Pacific Insomnia
I started photographing these traveling funfairs in Tahiti because they felt completely outside of time. Every year, carnival workers arrive with their rides, games, and neon lights for only a few weeks before disappearing again, leaving the island to return to its quiet rhythm. What draws me to these places is their deeply vintage atmosphere. The rides seem to belong to another era, and so do the glowing signs and faded colors. Everything feels slightly worn, suspended in time, like a memory still trying to exist. At first, these fairs are meant to entertain, to bring something rare to the island. But photographing them at night, I began to notice something else a strange silence. Nearly empty spaces, isolated figures caught in artificial light, moments where the celebration suddenly becomes melancholic and cinematic. With Pacific Insomnia, I wanted to capture that feeling: a luminous world built to make people dream, while quietly revealing the loneliness hidden behind the neon lights.
