Sami Sarkis

Marseille, France
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Sami Sarkis
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Biography

Born in Lebanon and living in France, I felt in love with photography around 12. Got my first slr a year later, a Canon AE-1, and never gave-up exploring all the fields of that Art!
Almost 40 years later, I'm still a professional photographer based in Provence. I focus on Aerial, Underwater, Conceptual and Travel imagery: www.sarkis.com

Aerial shooting services with drones (fav):
http://www.drone-pictures.fr/english

Aerial Stock Footage of France:
http://www.hosiho.com

about me

Any special artistic influences?
Life events, Nature, People, Books, anything around me in fact.<br />Photographers that I admire: Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sebastiao Salgado, Colin Anderson, Glen Allison, Doisneau, ...
What is the best photographic advice that you have ever received?
Keep learning, thinking, creating, shooting. Stay in 'Alertness Mode'. Never be satisfied. Keep evolving, adapting...& restart!
If you weren’t a photographer, what would you be?
Explorer and/or film maker

Most Viewed Images & Videos

Data since July 2010
Buddhist Hanging Monastery on the side of Mount Heng in Shanxi, China.
YE1-1203240 Views: 1040
Young girl holding her breath underwater in a swimming pool, Provence, France.
YE1-1177477 Views: 846
Yellow sea star on a rocj, underwater view, Ecuador, Galapagos Archipelago, Espanola Island
YE1-1215938 Views: 806
Hippo splashing water (hippopotamus amphibius), Kruger National Park, South Africa.
YE1-1225932 Views: 764
Cloisters and courtyard garden at Mont Saint-Michel, a fortified medieval monastery on an island in Normandy, France.
YE1-1139835 Views: 692
River of molten lava flowing to the sea, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Islands, United States
YE1-1211336 Views: 619
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Editor's Choice

Man´s hands on Carom board game, Marseille, france
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Camargue horse looking out of its stable door, Camargue, France, Europe.
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Portrait of two people wearing Venetian masks and costumes, Venice, Italy
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Unusually shaped Smooth Flutemouth Fistularia commersonii swimming in blue waters, Darajandhoo, Baa Atoll, Maldives
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Wing of airplane arriving to Honolulu, Pearl harbor in the background, Oahu Island, Hawaii Islands, USA
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Heavy traffic jam on A69 Highway during an August public holiday, Talence, Bordeaux, France
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Inspiration Images

River of molten lava flowing to the sea, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Islands, United States
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Tourist looking at a wall while sheltering under an umbrella, Temple of Heaven, Beijing, China
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Waiters at empty cafe terrace on Piazza San Marco, elevated view from the Bell Tower, Venice, Italy
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France marseille arc en ciel cave scuba diver shining a flashlight underwater
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Girl 11 with goggles in swimming pool, Provence, France
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Cars moving on a highway as seen through a blurred windscreen, Paris, France.
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Latest Images & Videos Uploaded

Girl (10) driving an ATV with her dad by seacoast, Djerba Island, Tunisia.
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Young woman contemplating water, Marseille, France.
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Grandmother taking photo of her granddaughter and daughter outdoors at a tourist destination.
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Lighthouse silhouette by ocean, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
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X-ray image of a mature woman's foot.
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Domestic cat's headshot, France.
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Row of paint tubes at an artist's studio workshop.
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Spiral of pebbles on beach, girl playing in the sea, Provence, France, Europe.
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Two children holding hands, close-up - brother helping his younger sister.
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Hand holding house shape on an empty plot of land - design, construction, new homes concept.
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Photographer's Choice

Yellow sea star on a rocj, underwater view, Ecuador, Galapagos Archipelago, Espanola Island
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Fisherman on a black sand beach preparing his nets, Sulphur Bay Village, Tanna Island, Vanuatu
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River of molten lava, close-up, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Islands, United States
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Steam rising off lava flowing into ocean at sunset, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii Islands, United States
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Two scuba divers swimming around Cathedral Dive Spot, Pango Point, Efate Island, Vanuatu
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Portrait of two boys standing side by side, Sulphur Bay Village, Ipekel Ipeukel, Tanna Island, Vanuatu
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Hippo splashing water (hippopotamus amphibius), Kruger National Park, South Africa.
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Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), Espagnola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Girl 7_8 drawing heart on foggy bathroom mirror
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Grape on a vine at fall, Provence, France
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Lit blue gas ring, close_up
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Close_up of a digital display on a black background
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