis contaminata on Nelumbo nucifera leaf with water drops, in a pond
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  Wooden footbridge in Luang Prabang with a worker busy at its consolidation
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  Ingrown oval sculpture of human head in a tree trunk in Laos
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  Man painting in gold a statue of the Buddha.jpg
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  Branches of a Ficus kurzii reflecting in the water at Singapore Botanic Gardens
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  Sweet mangosteen
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  Fish hanging in the sun with black background
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  Carved tree with reliefs of dinosaur and other animals
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  Sculptures of god Shiva dancing Thandavam
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  Multi-coloured kukuri-zaru talismans at Kongoji Yasaka Kōshin-dō temple, Kyoto, Japan
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  Bamboo Forest, Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
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  Careening of a pirogue on a sand beach in Si Phan Don, Laos
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  Green rice sheaves planted in a paddy field with long shadows at golden hour in Don Det Laos

Photo Challenge awards

Photo Challenge Winner Congratulations! Your picture Water reflection of Kinkaku-ji Temple with a tree on a rock in the pond, Kyoto, Japan.jpg won the 1st place in the Photo Challenge Asian gardens, in May 2022. You can find the results of the challenge here. Photo Challenge Winner Congratulations! Your picture Submerged Albizia Saman in the Mekong at sunset (close-up view).jpg won the 1st place in the Photo Challenge Lone Tree, in August 2019. You can find the results of the challenge here. Photo Challenge Winner Congratulations! Your picture Little girl laughing with excitement in France.jpg won the 1st place in the Photo Challenge Emotions, in September 2018. You can find the results of the challenge here. Photo Challenge Winner Congratulations! Your picture Classroom with children in the primary school of Don Puay, Laos.jpg won the 1st place in the Photo Challenge Schools, in September 2018. You can find the results of the challenge here. Photo Challenge Winner Congratulations! Your picture Historic locomotive hosting goats in Don Khon, Si Phan Don, Laos.jpg won the 1st place in the Photo Challenge Corroded objects, in October 2017. You can find the results of the challenge here. Photo Challenge – Second Place Congratulations! Your picture Female harvester laughing while carrying two heavy sheaves of rice in Laos.jpg won the 2nd place in the Photo Challenge Working Women, in May 2019. You can find the results of the challenge here. Photo Challenge – Second Place Congratulations! Your picture Street crowd reflecting in the polyhedral mirrors of the station Tokyu Plaza Omotesando, Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan.jpg won the 2nd place in the Photo Challenge Mirrors, in December 2019. You can find the results of the challenge here. Photo Challenge – Third Place Congratulations! Your picture Young smiling boy carrying rice during the harvest in Si Phan Don, Laos.jpg won the 3rd place in the Photo Challenge Harvesting, in October 2019. You can find the results of the challenge here.

Wiki Science Competitions

1er prix Wiki Science Competition 2019 en France Bonjour et toutes nos félicitations, Le jury français de Wiki Science Competition 2019 est heureux de vous annoncer que vous avez reçu le 1er prix de la catégorie « vie sauvage et nature » pour votre photo « Close-up view of a bioluminescent beetle Elateroidea ». 1er prix Wiki Science Competition 2017 en France Bonjour et toutes nos félicitations, Le jury français de Wiki Science Competition 2017 est heureux de vous annoncer que vous avez reçu le 1er prix de la catégorie « Non-photographic media » pour votre média « Red weaver ants transporting a dead gecko, in Laos (video) ». 1er prix Wiki Science Competition 2017 en France Bonjour et toutes nos félicitations, Le jury français de Wiki Science Competition 2017 est heureux de vous annoncer que vous avez reçu le 1er prix de la catégorie « Image sets » pour votre photo « Cow giving birth, in Laos (step by step) ». 2e prix Wiki Science Competition 2017 en France Bonjour et toutes nos félicitations, Le jury français de Wiki Science Competition 2017 est heureux de vous annoncer que vous avez reçu le 2e prix de la catégorie « générale » pour votre photo « Dragonfly in flight, in Laos ». 3e prix Wiki Science Competition 2019 en France Bonjour et toutes nos félicitations, Le jury français de Wiki Science Competition 2019 est heureux de vous annoncer que vous avez reçu le 3e prix de la catégorie « médias non photographiques » pour votre photo « Living gecko hunting the pointer of a mouse ». 3e prix Wiki Science Competition 2017 en France Bonjour et toutes nos félicitations, Le jury français de Wiki Science Competition 2017 est heureux de vous annoncer que vous avez reçu le 3e prix de la catégorie « générale » pour votre photo « Geckos mating ».

Ambigrams

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  Ambigram Escher and tessellation
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  Motel / Water. Mirror symmetry (horizontal axis)
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  Sabotages. 180° rotational symmetry
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  Body / Yoga. Mirror symmetry (horizontal axis)
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  India and Nepal. 180° rotational symmetry
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  Cognac / Danger. Mirror symmetry (vertical axis), on a set of two shot glasses.
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  Fuck you. 180° rotational symmetry
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  Real / Fake. 180° rotational symmetry.
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  Love is eros. Mirror symmetry (vertical axis)
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  Love Song. Mirror symmetry
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  Tattoo Texas / Sexy. 180° rotational symmetry
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  The art. Mirror symmetry (vertical axis)
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  Two in One. 180° rotational symmetry
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  In French, Penelope / bénévole. This picture has become a meme on the web immediately after its posting, the 5th of February 2017. Shared dozens of thousands times on the social networks, it has also been mentioned in national medias of several countries.
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  Oulipo. 180° rotational symmetry
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  Say Yes, radial pattern rainbow colors, rotation animation.
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  Italy and Haiti. 180° rotational symmetry
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  Tattoo Stay here. 180° rotational symmetry
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  Danke. 180° rotational symmetry
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  Jude / Muslim (Jew / Muslim in German). 180° rotational symmetry
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  New York / Rich Man. 180° rotational symmetry
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  Magic / Dream. Mirror symmetry (vertical axis).
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  Ambigram / Wikipedia
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  Basile
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  amour / haine
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  Jihad Devil
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  Ambiguity
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  Michel Onfray
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  Future
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  Fuck
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  Nothing written
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  Michel Onfray
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  Abricot rouge
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  Merci

All my ambigrams

For a few years, I also used to design op-art paintings on canvas. For now these works are only visible on my personal website.