{"id":25603,"date":"2025-08-19T01:30:26","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexandrebourguet.ch\/alex\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T13:46:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexandrebourguet.ch\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Alex<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I believe photography isn\u2019t meant to freeze time. It gives it a second life.<\/p>\n

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Each image is a fragile imprint of a moment that has already slipped away.<\/p>\n

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Being a wedding photographer, for me, is more than a profession. It\u2019s about translating the invisible: the emotions, the silences, the electricity in the air, everything that makes the heart beat.<\/p>\n

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Weddings fascinate me because they hold an entire lifetime in a single day: the chaos, the laughter, the tears, the unexpected. In that intensity, I find my freedom.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not trying to make pretty pictures. I want to create images that matter. Pictures that, like a song or a memory, keep living long after you\u2019ve looked at them.<\/p>\n

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I like not being too important on a wedding day. I like blending in, without labels. Maybe that\u2019s why you\u2019ll find very few photos of me here, or anywhere else. It\u2019s a bit old school, but I still feel more comfortable behind the camera than in front of it.<\/p>\n

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I started back when you could still hear the mirror of a reflex camera snapping, before Instagram and the perfect filters.
\nMy style has evolved, the world has too, but not my drive: to photograph with instinct, sincerity, and curiosity. That\u2019s what still keeps me telling people\u2019s stories in my own way.<\/p>\n

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I love noise, I adore silence. I love solitude, I love people.<\/p>\n

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I love vintage objects, yet I also love technology. A paradox? Probably. But that\u2019s me: somewhere between past and future, between poetry and curiosity.<\/p>\n

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Enough about me\u2026 I\u2019m heading back to the backstage, into the shadows of my camera.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What i love<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The little things in life that I love<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Facts about me<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I speak super fast.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I mostly listen to old stuff (well, almost).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I love working when it\u2019s raining outside, window open.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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When I was younger, I had long hair like my idol back then, Kurt Cobain\u2026 try to picture that.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I\u2019m a sore loser.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I\u2019m often the funny one in the group \u00a0or at least, that\u2019s what they say.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I hate when people say: \u201cWow, your camera takes great pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I\u2019ve never tried (promise\u2026), but I\u2019m pretty sure I could slip into a wide variety of wedding dresses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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All my friends and family call me by a nickname.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I\u2019ve watched some series three times all the way through.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I love leaving the house without my phone, like when I was a kid.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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I don\u2019t really need an umbrella anymore.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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MTB addict<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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My favorite focal length is 35 mm, though I\u2019m starting to lean toward 28 mm.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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No cream, no sugar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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