Lors du conflit aux ateliers de Lejaby a Yssingeaux, j'ai photographié la lutte au quotidien des salariés. Cette galerie retrace la lutte qui a abouti à la victoire des 93 salariés.Qu’est-ce qui a permis d’obtenir cette victoire ? L’unité, clament les ouvrières. En effet, leur unité et leur combativité les ont portées sur le devant de la scène et c’est la première chose à souligner. Mais pas seulement.  Le 18 janvier dernier, les salariées de Lejaby sont au Puy devant la permanence parlementaire de Laurent Wauquiez quand elles apprennent le nom du repreneur et son intention de fermer le site d’Yssingeaux. C’est le même jour que se tient un sommet social à l’Elysée et le paradoxe, forcément, intéresse les médias. Les télés, les radios et les appareils photos enregistrent les visages décousus de ces ‘‘Lejaby’’. De plus, il s’agit d’une boite de femmes, et tout le monde se plait à croire que c’est très rare, des femmes qui luttent Bien qu’en réalité ce soit complètement faux mais il est clair qu’en terme de communication, ça fonctionne d’insister là-dessus. Par ailleurs, elles fabriquent de la lingerie et le fait que les journaux ne se lassent pas d’élaborer des titres aguicheurs révèle l’intérêt particulier que suscite le produit. Enfin, les ouvrières bénéficient d’un contexte politique dans lequel François Hollande (soit directement, soit par l’intermédiaire d’Arnaud Montebourg) puis Nicolas Sarkozy cherchent à se poser en « sauveurs » mettant en avant, chacun à leur tour, plusieurs repreneurs potentiels.

Portraits pour l'Humanité: Lors du conflit aux ateliers de Lejaby a Yssingeaux j’ai réalisé une série de portraits en noir et blanc de 70 femmes sur les 93 salarié(e)sJ’ai voulu garder la trace d’une situation où l’image joue son rôle de mémoire, et pour interroger la manière dont chacun se perçoit, se met en scène, où l’image a fonction de questionnement. Pour donner un visage à ces anonymes j’ai demandé aux salarié(e)s de pousser un cri. Ce cri était au moment des prises de vues un cri de colère,  aujourd’hui il me parait être emblématique  de la réaction à la violence de l’annonce  de la perte de leur emploi de tous les salariés de France ou de Navarre.

Le projet hydroélectrique de Nam Theun 2 est le plus grand d'Asie du Sud-Est. Il s'agit d'un barrage de 1 070 mégawatts sur la Nam Theun, un affluent du Mékong coulant au centre du Laos. La centrale hydroélectrique de Nam Theun 2 a commencé sa production d'électricité en 2010. Le coût du  projet est de  1,2 milliard d’euros. Il est dirigé par un consortium, la Nam Theun 2 Power Company (NTPC), dans lequel Électricité de France (EDF) détient 40% des parts. Les impacts environnementaux sont catastrophiques à la suite de la création d’un réservoir de 450 km2 (équivalent au trois quart du lac Léman en Suisse) où la décomposition de la végétation submergée produit du méthane, gaz à effet de serre.

25th SEA Games in Laos According to Simon Creak PhD Candidate at The Australian National University It is impossible to witness these events and not be struck by the fact that sporting events like these not only reflect but manifestly contribute to the resilience of the nation. What other cultural form can bring people together in such numbers with such an array of national symbols, experienced through such a range of physical senses? What other event can combine state ideology and spontaneity in such measure? this B&W porte folio is still on editing...

New rodent is 'living fossil' The Laotian rock rat or kha-nyou[ (Laonastes aenigmamus), sometimes called the "rat-squirrel", is a rodent species of the Khammouan region of Laos. .Experts say the kha-nyou can trace its line to a rodent family that initial studies had suggested became extinct more than 11 million years ago. Laotian rock rats are found in regions of karst limestone.

	Aerial survey on Nam Theun Dam project
	THE LARGE ANTLERED MUNTJAC CAPTURE FIRST EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Nakai Nam Theun National Protected Area (NNT NPA), in the Annamite Mountains. This densely forested mountain chain straddles the Laos-Vietnam border and is considered one the world's biodiversity ‘hotspots.’ The protected area is the largest protected area in Laos or Vietnam.

