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Valère de Lionsac

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Some irony – but gentle and veiled. And I craft pictures.

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Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 2h

Industrial grime (Saint-Étienne, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #urbex #industrial #decay #Saint-Étienne #France

Access panel of a derelict coal mine machine.

Digitally toned medium format black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Chestnut leaves (Ticino, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #travelphotography #nature #plant #tree #leaf #rock #autumn #Ticino #Switzerland

Fallen chestnut leaves on a dark rock background.

Black and white digital photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Whispered secrets (Murano, Italy.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #garden #art #statue #architecture #bricks #history #Venice #Venezia #Murano #Italy #Italia

A garden with brick columns and a statue at the corner. The two characters seem to whisper to each other.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Autumn's progress (Non-photorealistic rendering.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #streetphotography #nature #plant #ornamental #tree #foliage #Liquidambar #art #painting #Geneva #Genève #Switzerland #Suisse

Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) leaves in the process of turning red in my neck of the woods, shot two days ago.

Non-photorealistic rendering of a digital color photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Natural structures: rock, grass, lichen, moss (Dröi, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #nature #grass #rock #moss #lichen #structure #Dröi #Switzerland

As the title says, natural structures / patterns thrown together by nature – and yet the result is harmonious.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Fungal abstraction (Giant polypore, Meripilus giganteus.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #nature #fungi #mushroom #polypore #Meripilus #abstract #Geneva #Genève #Switzerland #Suisse

The subtle forms, structures and colors of a living being we're not used to see.

Digital color photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Monument to the miners killed in World War I, patriotic funerary art (Saint-Étienne, France.) 1/2 #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #mine #landscape #monument #history #Saint-Étienne #France

A winged statue with a WWI soldier and a coal miner at its feet, located in the mine itself, with a slag heap in the background.

Digitally toned medium format black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Forget the world, the universe is in your hand (Geneva, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #night #tram #architecture #ethnography #Geneva #Genève #Switzerland #Suisse

Young lady in street garb waiting for the tramway at night, with her smartphone for entertainment.

Split-toned black and white digital photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Everyday abstraction (Lyon, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #shadow #wall #decay #architecture #minimalism #formalism #abstract #Lyon #France

A wall in grazing sunlight shows its structure and decay.

Black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Inevitably drifting towards the fringes (Saint-Étienne, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #sky #cloud #landscape #streetphotography #urban #city #railway #crossing #decay #Saint-Étienne #France

Railway crossing in the suburbs of an industrial city.

Digitally toned medium format black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Annecy, Haute-Savoie. (Stitched panorama.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #urbanscape #streetphotography #urban #city #panorama #stitched #architecture #history #medieavl #castle #Annecy #Haute-Savoie #France

Panorama of Annecy, with its castle on the right and a backdrop of clouds and mountains.

Digital color photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cloudscape #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #skyscape #sky #cloudscape #clouds #trees #nature

Billowing clouds over a horizon of spruce trees.

Digital color photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Freshly armed with the daily (Il Gazzettino) (Venice, Italy.) 1/3 #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #portrait #reading #ethnography #Venice #Venezia #Italy #Italia

A Venetian gentleman skims the local daily paper he just bought.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When driving was fun (Locarno, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #vintage #car #roadster #Locarno #Switzerland

The inside of a vintage racing roadster.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Do you feel the heat? (Provence, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #nature #forest #plant #tree #pine #grass #shadow #summer #Provence #France

Mediterranean sun casts shadows in a pine forest.

Digitally toned medium format black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Prolegomenon to the upcoming season #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #nature #plant #tree #leaf #plane #proxyphotography #autumn

Due to the summer drought plane trees are already shedding leaves.

Digital color photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Italian street fashion 1988 (Rome, Italy.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #portrait #vintage #fashion #Rome #Roma #Italy #Italia

Two dapper young gentlemen in the streets of Rome.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The mammoth in the room (Basel, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #nature #animal #mammoth #museum #Basel #Switzerland

A mammoth, presumably a replica, in one of the exhibition rooms of Basel's Natural History Museum.

