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Overview

  • 7 references 7 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English, French, Spanish
  • 31, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • Artist (photographer)
  • MA in Photography
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About Me

I currently live between Lausanne, Switzerland, and the rest of the world ! I graduated in 2018 and since then I have been travelling for my work, between France, Switzerland, New-York, Greece and Japan.

I lived in France since I was 2, but I was born in the Caribbean. I studied fine arts, design, and photography.

I love all kind of music, as long as it's groovy !
I also love cinema and contemporary art very much. The more conceptual and intimate it is, the more I like it.
As anyone in CS I think, meeting new people and discovering new cultures is something truly important to me !

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Had a great first experience in Barcelona with CS in 2012. It made me come back to BCN in 2013, 2014, and again in 2015 for an internship. Im very loyal to the cities I love :) I also had cool experiences with CS in Rome, Milan, Arles and Marseille (South of France).

Interests

Cinema, photography, contemporary art, travels, drawing, cities, design, music, love.

  • arts
  • humanities
  • literature
  • folklore
  • design
  • contemporary art
  • photography
  • tattoos
  • festivals
  • cooking
  • movies
  • traveling
  • drawing
  • music
  • drums

Music, Movies, and Books

Cinema : Stanley Kubrick, Pedro Almodovar, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Park, Wes Anderson, Judd Appatow, Xavier Dolan, ... And love all animations from Pixar studios and Hayao Miyazaki.

Also I'm a great fan of these non original series : The Office, Bojack the Horseman, Rick and Morty, Better Things, Unreal, The Affair, Girls, Friends, Game of Thrones.

Music : LCD Soundsystem, Paradis, Jagwar Ma, Hot Chip, Deerhunter, New order, Mac Demarco, Air, Arcade Fire, Wu lyf, Gorillaz, Drake, Real Estate, Darius, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Schoolboy Q, Alt-J, King Krule, Nicolas Jaar, Todd Terje, Kings of Convenience, ...
I also love big old US Rap, funk, disco, french variety, and I can't deny that I love to sing really loud on J-Lo or Beyonce...
I'm open to every new music, and I am so glad when I think there is tons of millions of artists I still don't know.

Currently reading "Papillon" by Andrus Kivirähk.
Last books I read : "Le Livre de Ma Mere" by Albert Cohen.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I had a face to face with a bison (or buffalo) once in a national park in Quebec (Canada)!
I went to I love Techno festival in Belgium, and danced non-stop from 6PM to 6AM.
I randomly watched the movie 'Mamma Mia' in a middle of a depression episode and thought "I want to go to Greece". Booked my flights the next day and flew to the Greek Islands the next week, to work on farms and gardens for free, for five weeks. Best experience ever !
I had the best (I dream of it at night) fresh coconut juice at the central market in Barcelona.
I did a 1 month Interrail trip around East-Europe in 2011 with my best friend after highschool.
I ve been visiting the photography festival in Arles for 9 years in a row, and planning to make this a life long tradition !
I went two times to Thailand in less than 6 month apart. First time with a good friend, backpacking for a month, second time on a crazy impulsion, with a man I just met three weeks before the trip.
I did a moto-trip around the Greek Islands and fell in love with Amorgos, Iraklia and its goats.
Lived for a week without water and electricity above a deserted bay in Dominican Republic. I had forgotten you could find a place in this world without ANY tourists, it felt great.
Regularly eat the best baba au rhum in the entire world, at Sebastien Gaudard, Paris.
Moved to Switzerland to integrate the school of my dreams and graduated with the highest honors and grade of my promotion.
Living around the globe for almost a year now ... thrilling !

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach some french dishes, I like to cook very much :)
I make the best crêpes !.
I also can teach you some things about photography if you're interested.

I'm planning to learn portuguese.
I'd like to learn how to cook some asian meals too!

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Morocco, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Dominican Republic, France, Switzerland

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