The Limestone Studio
Set among the rolling hills of the Dordogne, the Valley of a Thousand Châteaux, The Limestone Studio is a working photographic space shaped by a lifetime spent behind the camera.
Surrounded by quiet lanes, sunflower fields, and the rhythms of rural life, it is a place designed to slow things down and give photography the attention it deserves.
Originally an old stone barn on the edge of a small hamlet, the studio has been carefully rebuilt by hand, preserving the character of the building while creating a space for both traditional and contemporary photographic practice.
Analogue and alternative processes are at the heart of the studio, with facilities for wet plate collodion, salt printing, photopolymer gravure, darkroom silver prints, and large-format film. Digital capture is also available when the project calls for it.
The studio is spread over two floors: a 25m² darkroom on the ground floor, equipped for historical and experimental processes, and a 60m² daylight studio upstairs with natural light and a full professional flash system. The space is suited to everything from plate photography and large-format work to medium-format and digital projects.
The Limestone Studio is a place to work slowly, explore process, and make photographs with intention.
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Photography Studio
Our fully equipped photography studio offers a versatile and inspiring environment for creative work. It’s fitted with professional Broncolor flash lighting, a wide range of light modifiers, backdrops, and all the essential studio accessories. The space supports both digital and analogue workflows, and is especially well-suited to historical and alternative processes. We have a unique collection of vintage cameras—from a 19"x19" mammoth plate camera to 10x12, 8x10, 4x5, and medium format 6x7cm—allowing for a hands-on, immersive approach to large-format image-making.
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Darkroom
Our ground-floor darkroom is purpose-built for alternative and traditional analogue processes. It features a professional-sized sink, excellent ventilation, and generous workspace, making it ideal for everything from wet plate collodion and salt printing to silver gelatin printing. The darkroom includes 4x5" and 6x7cm enlargers set up for split-grade printing, as well as a UV light source and vacuum table for contact-based processes such as platinum and photopolymer printing. It’s a well-equipped, focused space for serious photographic work and creative exploration.
The Studio
Once filled with hay and the slow rhythm of livestock, the upper floor of this old barn has been reimagined as a working photographic studio.
We laid the floor, wired the lights, and carefully equipped it with everything from Broncolor flash systems and vintage canvas backdrops to classic wooden cameras and modern gear like the Mamiya RZ67, Fuji 6x17, Alpa digital, and a full range of 35mm systems. It’s a space where past and present coexist — where timeless tools and contemporary vision come together under one roof.
The Darkroom
Once a quiet shelter for cows, this old barn has been lovingly transformed into a fully equipped darkroom.
Now place where light and shadow now tell stories instead of livestock. I carried out the conversion myself, preserving the character of the space while shaping it into a sanctuary for analogue and alternative photographic processes. A short film on the site captures its journey, from weathered beams and stone floors to the heart of a working artist’s studio — a space where history, craft, and creativity now meet.