Toned black and white digital photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Passageway at the Princely Beguinage (Bruges / Brugge, Belgium.) 1/2 #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #architecture #history #medieval #Bruges #Brugge #Belgium

A door opening on a sunlit passageway with whitewashed bricks.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Glass cage (Stitched vertorama.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #streetphotography #urban #city #panorama #vertorama #stitched #architecture #building #glass #ethnography #Geneva #Genève #Switzerland #Suisse

Office building, all glass, reflections and lights.

Digital color photograph.

A crop showing that there are inmates.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An architect's idea of a garden (Brussels, Belgium.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #park #garden #sunlight #architecture #minimalism #formalism #Brussels #Belgium

Scrawny tree trunks and their shadows on a nearly featureless light ground. Only a small bush and part of a hedge provide dark accents.

Depending on context, "architect" can be a slur in Brussels.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Night fight (Geneva, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #portrait #night #park #chess #game #ethnography #Geneva #Genève #Switzerland #Suisse

Two young lads, their bikes nearby, have an impromptu game of chess in a park at night.

Black and white digital photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How about a cool dip? (The North Sea at Ostend, Belgium.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #landscapephotography #seascape #sea #foam #streetphotography #nature #Ostend #Belgium

Overcast winter weather with foaming sea at Ostend.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Reims cathedral (Non-photorealistic rendering.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #travelphotography #urban #city #nonphotorealistic #art #painting #night #architecture #history #medieval #cathedral #Reims #France

Notre-Dame cathedral in Reims at night.

Non-photorealistic rendering of a digital color photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Paint it black (Saint-Étienne, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #portrait #architecture #Saint-Étienne #France

Elderly lady with shopping bag backlighted in front of a black wall.

Black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Choose the background of your life carefully (Venice, Italy.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #portrait #architecture #history #Venice #Venezia #Italy #Italia

White-haired Venetian gentleman, in typical local garb, walks past an ancient building, modern life intruding somewhat on its walls.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Royal Monastery of Brou, second cloister (Bourg-en-Bresse, France.) 1/2 #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #architecture #history #medieval #gothic #cloister #winter #snow #Bourg-en-Bresse #France

Gothic cloister in winter.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

When my night train got rerouted because of an attack (Florence, Italy, December 24, 1984.) 1/2 #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #Florence #Firenze #Italy #Italia

Early morning in the streets of Florence. Somebody is reading a paper about the attack.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Chance encounter between two nocturnal mammals (Swiss Jura.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #portrait #flash #nature #animal #wildlife #hedgehog #night #rain #Jura #Switzerland

Portrait of a wild hedgehog during a rainy night.

Toned black and white digital photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

An inordinate fondness for bikes (Bruges / Brugge, Belgium.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #vintage #bike #ethnography #wall #poster #decay #Bruges #Brugge #Belgium

Two vintage / retro bikes (the only ones worth picturing) leaning against a richly structured wall.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Virtual geometry (Geneva, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #streetphotography #geometry #shadows #black #fence #wire #structure #minimalism #formalism #Geneva #Genève #Switzerland

A black quadrilateral seems to appear out of nowhere as a shadow on a wire fence.

Toned black and white digital photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A door left ajar (Avignon, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #medieval #architecture #history #door #porch #palace #statue #Avignon #France

Porch of the Papal Palace in Avignon.

Digitally toned medium format black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My nights in Ghent (Non-photorealistic rendering.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #nonphotorealistic #painting #art #night #architecture #history #night #lights #sky #canal #reflection #façade #Gand #Ghent #Belgium

The historical façades of Ghent at night.

Non-photorealistic rendering of a color digital photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Structures: rock, moss, grass, Asplenium, snailshell – vintage style #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #vintage #nature #plant #foliage #fern #grass #moss #rock #structures

Nature throwing together contrasting structures.

