Grandes Chaleurs, or “big heat”, is an impish title for a book about Morocco, a traditional country where prayer and humour connect people in an almost physical way.

My thirst for faces, for bodies, for ways of sitting, standing and walking and for newly discovered gazes slakes all other thirsts.

François-Marie Banier (born 1947) is known for his photographs of international celebrities and distinguished public figures from around the globe.

Every day, armed with his camera and usually driving his moped, François-Marie Banier leaves his home with no preconceived ideas in mind, simply the desire to discover what the world looks like on this particular day.