PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FRANCE: VOTERS’ VOICES

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN FRANCE: VOTERS’ VOICES
12 French voters with various background, located in Paris area, in south-west of France and in Belgium share their electoral expectations

A few days before the second round of the presidential election in France, several polls have suggested a likelihood of a significant voter transference to incumbent president, Emmanuel Macron. However,…

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BETTING ON THE RIGHT HORSE

BETTING ON THE RIGHT HORSE
The winegrower Simon Ribert participating in a traditional vineyard ploughing session with horses

In southwest of France, on the outskirts of Gers, Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a promising young winegrower, Simon Ribert, has called on Gilles Fougerousse, from the French Riviera, South-East, who came…

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FAÑCH BRETON’S CALVARY

FAÑCH BRETON’S CALVARY
Francois Breton sculpting a statue for his project of calvary, Penn Enez en Plougerneau, Finistere, Brittany

We are in Brittany, on the coast of legends. A man is cutting a block of granite. This man is François Breton, sometimes called Fañch. Fañch is building the Calvary of the…

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GUINEAN DAYDREAM

GUINEAN DAYDREAM
Young Fulani travelling across Fouta Djallon in Guinea

This series aims at disclosing the poetry emanating from hidden fragments of everyday life across Guinea. A story composed from 2013 to 2016.

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VOODOO BATHS IN HAITI: FROM BEAUTY TO FIERCENESS

VOODOO BATHS IN HAITI:  FROM BEAUTY TO FIERCENESS
Voodoo believers are about to kill a crying bull covered with a French flag as a sacrifice to the voodoo spirit of war Papa Ogoun Feray, praised as the founding spirit of the revolt of the slaves during French colonial rule of Saint-Domingue 200 years ago.

Every year in July, thousands of Haitians make a pilgrimage to several Haitian cities to seek protection of Voodoo spirits and Catholic saints during cleansing baths. Often spectacular, some of…

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A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS EVE SOMEWHAT SPECIAL

A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS EVE SOMEWHAT SPECIAL
Bishop Nestor of Chersonesus celebrating Russian Christmas in the Church of the Three Holy HIerarchs in Paris, France

In the 15th arrondissement of Paris, at the Church of the Three Saints-Doctors, seat of the Diocese of Chersonesus of the Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, Russian diaspora believers…

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