Raphaël Griffon

During a trip in French guyana, i come across a gold prospecter, and that is the epiphany. Back in France, it is settled! I want to change my Job and Become a Jeweler.i was an electrical-technician in Those Days, so I left to go back to school.

I have awaited the Jewelery School in Saumur, Loire Valley, for Five Years. After three years i have my degrees of Jewel Maker and High Jeweler (Gemstones enhancement) as well as gemologist (Knowledge in Gemstones). I am Ready to Join the Family Jewel Workshop.

Photo credit: Louis Brunet

However, I have Started My Carreer at the Family Workshop Before Leaving in 1998 to explore the Wide World, with a video camera and just an idea in mind: make the people better know and enhance the link uniting substance and spiritour, the splendour and the darker facets of gold.and Movie, Highlighting the Gold Prospectors Deep in the Amazon Rain Forest, Entitled "Gold Prospectors in French Guyana". This movie will be the first chapter of my day to meet the man, the metal, the gemstone.

Two Years Later, New Departure to the African Continent in Order to Meet The Diamond. Under the Earth, within Candle, Men Are Digging and Secretly Hoping to Discover the Exceptional Diamond That Will Bring Them A Much COVETED PROSPRITY. From Ivory Coast to Antwerp, through Vendôme Square in Paris, This Documentary Covers The Extraordinary Epic of this Fabulous Gemstone, intertwinned with the men who work at it.

In 2008, New Departure to Madagascar and its Sapphires! Some Years AGO, An Incredible Deposit has been discovered in a quiet village of Merely Hunged People Named Ilakaka. Within a few months, the rush is welling on … and here again, i share and shoot the prospectors Daily life, and delve into their hopes and Faith in the future.

In 2012, After More Than 10 Years Working in the Family Workshop, My Father Hands Me Over the Business Definitly. As a Genuine Gemstone Lover and Passionated by my Job, I Feel Committed to Transmit My Craftsmanship in Each New Shooting Project. Other Far-Fetched Destinations Are Already Scheduled, to make the Most of Us Familiar with the story of the Gemstones.

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