	THE GREAT EGRET:The Great Egret Ardea alba, also known as the Great White Egret, or Common Egret, is a wading egret, found in most of the tropical and warmer temperate parts of the world, although it is very local in southern Europe and Asia
	BURMA CYCLONE NARGIS AFTERMATH IN RANGOON: In Burma cyclone Nargis continues to kill. While up to 100,000 people may have perished in the storm, its aftermath could be just as deadly. In hardest-hit Irrawaddy Delta, south of Rangoon, hundreds of thousands of survivors are without sufficient food or shelter.
	NAM THEUN 2 DAM PROJECT: Landlocked and impoverished Laos has one economic dream: to become the battery of the region. The Nam Theun 2 Dam, which will be second in size in asia after the Three Gorges Dam, is a giant step in that direction.
	WAT PHOU FESTIVAL: Thousand of buddhist monks and ten of thousands pilgrins, converge to Wat Phou temple, in southern Laos, at the occasion of the annual festival in february for the full moon. The site, which is believed to be the Angkor Wat mother temple, has been listed as UNESCO world heritage in 2006.special vdo click(140Mg)

COMMUNIST ICONOGRAPHY: By invoking and incorporating well-known culturally specific imagery into political iconography, the political pundits were able to legitimise their rule and dominance. The widespread use of various images was a key method used by the Lao government to convince citizens to embrace socialist ideals and how political art helped to indoctrinate a largely illiterate population

LAOS NATIONAL DAY: Laos is one of the five latest countries governed under communist party rules. Whereas communist parties in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe have crumbled, the Phak Pasason Pativat Lao (Lao people's revolutionary party) has retained undiluted political control.

BEARS FARM. Bear bile and bear gall bladders are being sold at traditional Chinese medicine shops throughout the world. Bile, used for medical purposes, can fetch up to 1,000 dollars a kilogram on traditional Chinese medicinal markets. The practice of mass production rapidly spread across large parts of Asia from the early 1980s, triggered by technical innovations, which allowed the regular, serial extraction of bile from live bears.

B & W PORTRAITS   MIGHTY MEKONG: The six nations of the Greater Mekong Subregion outlined multi-billion dollar plans to address issues such as increased power sales, cross-border highways and reduction of poverty. The Mekong is Asia's only river to flow through six nations; China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Viet Nam.   THE ELEPHANT KINGDOM: Historically Laos was called the Land of the Million Elephants. But today they are endangered specie. People have hunted for ivory and mass deforestation has led to acute lessening of elephant numbers. Although a few elephants are still found working in Laos and some are still trained .   ELEFANTASIA FIRST ELEPHANT FESTIVAL: Laos held its first ever elephant parade organized by a french NGO named Elefantasia Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 February 2007 to honor the beasts' considerable contributions to Laos.     POLITICIANS PORTRAITS       KOREAN THEATRE COMPANY COMIC MARTIAL ART PERFORMANCE: JUMP tells a story of an unusual korean family, who are under the influence of a tyranical grand father, a martial arts grand-master. the imminent mariage of the daughter , a surprise visitor and two hopless burglars provide the ingredients for martial arts and an ironic view on korean family tradition.       KOREAN DANCE: Korean dance differs fundamentally from the ballet of the West. The difference between the two is that although Korean dance places an almost complete emphasis on the upper half of the body, ballet gives a comparatively much greater importance to the lower portion of the dancers' body.   DEFORESTATION: Forests, along with water, are the most important natural resource in Laos. While forests account for 34% of the country's total export value, forest cover has dropped from 70% in 1970 to about 42% in 2000. The conversion of forests by smallholders, large-scale operators and government-sponsored projects alike continue to threaten the region's remaining tropical forest area.   AVIAN FLU: Cockfighting is seen as one cause of spreading bird-flu in the region. Laos' Public Health Ministry on monday 26 february 2007 confirmed the country's first death from avian influenza, following an outbreak of the virus at a poultry farm.   THAT LUANG PILGRIMAGE: Pha That Luang Stupa in Vientiane capital of Laos,Thousand of buddhist monks and ten of thousands pilgrins, from all the region, converge to the stupa at the occasion of the annual festival in november for the full moon. PhaThat luang stupa is the symbol of both buddhist religion and Lao sovereignity.   GOLD & COPPER RUSHin IN LAOS. China Minmetals Corporation is a chinese metals and mineral trading company. It is a chinese state controlled company , The Sepon copper operation commenced production in 2005 and by late 2010 a copper expansion project had lifted annual production capacity from approximately 65,000 tonnes to 80,000 tonnes per annum of copper cathode. The Sepon gold project yielded its first gold and silver doré in December 2002. In early 2005, an expansion of the original gold processing facility was completed, doubling the capacity of the gold processing plant to 2.5 million tonnes of ore per annum. Since the commencement of operations, the Sepon gold operation has produced over one million ounces of gold through open pit mining and conventional treatment of oxide gold ore.       NAK THAI HOUP: Exhibition at the french cultural center Vientiane february 2007.