Party of eight! Photographer father reveals lovingly taken images charting his six children growing up and the heartwarming chaos left in their wake


A French photographer has revealed a heartwarming collection of images he's taken of his six young children and the adorable chaos that they leave in their wake as they explore their environment.



Alain LaBoile's series of black-and-white photos capture the innocence of being a child and the results of their curiosity as they grow up in their home in Gironde, about 350 miles south of Paris near the Bay of Biscay.

LaBoile started his family album in 2004 when 'he needed to put together a portfolio of his work as a sculptor' and acquired a camera and 'developped a taste for macrophotography, spurred by his passion for entomology.'

In a description of his project on Featureshoot.com, LaBoile says he shoots photos of his family everyday and will randomly post certain photos - both new and old - to various social media websites. LaBoile says he never ask his children to pose for him in order to keep the photos as organic as possible.



LaBoile describes his collection as testimony to 'a life on the edge of the world, where intemporality and the universality of childhood meet.'

'Though my work is deeply personal, it is also accessible, addressing human nature and allowing the viewer to enter my world and reflect on their own childhoods,' LaBoile says. Fed everyday and shared with the world via the internet, my photographic production has become a mean of communication, leading to a questionning about freedom, nudity, being and having.'

Mud: Alain LaBoile has been photographing his family since he first got a camera in 2004

Smooch: LaBoile's collection of family photos is demonstrative of the innocence of youth and shows childhood curiosity

Candid: LaBoile says he never asks his children to pose for his photos, as to catch them in their most natural state

Sculptor: Before trying his hand at photography, LaBoile was a successful sculptor - which provides for some interesting lawn ornaments for the kids

In the buff: LaBoile describes his work as a 'mean[s] of communication, leading to a questionning about freedom, nudity, being and having'

Not in the house! LaBoile says his photos show 'a life on the edge of the world, where intemporality and the universality of childhood meet'

Bedtime: LaBoile and his family live in his hometown of Bordeaux, France, south of Paris on the Bay of Biscay

After acquiring a camera to put together a portfolio of his sculptures, LaBoile turned the camera on his growing family

LaBoile 'shoots everyday and randomly posts old and new photos to social networks, sharing with us a family portrait as beautiful as it is nostalgic'

LaBoile 'rendered a myriad of moments that look as though the camera were never there, revealing the simplest of joys, both vibrant and untainted'

LaBoile's family also is the subject of another of his photo projects called 'Réflexion autour du bassin' where they are staged around a pond

Peekaboo: Laboile's work has been exhibited around the world and he is scheduled to publish a book with Steidl Verlag











