Oct 2027Not yet
Being written
A subject I have never spoken about, and one I mean to cover properly.
Books
Five on the shelf, two still to come.
8 Oct 2026Coming soon
Japon Secret
Villages, temples, onsen, islands and beaches
Out on 8 October 2026 with En voyage éditions. Everything has been shown of Japan except the part even the Japanese know badly. Several hundred places catalogued, photographed and mapped over twenty years: forgotten ruins, lost villages, landscapes with nobody in them. Half practical guide to steal ideas from, half book to sit with.
En voyage éditions · Français
2020
Les Villages du Japon
Japon Secret collection
Self-published, and the one I made entirely on my own terms. A very personal tour of Japanese villages: legendary, unusual, ordinary, some of them abandoned. What they have in common is that each is unique, and the details that give them their charm will make you want to get lost there.
Éditions Meow · Français
2015
Abandoned Japan
Released in November 2015 by Jonglez Publishers. My first book in English, and I was almost entirely responsible for the layout. As there are few chances to publish English-language books on ruins, I worked hard on the content and revisited many sites to take better frames.
Jonglez · English
2014
美麗廃墟
Birei no Haikyo
My first book published in Japan, in December 2014. It has additional photographs and explanations of the ruins in Japanese. The selection is in the spirit of Ghibli films, with little surprises drawn by Sophie Dreamy hidden in the pictures. Even the publisher didn’t know. If you have a copy, look closer.
MdN · 日本語
2014
Corée du Nord
Escale photographique
I had the opportunity to make a very curious trip to North Korea, just a month after Kim Jong-il’s death in 2011. A journey I recount in photographs, with simple, toned-down texts for the scene, the historical background, the places visited, and my feelings about the trip.
Français
2013
Nippon no Haikyo
Vestiges d’un Japon oublié
My first publication to hit the bookstores, in November 2013, thanks to Éditions Issekinicho, in a heavy, deluxe edition. My best adventures are described here. It was also the first book on Japan’s forgotten sites to be published in a language other than Japanese.
Éditions Issekinicho · Français