FACTS

Issue 15. Winter 20-21.

JEAN BOSPHORE JOËL ALAIN DERVAUX OMER GAASH

ARNOLDAS KUBILIUS SERGE LE HIDALGO ALEXANDRE
RACINET JULIEN STULL JOSH PAUL THOMAS
JOSH
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All photos: Josh Paul Thomas.

Nickname(s): Josh Paul What thing do you hate the most, but
Height: 6’2 still have to do it?
Weight: 180 Feeling inadequate as an artist, but if you
Hair: Blond (currently) don’t question your art and work then you
Eyes: Brown don’t grow, you don’t strive for greatness.
Hands: Like a raccoon
What childhood memory still makes
Shoe size: 10.5
you smile?
Who was your first erotic crush? Being with my best childhood friend Jason
Marilyn Manson. Dunn. He died our senior year from a Gran
Mall seizure. So it’s bittersweet to have all
Do you glance to the side at urinals?
these amazingly happy moments tied in
Is there another way to pee?
with something so tragic.
The perfect night out?
Somewhere warm on a beach with a bar
and a dance floor.
The weirdest/strangest thing/food/whatever
you ever put into your mouth?
Elk and deer heart (growing up my dad was
an avid hunter).
What are your flaws you would not want to
change?
My inability to illustrate, draw and paint in a
realistic form.
Your last romantic moment?
Getting pounded by my bf after sobbing
over the state of the world.
What fascinates you about the human body?
Everything. I have strange obsessions over
little things, features, body parts. I catalog
mentally “noses” and people skins, I love
dark skin, it’s something I’ll never know the
joys and mystery of wearing.
What do you like, but all your friends think
it’s disgusting?
Pineapple on my pizza, hairy asses and
water sports.
JULIEN
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All photos: Julien Stull.

Nickname(s): Jul, Ju Your guilty pleasures?

Height: 179 cm Mostly about food: sweets, desserts.
Weight: 75 kg
What bad habit(s) you would not want to
Hair: bald/grey
get rid of?
Eyes: greenish/greyish
See number 8.
Hands: 2 ...?
Shoe size: 7D (Weston shoes size) ;) A film that always makes you cry?
All those blockbusters.
Tell us one of your nightmares.
I can’t memorise my dreams or my night-
mares. I should have gotten some when I
was a very little kid. But, hopefully I can’t
remember them otherwise it would be a
nightmare.
Your favourite body parts?
On a man : armpits, nicely hairy forearm,
and sometimes that very lovely couple
«thighs+butt». Oh I do like very smiley eyes.
You see?
What do your friends complain the most
about you?
To be quite a mute person I guess, or to take
everything not very seriously.
Your last embarrassing moment?
Something about vomiting, do I need to say
more?
The strangest/weirdest thing/whatever you
ever put into your mouth?
Fingers .. It was quite a very disturbing
episode in the beginning of my sexual life.
Besides sex, I would say grashopppers.
What should be your epitaph?
I was sick and I knew it.
How was your last kiss?
«Désespérant.»
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JEAN
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All artworks: Jean Bosphore.

Nickname(s): Jean Bosphore The film you like and everybody likes too?
Height: 183 cm Well, might be a guilty pleasure but I’m a
Weight: 68 kilos huge fan of Shrek. I know every quote. It
Hair: black reminds me when I was just a kid, and my
Eyes: blue mom put us watching Shrek 2 every day
Hands: left during holidays to be quiet. Like a sort of
Shoe size: 44 (fr) / 10 (us) nanny haha
When you wake up, you are...? The last time you insulted somebody?
Well, it depends of what I did the night The last time I insulted somebody… I can’t
before or how long I’ve been sleeping haha. even remember. I try to not to, I think it’s
But, in general, I feel great. I love early important.
mornings, the lights, the sounds, the atmo-
The most trivial thing you still have to do?
sphere is so special. I like it because it’s
Quit smoking, story of my life… lol
quiet and fresh, everything’s slow. It’s like
the calm before the storm. You have 12 hours left before the end of the
world. What do you do?
The most erotic part(s) in human body?
I think I would just take a train, visit my
For me, the most erotic part in a human
family and spend time with them. Then I
body would be the hands. It tells so much,
would say goodbye to the sea
you can know a lot with the hands. It de-
pends on the way they look, about the nails How was your first kiss?
and specially on male hands, you can see Haha, my first kiss was a very romantic
the hair, veins, muscles. With these clues, one. I was like 16. I met someone online
it’s almost possible to know what kind of and he picked me by car while my parents
person you’re talking to. were sleeping. I know it sounds creepy and
cheesy but it’s true !
Is “Art useless”?
Why my work would be useless? lol. No, of
course not. On the contrary, Art makes you
express yourself, it serves to tell stories,
messages and not only, it allows to find a
universe you’ll be going throught for months
and this universe has a lot to share.
How would you like to die?
Please, I think it’s too early to think about it
lol
The soundtrack of your teenage years?
Good Charlotte - I Just Wanna Live
JOËL
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All photos: Joël Alain Dervaux.