Toned black and white digital photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

A Bruggeling on his merry way 1/2 (Bruges / Brugge, Belgium.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #portrait #cap #bike #cobblestones #Bruges #Brugge #Belgium

A man in coat, cap and gloves (it was _very_ cold) rides his vintage (lady) bike over Bruges' cobblestones.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Under the seabird's gaze (Paris, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #streetphotography #urban #city #park #bird #statue #sky #clouds #Paris #France

Passersby in a Parisian park in winter, with a gull in a slightly cloudy sky.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Hiding the city's bowels (Lyon, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #manhole #matter #metal #grit #Lyon #France

Gritty manhole cover in grazing sunlight. Each city has its own style for them…

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The lookout and his lollipop (Bruges / Brugge, Belgium.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #portrait #window #lollipop #train #station #Bruges #Brugge #Belgium

Young lad with lollipop keeping watch through a shelter's dirty window in a train station.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Carnival knows no mercy (Basel, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #ethnography #carnival #confetti #pink #bikes #tree #chaos #rain #Basel #Switzerland

Bikes parked around a tree, covered in pink confetti during Basel's carnival.

Digital color photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Little lions, wishing they could leave tracks too (Bruges / Brugge, Belgium.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #travelphotography #streetphotography #urban #city #architecture #statue #canal #ice #winter #Bruges #Brugge #Belgium

Two little lion statues overlooking a frozen canal with an animal track in the ice.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Chaos always wins (Haute-Savoie, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #building #architecture #shades #plant #vine #decay #chaos #shadows #Haute-Savoie #France

Leafless vines creeping over a derelict building make for complex structures with their shadows in slanting sunlight.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Greek landscape ravaged by fire (Theologos, Thasos island, Greece. In situ India ink drawing.) #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #fire #drawing #art #ink #Thasos #Θάσος #Greece #Ελλάδα

Fire blackened hills as seen from the small Greek village of Theologos.

Black and white photograph entirely done by hand in India ink.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Castle Tourbillon (Sion, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #color #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #architecture #history #medieval #castle #ruin #rampart #fortification #cliffs #Sion #Valais #Switzerland

The ruins of Castle Tourbillon over the city of Sion, with some summer clouds.

Digital color photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Squeezed by modern architecture (Paris, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #portrait #architecture #formalism #Paris #France

No place to sit or rest if, like this passerby, you want to contemplate the Parisian cityscape from this vantage point.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Feeding the skies (Ostend, Belgium.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #seascape #sea #birds #gulls #winter #ice #streetphotography #ethnography #Ostend #Belgium

Two ladies, standing on a quay covered in frozen seawater, feed a flock of gulls.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Some explanations had to be given (Brussels, Belgium.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #candid #streetphotography #portrait #winter #museum #art #statue #Brussels #Bruxelles #Belgium #Belgique

Two people in heavy winter gear discuss some document near a languid female nude in Brussels' Royal Museum of Fine Arts.

Digitally split-toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Always sad to leave Venice, but thrilled to get to Murano. The mist helps. #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #fog #laguna #minimalism #Venice #Venezia #Italy #Italia

Not lost in the fog: the vaporetto leaves its wake along the guiding bollards.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The elegance of ferns (Dröi, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #nature #plant #foliage #fern #structures #Dröi #Alps #Ticino #Switzerland

The rows of leaflets of a fern in the Alps.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Walking the urban maze you always discover yourself. (Saint-Étienne, France.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #analog #filmphotography #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #travelphotography #streetphotography #self-portrait #reflection #mirror #architecture #Saint-Étienne #France

An unexpected glimpse of myself in a far away mirror.

Digitally toned black and white film photograph.

Valère de Lionsac @valere-de-lionsac.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

One world flits by another (Geneva, Switzerland.) #photo #photography #fineartphotography #digital #blackandwhite #bnw #b&w #monochrome #tinted #candid #streetphotography #urban #city #night #movement #tram #blur #Geneva #Genève #Switzerland

The light from inside a moving tramway reflects on wet pavement. Standing still a man with a cap is rendered sharply against the blur of the vehicle.

Toned black and white digital photograph.