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MUSICAL PORTRAIT: BLUES VIBES & ROOTS
Short video about Blues vibes and roots, filmed in an old farm deep into the Cevennes National Park; featuring guitarist François Quinsac
Former senior Eurocrat turned in-from-the-storm photographer and visual storyteller creating portrait, fashion and travel imagery across the world
Short video about Blues vibes and roots, filmed in an old farm deep into the Cevennes National Park; featuring guitarist François Quinsac
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