Workshop École Camondo x MANO X ALTO
Mano x Alto, Ollioules
Interior architecture and design: an École Camondo workshop at Mano x Alto
Photographing interior architecture means revealing far more than a space: an intention, a vision, the dialogue between light, material and the hand of the maker.
As L’Œil des Cyclopes, I work with interior architects, designers and institutions, creating images that present their projects with precision and sensitivity. Based in Le Pradet, near Toulon, I work throughout the Var and across Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur.
In 2025, École Camondo Méditerranée asked me to document a workshop held at Mano x Alto, the arts and crafts centre in Ollioules.
Documenting the creative process
The workshop was part of École Camondo’s Atelier Campus programme, which gives students hands-on experience of materials and traditional craft skills.
Over several days, they designed and made prototype ceramic carafes, from early research to final form. I followed that progression: the gestures, the materials, objects taking shape, the relationship with space, the atmosphere of the place.
This is the essence of design: the passage from idea to material.
Mano x Alto, arts and crafts in the Var
In Ollioules, Mano x Alto is a centre dedicated to craftsmanship and contemporary creation, a place where artists, designers and students come to learn and experiment. Its architecture, natural light and materials make it an ideal setting for photography. Every image holds the trace of a moment of creation.
For architects and designers
I create reportage for interior architects, designers, design schools, showrooms and cultural institutions.
Strong images showcase your work, build your credibility, enrich your portfolio and help you become known. For an architect or a designer, photography is at the heart of communication.
A precise, sensitive approach
Interior architecture demands great rigour: perspective, light, volume, materials, colour. I work exclusively with Leica equipment, for its precision and the truthfulness of its light, and I process every image with care for a faithful result.
Have a project in mind?
An interior architecture project, a showroom, a creative space to showcase? Let’s talk.
Laurent Parienti, L’Œil des Cyclopes
Interior architecture photographer in Toulon, the Var and Provence
Portfolio: laurentparienti.com
Phone: +33 6 28 23 77 12
