About
Yanidel is a street photographer on a 80 weeks trip around the world. He runs the website www.yanidel.net with daily pictures and writings on street photography.
Born in 1973, a Swiss citizen, he discovered photography while living in Paris. Yanidel documents the simple facts of life, adding a touch of surrealism, lyricsm or humour to diverge from a pure documentary approach. His style is highly influenced by the Humanist tradition, and respect of human dignity is his main motto when shooting in the street.
Interviews of Yanidel :
Leica Camera Blog
Eric Kim Street Photography
Freshlydiced.com
Malaysian Photo and travel blog
Uncultured American
Jorque Quinteros
Felicitation mon ami,comme j aime tes photos,j ai aussi aime le nouveau site,
super photos.
Salutations à vous deux!
A bientot,
Emre
Merci beaucoup Emre. J’espère que tout va bien à Istanbul !
Salutations, Yanick et Natalia
Wow! Fantastic!
What a stunning frame for a unique tribute
From Paris to All other the World, what a journey right
I just love your work
Can’t wait to see more, to hear more
Congratulations
Loulou
Thank you Loulou, and thank you for everything we are currently experiencing in Delhi !
Ton site est très beau, mais surtout, les images qui le compose sont extraordinaires. Un talent qui m’inspire beaucoup. Bravo et merci pour le partage !
Merci Philippe !
Hi, I’m a good friend of Nathalie Jauffret here in Delhi. She showed me your work. I’m going to live in Paris in September. You’re photos have inspired me, It breaks my heart to leave India. You’ve captured the essence and soul of this unfathomable, brutal, beautiful and heart-wrenching sub-continent, you’ll have to travel more here!
I also lived in Burma between 1996-1999, you’re images have re-broken my heart and filled my senses with joy; you have captured the bravery, spirit and dignity of these people plus the verdant sluggishness and brace of the environs.
Thank you for your vision,
best regards, Cusha
Thank you Cusha for your kind words. We are actually in Nathalie’s house right now. I think Paris is going to be another great experience for you. It broke our heart when we left there.
Burma does not change much so I guess the pictures are still similar to your times there. Maybe the next decade will change much. Probably good for the people, but some of the culture will change too. Unluckily.
Enjoy your times in Paris, best city in the world !
Cheers, Yanick
Yanick,
Congrats ! Beautiful tribute to street & travel photography !
Xtof
Thank you Christophe !
Hello Yanick,
Congratulations to your new site.
You quote
>His style is highly influenced by the Humanist tradition, and respect of human dignity is his main<
is really true and a great Headline of your work.
Always a pleasure to visit your site. My compliment.
Ciao Axel
Yanick,
New site is amazing, well done! I never did get the time to do that shooting in Delhi
hope you are enjoying it though…
Bonjour YANIDEL
très beau site j’ai bien aimer le nouveau site web, mais tes photos son super de super.
Hello Yanidel,
you show some very nice pictures.
I enjoyed looking at your work, keep it going.
Best wishes from Germany
Johannes
Hello Yanick.
Wow! Some pretty interesting snaps.
They’re full of life, and.. when you watch them, it definitely feels like.. you are there!!!
I have a question about “The Bodyguard” shoot. What did it look like you taking that shoot, i mean, you probably had to stand like 2-3 meters from the subject and shoot her candid!!? i would really like to know how did you take it..
Hi Luka, thanks a lot. I was probably at less then 2 meters. Just took it quick enough before they noticed me.
Cheers, Yanick
Hey there, firstly, GREAT PHOTOS!
Seems wonderful how you can capture the essence of Parisian life in your shots, I’m really amazed.
I’m an aspiring photographer, my focus is street-, mood and some landscape photography. I will be travelling to Paris in Feb 2013. Please can I ask some pointers from you; obviously the best person to ask taking into consideration your photographs.
I have read on blogs and sites that there are some restrictions with regards to the use of tripods in the city itself? I can understand the strenuous limits within buildings (Louvre, Versailles etc), but is there any such problems with outdoors? Especially at night?
I have a couple of lenses in my arsenal, but weight restrictions only allows me to take two or three. I was thinking 50mm f1.4, 16-35 f2.8 and the trusted 24-70 f2.8, will this suffice?
What (as many as you have time for PLEASE) tips can you give me with regards to photography in Paris?
Thank you very much for your time, much appreciated.
Warm regards (From a cold and wet Cape Town, South Africa)
Terrence
Hi Terrence,
Thanks for your kind comments. I don’t know much about tripods, but did see some while shooting in Paris. I think that as long as you are not a disturbance to passer-by’s, you will be ok.
As for lenses, I am going there in Saturday and will only take a 35mm and 60mm. You seem well covered in terms of focals so don’t take more. And only the 24-70 + 50mm could work well too.
As for tips, I had put a listing of where to shoot in Paris in my former blog, you can find it here :
http://blog.yanidel.com/where-to-shoot-in-paris/
Good luck and have great trip (well, that is in six months … you have to deal with the cold winter first
Cheers, Yanick
Bonjour Yanick, j’ai deciuvert ton site ( et surtout tes photos) il y a peu et je suis admiratif de celles-ci. Ce coup d’œil, ce cadrage toujours juste à la fois recherché et spontané: bravo. Si je puis me permettre, étant photographe amateur depuis toujours et nikoniste jusqu’à maintenant, j’ai acquis récemment un M9 ( beaucoup plus discret que mon D3) et m’adone à la joie de la photographie de rue …
J’hésite à m’acheter un 35 summicron ou summilux ( sans doute d’occasion)
Le rendu de tes photos légèrement délavées, ce velouté: est-ce uns spécificité du Summilux ou bien est-ce un post traitement dont tu as le seçret
Bonjour Frédéric, je te remercie pour ton message. Il n’y a que peu de différence entre le Summicron et le Summilux si ce n’est évidemment l’ouverture F1.4 qui a un look très différent (au niveau couleurs et contraste surtout). Pour ce qui est de mes photos désaturées c’est surtout dû à mon post traitement, bien qu’évidemment le Summilux apporte sa propre touche aussi. Cordialement, Yanick