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Black and white photographer based in the Geneva region.

03/09/2026

A few frames from a recent afternoon photographing Manon.

We moved between portraits, quieter moments and whatever the location gave us, with Val helping shape things as creative director behind the scenes.

Shot in black and white, keeping things loose and letting the session develop as we went.

Manon: Manon ✨
Creative direction: Val Jaussi
Photography: Kieron Beard

02/09/2026

Leica Akademie workshop, Geneva.

Friday evening with Smita D , exploring the city with a camera and making the most of that wonderful late summer light.

We spent the evening looking at light, shadows, reflections and, probably most importantly, learning to anticipate when all those little elements on the street might come together.

The sun was getting lower as we walked towards the lake, throwing these enormous shadows across the old cobbles. Exactly the sort of light that makes you want to stay out just a little longer.

A very enjoyable evening of photography in Geneva.

#ʟᴇɪᴄᴀᴄᴀᴍᴇʀᴀ

30/08/2026

One evening in Geneva.

I went out looking for the last of the evening light.

When the sun gets low, Geneva changes. Shadows stretch across the streets, people become silhouettes and even familiar places start to look a little different.

I followed that light through the city and down towards the lake, looking for the small moments happening within it.

A man sitting in the shadows. People heading home. Swans catching the last of the sun. A restaurant preparing for the evening.

Nothing complicated. Just one evening, one idea, and seeing where it took me.

Any favourites?

26/08/2026

Apparently it’s International Dog Day.

Which seems as good an excuse as any to hand over the feed to the dogs I’ve met along the way. 🐕

Some posed.

Some ignored me.

Some appeared to be in charge of the entire situation.

And one or two were moving considerably faster than my focusing.

All photographed in black and white, in the street, at home and wherever our paths happened to cross.

I’ve always thought dogs make wonderful subjects. There’s no performance for the camera. No self-consciousness. Just curiosity, suspicion, excitement… or complete indifference.

Which one gets your vote?
1–7? 👇🏻

23/08/2026

Trying to see the street without photographing the street.

Yesterday I went out with a 90mm and a simple idea: stop looking for scenes and start looking for fragments.

Reflections.
Obstructions.
Hard light.
People appearing in the wrong places.

The first photograph was probably my favourite.

I was concentrating on the swan and the layers of geometry in front of it. I didn’t even notice the two women tucked into the bottom of the frame until afterwards.

Sometimes the photograph knows more than the photographer.

Which one works for you?

21/08/2026

One camera. One roll.

A Leica M6 loaded with Ilford HP5 Plus and a walk through Geneva.

A fountain.
Two people crossing the light.
A motorbike waiting at the junction.
An American car in an unlikely corner.
A wet dog.
An empty café.

Nothing connected them at the time.

But that’s one of the things I enjoy about shooting film. You don’t really know what you’ve collected until the roll comes back.

Thirty-six small observations from a day that would otherwise have disappeared.

These are a few of mine.

Which frame would you keep?

16/08/2026

Most of city life happens while nothing is happening.

Waiting for someone.
Crossing a street.
Talking to a friend.
Getting distracted.
Laughing at something nobody else noticed.

These are the moments I keep coming back to with a camera.

Nothing staged.
Nothing particularly important.

Just people briefly disappearing into their own little worlds.

Which frame would you have stopped for?

13/08/2026

For a few minutes, Geneva stopped looking at its phones and looked at the sky.

Yesterday evening, I headed down to the lakeside to photograph the eclipse. I expected the spectacle. What interested me more was the audience.

People gathered along the water with cameras, tripods and cardboard eclipse glasses. Others simply found a place to sit and wait.

Then the light began to change.

Suddenly the Jet d’Eau wasn’t the main attraction. Hundreds of faces turned in the same direction. Strangers pointed things out to one another. Glasses were passed around. Phones went up. Cameras followed.

There was something wonderfully old-fashioned about it. A crowd gathering to watch something none of us could control.

So I stopped chasing the obvious photograph and started watching the people watching the sky.

That’s often where the better pictures are.

When photographing a major event, I think it’s worth turning away from the obvious subject occasionally. Look for the gestures, expressions and small interactions happening around it. The things that will disappear when the moment is over.

In black and white photography, those moments become even more distilled. Light, shape, expression and human behaviour take over.

The eclipse may have been happening above Geneva.

But down beside Lake Geneva, there was another story unfolding.

And that was the one I wanted to photograph.

05/08/2026

Leica Meets Xiaomi

The London Underground is always a good place to pause for a photograph.

Taken on my Leica M11 Monochrom, Val Jaussi enjoying the Xiaomi 13. It’s been great to see her discovering just how capable it is and heading out to make photographs of her own.

The best camera isn’t always the most expensive one. It’s the one that makes you want to go out and look.

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