vendredi 30 décembre 2011

The Market

In the market today, soon be another year over, will next year be as good as this one.

samedi 24 décembre 2011

Now

At the market today

lundi 19 décembre 2011

Back

Back in Paris, a great week in New York

Sunrise over Paris

Just got back

samedi 17 décembre 2011

jeudi 15 décembre 2011

Versailles

Versailles, a private invitation in the window if Rizzoli NY

samedi 10 décembre 2011

New York

CDG, on my way to JFK

NY

no ônibus, indo para o airort, o sol está para fora. meninas tiver um bom tempo.




Francis HAMMOND
+336 82 00 45 48

vendredi 2 décembre 2011

Gare du Nord Paris, France

Right now I have a show at Gare du Nord in Paris, there are two panel's 9 meters wide by 12 meters high, there is a projection on the screens of around 40 images, looks amazing

dimanche 27 novembre 2011

Tea?

Yes it's tea time in old blighty

vendredi 25 novembre 2011

vendredi 18 novembre 2011

P

Paris on a winter morning

jeudi 10 novembre 2011

12

It's midday! What else

mardi 1 novembre 2011

Montresor

In 1849 the polish count Xavier Branicki purchased and restored in splender the chateau Montresor.

lundi 31 octobre 2011

Montresor

Chateau Montresor, in Montresor the polish town in the Loire valley

Chartres

In the beautiful city of Chartre

mardi 25 octobre 2011

Autumn

Well Autumn is here, soon be 6 feet of snow everywhere

vendredi 21 octobre 2011

chateau de Champchevrier


This week at the hunt at Le Chateau de Champchevrier, beautiful chateau, amazing energy with the horses and hunting dogs

dimanche 9 octobre 2011

Now

The sun does not set, or does it, I guess it's relative

Sun

I always walk on the sunny side of the street, congratulations to Vincent Rouanet, champion de France on his classic DUCATI

jeudi 6 octobre 2011

St Jean

This week finishing up my book in St Jean de Luz with Edition de Chene, basque cooking, we are doing this with the pastry shop Paries

Spice

Whats left of the strawberry and Piment de espelette and strawberries sorbet

vendredi 16 septembre 2011

St Jean de Luz

I am making a book about Basque cooking with edition de Chene, on my noting run I get to see some beautiful cars, but not much sun.

Snack

It's 11:30 the before lunch snack time

jeudi 15 septembre 2011

Keeping up

Trying to keep up with my guide Alain, a young 60 year old!!!

vendredi 9 septembre 2011

Sept!!

September is here and nearly gone, it is a very busy month, I am starting a new book about beautiful French Houses with the art director/editor Christiane de Nicolay Mazery. She has made a number of other books on this subject, always beautiful houses.
She made this photograph of me, quite rare, nobody makes photographs of me.

vendredi 2 septembre 2011

New Book

Today just starting a new book, about the beautiful French house, this one in Normandy, to be published by Flammarion.

mardi 30 août 2011

Cognac

Wonderful day in Cognac, the vendage starts here any day now, not right here, this is the garden of The Hennessy Chateau

samedi 13 août 2011

Summer

Summer! What else

vendredi 29 juillet 2011

Chateau Hammond

My grapes are doing very well this year

mardi 26 juillet 2011

Glass

Life in a glass, Yquem 97

lundi 25 juillet 2011

Langon

In Langon tonight at Claude Darroze! Tomorrow Chateau Eyquem, then Cheval Blanc

jeudi 21 juillet 2011

Garden

This morning in the garden

dimanche 17 juillet 2011

Colour

The rainbow has all the colour, who can lay such a claim.

mardi 28 juin 2011

Auberge du Champs De Mars, Chef Philippe Excoffier

"Auberge du Champs de Mars" du chef Philippe Excoffier vient d'ouvrir son restaurantdans le Paris 7ème. Philippe était le chef à la résidence américaine Ambassadeurs à Paris, cela vaut une visite.
18, rue de l'Exposition
75007 Paris
+33 1 45 51 78 08

Opportunity

Out of clutter, find simplicity
From discord, find harmony
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity


after sunset on the beach near St Tropez

lundi 27 juin 2011

Monday bloody Monday

Monday lunch, Paris 10eme

mardi 21 juin 2011

The Water

This magnificent butterfly finds a little heap of dirt and sits still on it; but man will never on his heap of mud keep still....

SKYTALK

"The world is charged with Grandeur"

lundi 13 juin 2011

St Tropez

This week I am in the south of France, working for Christies.

mercredi 8 juin 2011

Free

The good things in life sometimes are free, most of the time they are very expensive

mercredi 1 juin 2011

Last Night

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

lundi 30 mai 2011

London

I love going to London, it feels so right there, I always go to the V&A and have tea at my mums!