Based in Paris, Fotogram is an indie folk-rock trio where vocal harmonies take the lead and songs unfold like long, steady takes — never rushed, always intentional. Their name comes from the photogram, an image captured in a single flash, echoing their way of writing: letting songs reveal themselves in fragments rather than forcing them into shape.
 

The project began in 2024, when songwriter Sy Richards — shaped by several projects between France and the UK (The Pretty Things, Demob Happy) — invited singer Ingrid Kruusmägi and multi-instrumentalist Félix Béguin (Catherine Ringer, Camille, Cerrone) to spend a day writing together. On day one, they gave themselves two hours to finish a song. That song became 08:30 Sunday, their first track — written before they even knew they were forming a band.
 

With only one song online, Fotogram hit the road in the summer of 2025: thirteen shows across six countries, more than 7,300 kilometers. A bold move that quickly defined them. On stage, nothing is fixed; the songs shift and breathe, reshaped by each audience. Presence matters more than perfection.
 

Their sound draws from Laura Marling, Fleet Foxes and The War on Drugs, as well as the vocal weaving of Crosby, Stills & Nash or Fleetwood Mac. But their writing feels closer to a journal — brief scenes, quick emotions, fragments gathered and refined together until they find their balance.
 

This approach shaped Dream Journal, their debut EP: five dated entries where the guitars take on a soul-tinged grain (Dream n°16), lean into indie rock (Carry On), or open toward americana light (The Ballad of Willy Shaw), without ever overshadowing the vocals. Self-produced and recorded in Paris, the EP marks a first milestone: three musicians learning to breathe together, and a sound that moves forward with honesty rather than certainty.