My name is Guilhem Ribart, I’m a french photographer and I intend to show you something different, free from all Photoshop artefacts and effects. That’s why I called this blog “Pure Photography“.

I like to work with fixed and old / manual lenses because they’re way more better than the new plastic ones.

I’m a Pentax / Ricoh user and I currently own a Pentax K3 DSLR and a Ricoh GR. I also own more than 17 lenses, some of them manufactured in the 60’s and I can say that they’re much more enjoyable to use than most of new lenses.

I learnt photography by my own, by practicing and by talking with people. I’m very thankful to Simon Wheatley I met in Oujda in 2009 and who intensively taught me about the philosophy of photography and the way to work with light.

I think I became a photographer the moment he taught me and make me understand that photography is everything but technical or size of the gear. That’s the main difference between as beeing a photographer as he is and the geek who thinks to be a photographer.
Full-page article about my exhibition at VISA Off exhibition at Perpignan in 2014

Full-page article in a french newspaper about my exhibition at VISA Off exhibition at Perpignan in 2014

And this is all the difference of being part of Magnum Agency as he was and to be a casual wedding professional photographer….

I like to meet people, talk and live among them to understand how they live. I think that in our “occidental” countries we always want other people to be and live like us, that happiness is to eat burgers, watch american movies and go to big malls… For me, all of this is NOT real life and this is not happiness!

I’m traveling a lot outside Europe and I’m always amazed to see that people in “poor” countries are much more smiling than we are in Occident. They sometime own nothing at all but they always welcome you to drink some tea, share their meals and let you sleep in their room! I don’t know any “rich” countries where people can do the same!

I’m convinced that meeting other people, other cultures and sharing thoughts is the true richness because this is the inner wealth!

That’s why I want to travel and like to get back all these smiles with me to show you something different of what you watch at your TV!

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