Ardpicture — Charles Garcia, photographer in Geneva

01 / Series

Musical Dawn

At daybreak, the stage, the lake and the first vibrations of the music awaken in the same light.

Concert · By the lake

Singer on stage at dawn — The stage awakens with the day.

Audience gathered by the lake at daybreak — The audience comes together between music and first light.

Musicians performing with the lake behind them — The musicians perform against the landscape.

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Hot-Air Balloons & Altitude

In the silence of the heights, colours take flight. An encounter between human fragility and the vastness of the Alps.

Event · Château-d’Œx

Colourful hot-air balloons above the Alps — The hot-air balloons trace their path above the peaks.

Green balloon in front of snow-covered peaks — A coloured silhouette stands out against the snow.

Preparing a hot-air balloon — On the ground, every gesture prepares the flight.

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No G7 — Geneva

During the No G7 demonstration, the street changes in seconds. I look for the gestures, tensions and human traces that reveal what the city is going through.

Demonstration · Reportage

No G7 demonstration in Geneva — At the heart of the No G7 demonstration, bodies and gazes tell the story of the event.

Smoke during the No G7 demonstration — Smoke transforms a Geneva street into a suspended scene.

Water cannon during the No G7 demonstration — Faced with the water cannon, the movement disperses and reforms.

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In the Field

As Press and Information Officer for Hospital Battalion 2, I document its missions, exercises and collective life from within.

Army · Photo reportage

Service members advancing together in the field — Progress is built together, attentive to the slightest signal.

Military medical facility set up in the field — The medical facility is prepared as close as possible to the action.

Service members gathered near a Red Cross vehicle — Around the medical vehicle, roles are coordinated.

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At the Foot of the Tower

Outside the Tamedia tower, journalists and supporters gather to defend jobs and the diversity of the French-speaking Swiss press.

Press · Mobilisation

Gathering on the forecourt of the Tamedia tower — For one evening, the forecourt becomes an open-air newsroom.

Speaker reading a statement outside the Tamedia tower — Before the crowd, words give the mobilisation a common voice.

Megaphones and demonstration equipment outside the Tamedia tower — The tools for speaking out wait at the foot of the tower.

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AMOK Alert

A perimeter closes, teams converge and the city holds its breath. The reportage follows the deployment without interrupting its course.

Security · Reportage

Tactical police officers behind a security cordon in Geneva — The perimeter closes as the operation begins.

Group of tactical police officers advancing through the city — In the narrow passage, their advance remains coordinated.

Police forces gathered during an AMOK alert — Teams converge and share the same vigilance.

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Reinforcements from the Sky

Between the helicopter and the ground teams, every movement responds to the same urgency and to terrain that sets its own pace.

Operation · Martigny

Air-Glaciers helicopter on the ground near the teams — The rotor wash transforms the terrain in seconds.

Responders coordinating an operation in Martigny — On the ground, every gesture responds to the aircraft’s movement.

Team and equipment on steep terrain — The terrain sets the measure of the operation.

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On Patrol with the Municipal Police

A patrol is told through calls, checks and ordinary encounters that maintain a connection with the city.

Community policing · Vernier

Vernier municipal police officer on patrol — The patrol begins with a visible presence in the streets.

Municipal police supervising a public event — Among the public, observing and remaining available.

Municipal police operation with emergency services — When duties converge, coordination takes over.

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New Year’s Eve

While the city celebrates the passage from one year to the next, paramedics continue to wait, set out and provide care.

Emergency care · Ambulances SK

Paramedics caring for a patient on a stretcher — The care of one person recentres the entire night around a single gesture.

Ambulances SK vehicle on New Year’s Eve — Outside, the city celebrates; the ambulance remains ready to set out again.

IV bag during an emergency operation — In an emergency, precision can come down to a detail.

10 / Series

A Day for Two

A day made of tender gestures, bursts of laughter and seconds one wishes could be held onto.

Wedding · Geneva

Bride smiling with her bouquet — Joy bursts out before the words are even spoken.

Couple walking through the vineyards — Together, the path becomes a memory.

The couple reflected in a rear-view mirror — A story captured in the reflection of a departure.

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Marseille, Between City and Sea

From the Calanques to the markets, Marseille tells its story through stone, sea, silhouettes and the gestures of everyday life.

Landscape & street · Marseille

A Marseille Calanque opening onto the Mediterranean — The rock opens onto the blue.

Solitary figure in front of the Mucem in Marseille — A figure crosses the Mucem’s monumental pattern.

Market scene in the streets of Marseille — The market tells its story through hands and exchanges.

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Against the Clock

In the streets of Geneva, the stopwatch isolates each rider. The city becomes a course; movement becomes measure.

Cycling · Tour de Romandie

Rider along Geneva’s lakeside during the Tour de Romandie — The Jet d’Eau accompanies the effort along Geneva’s waterfront.

Tour de Romandie rider racing in the Geneva time trial — Alone against the clock, every movement must be decisive.

Tour de Romandie cyclist crossing Geneva’s Old Town — The race cuts through the city’s old streets.

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Anger at the Toll Plaza

On the motorway between Annecy and Geneva, tractors stop the flow. A place of transit becomes a place for voices to be heard.

Farmers’ mobilisation · Reportage

Tractors advancing towards the Allonzier-la-Caille toll plaza — The tractors take their place where traffic usually never stops.

Farmers gathered in front of the toll barriers — The mobilisation takes shape in front of the barriers.

Motorway lane occupied during the farmers’ mobilisation — The immobilised motorway opens up another space for voices to be heard.

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Low Angle

A face, a cap and the sky as a backdrop. The portrait plays with distance until the gaze itself becomes a gesture.

Portrait · Photo shoot

Model photographed from ground level against pale architecture — The building’s lines extend the silhouette.

Low-angle portrait of a person wearing a cap — The gaze looks down towards the lens and reverses the perspective.

Model’s hand reaching towards the camera — Distance disappears in a gesture.

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The Night Geneva Held Firm

By torchlight, Geneva brings the night of 1602 and the defence of its walls back to life. Costumes, horses, drums and gunfire turn the Old Town into living memory.

Fête de l’Escalade · Geneva