Grégoire Korganow and his son. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

What inspired you to do the "Father and Son" project? A question raised by your son Marco?

I started the father and son project in 2010. This project was born from a question of familial relations asked by my son Marco, who was 5 years of age at that time. Marco was born in Rwanda, and was adopted by me and my wife when he was 5 months old. His skin color is black and ours is white. The photos "Father and Son" was at first an attempt to explain to my son the resemblance, heredity and the nature of the connections between a father and a son. It was also the time when my father grew old and I was needed to live close by to look after him. The first portraits were therefore taken with my son and my father.

"Father and Son" is also a photographic work about the masculine figure. It puts fathers and sons in close proximity, a body to body closeness that's often lost when men became adults. This new state of being allows them to reach for a nearly forgotten tenderness. In my photos, men of different generations and cultures come together. It's a sensational voyage through time in the world of men.