Echoes From the News Photograph

This is a story about freedom, of a child born on an island often called paradise by those who know it too little. It's the tale of a child who already knows that something doesn't quite fit... that he doesn't quite fit in the universe that surrounds him. A child who, like all his peers at that time, will simply be judged as "dreamy," a bit different, not very adaptable. He loves technology, computers, cameras; he will probably become an IT specialist... these liberating machines he didn't choose to love but which will offer him a world of security, trust, and love. Or how one can feel understood far more by electronics than by our own genes. It's the story of a young adult who still loves machines but instead of getting lost in them, like so many teenagers of the 2000s, he chooses to express himself through them. He, who is so bad with a pencil in his hand, much to the dismay of his artist-painter grandfather for whom life seems so simple... "When you don't search, there's nothing to discover." It's the story of an adult who discovers his peers. He owes it at least to the world of fashion, which seems so exclusive, almost as judgmental as the island where he was born. But this world offers him his first thrills, his first videos, initially "making-of" that will quickly turn into advertising campaigns. He still doesn't quite feel like he belongs, but he has certainly found his purpose, his medium: "Image and Sound." "Sight and Hearing." These two brotherly senses, without which the world would be unbearable, and which easily allow him to touch the souls of his fellow beings. No need to conform socially when the heart is within reach of communication. After spending 12 years training as a director at Canal + and TF1, Romain created his audiovisual production company. A life with a lot of traveling brings something unique... the perspective, the change of perspective that led him to decide to return to Corsica in 2018; perhaps, after all, there is only one culprit in solitude. Perhaps communication is born at the borders of fear. What is certain is that he has never felt such a strong desire to express himself, to create, through photography, video, music, and NFTs,