The thing you used to hate doing, and now Your favourite TV/film character?
you don’t mind? I can’t immediately think of a character in
Saying no. particular. I’d say Maurice in James Ivory’s
film because he doesn’t give up on living
What is beauty to you?
out his love and on living full stop.
Beauty to me is the authenticity a model
expresses during a shooting session.
What would you eat if you had to eat it for
one month?
Dried figs.
Tell us an embarrassing moment from your
childhood.
In primary school, I was once called a ‘poof’
in the playground; it was the first time this
happened. I had no idea what the word
meant but I understood it was insulting.
The worst gift you ever got?
A miniature racing car circuit as a child.
What place(s) is/are erotic to you?
Forbidden places.
What still shocks you?
Knowing that Van Gogh, Modigliani and
Vermeer couldn’t get any recognition while
they were alive and died in dire straits.
The last time you laughed?
Last night, over a last drink with a friend
before the new lockdown France was de-
cided...
What smell(s) can’t you stand?
The stench of cold tobacco on somebody’s
fingers.
SERGE
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All photos: Serge Le Hidalgo.

Nickname(s): Serge Le Hidalgo

Height: 180 cm
Weight: 77 kilos
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Hands: Climber hands
Shoe size: 43
Your favourite horror film?
Hellraiser.
What would you buy if you had one million
euros?
A museum.
What human body parts arouse you?
Armpits, hands.
When you are drunk, you are...?
Very excited.
What annoys you the most in your daily
routine?
Routine itself.
How was your last kiss?
Funny.
The most extravagant thing you did so far?
Sex in a church.
Your favourite girl band?
The Supremes.
The city you live in is the city of your
dreams?
It’s close to be.
The food you can’t eat?
Cruel food.
ALEXANDRE
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All photos: Alexandre Racinet.

Nickname(s): Alex!! Except for my neighbour What fascinates you about the human
who calls me “choupinou” body?
Height: 1m80 What fascinates me about the human body
Weight: 85kg I think is the difference and the details that make
Hair: dark blond each person unique. In my work, I do my
Eyes: light blue best to highlight all these details. The eyes
Hands: 2 hands with 10 fingers are the first thing I look at because you can
Shoe size: 42 and I also have two feet read people’s souls, but the whole human
body is fascinating to me.
Have you got any phobias?
I hate walking barefoot in the seaweed Any object(s) you bought and regretted im-
without knowing what is underneath, and I mediately?
think I also have vertigo. I bought an air conditioner this summer
because it was too hot and it did not cool
Would you be a great zombie-killer,
down my apartment enough.
if necessary?
I think i would be the best but I wouldn’t do What artist’s artwork would you buy if you
melee combat but more traps or kill them could?
from afar. If I could I would buy a print of my friend
stephane gizard which was an inspiration in
The song(s) for your funeral?
my career as a photographer.
Dhafer Youssef - Soupir Eternel
Tamino - Habibi What job(s) did you want to do when you
Nils Frahm - Says were a child?
But I would like people who know me to also When I was little I wanted to be a racing car
choose the music that I can inspire them. driver. I always loved sports cars.
The last time you were surprised What place(s) is/are erotic to you?
unexpectedly? Luxury hotel rooms.
When the clutch of my car broke on the
highway.
Do you consider yourself a good friend?
I do my best to be a good friend, I think I’m
someone who can be counted on, unfortu-
nately the days are not long enough to see
everyone often enough.
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Johnny Abbate johnabb.com @johnnyabbate
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