The Decisive Moment

Have you ever looked at a macaque’s fingerprints, or the tail of an arctic tern? As a wildlife photographer, I have come to see my job as reclaiming these kinds of unusual perspectives on nature, to provide viewers with a moment of aesthetic surprise. Although readers are inundated with images of the natural world in newspapers, magazines, ad campaigns, and social media, I have the impression that they have lost touch with the environment. I encourage people to pay attention to it by exploiting the unlikely.

When I, a traditional Provençal fish soup originating from the port city of Marseille. Cooked from what was once considered the dregs of the catch, this dish has risen to become a culinary treat of the highest order. It brings together humble ingredients like fish bones and vegetables with a complex mix of herbs and spices such as garlic, bay leaf, fennel, orange peel, and saffron. It is not the sophistication of the ingredients that gives the soup its rich and surprisingly aromatic quality, but rather how the chef makes them work together, with time and talent.