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Miracle marigold bush (kerria japonica)
March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
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Kadija
As a caregiver, Kadija is shocked to see hospitals end up having to call for donations and nurses protecting themselves with plastic bags. She fears that post-traumatic stress disorder will develop when the confinement will end. She would like us to think not only about repairing the economy, but more importantly, about restoring social ties between people.
14 April, 2020.
As a caregiver, Kadija is shocked to see hospitals end up having to call for donations and nurses protecting themselves with plastic bags. She fears that post-traumatic stress disorder will develop when the confinement will end. She would like us to think not only about repairing the economy, but more importantly, about restoring social ties between people.
14 April, 2020.
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Maple tree (Acer).
April 4, 2020
April 4, 2020
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Empty Lénine street.
April 8, 2020
A chopper from the Police forces patrolling.
April 9, 2020
April 8, 2020
A chopper from the Police forces patrolling.
April 9, 2020
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Solmaz, Georges, Charlotte, Mattéo et Lize
To avoid worrying their children, Solmaz and Georges no longer watch the news and limit the screens as much as possible. Comic strips are a good alternative.
April 10, 2020.
To avoid worrying their children, Solmaz and Georges no longer watch the news and limit the screens as much as possible. Comic strips are a good alternative.
April 10, 2020.
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Cherry laurel (prunus laurocerasus).
April 4, 2020
View over a typical housing estate building.
April 15 and 8, 2020
April 4, 2020
View over a typical housing estate building.
April 15 and 8, 2020
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Anthony, Esther and ...
The couple are waiting for a little boy as hospitals in the Ile-de-France region are saturated with Covid-19 emergencies. Esther will be able to stay in the hospital for 72 hours maximum, Anthony a few hours only.
March 26, 2020.
The couple are waiting for a little boy as hospitals in the Ile-de-France region are saturated with Covid-19 emergencies. Esther will be able to stay in the hospital for 72 hours maximum, Anthony a few hours only.
March 26, 2020.
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Blooming cherry plum (prunus cerasifera).
April 8, 2020
A ribbon to forbid the entrance of a park.
March 27, 2020
April 8, 2020
A ribbon to forbid the entrance of a park.
March 27, 2020
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Aline
As contacts are essential for Aline, she volunteers to call isolated and vulnerable people.
March 27, 2020.
As contacts are essential for Aline, she volunteers to call isolated and vulnerable people.
March 27, 2020.
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A woman at her window cheering for the hospital employees.
March 30, 2020
Japanese andromeda (pieris japonica).
April 8, 2020
March 30, 2020
Japanese andromeda (pieris japonica).
April 8, 2020
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Laurent, Marin and Rosa
At the end of their confinement, Laurent, Rosa and Martin fear above all the economic and social impact that the health crisis will have on the most fragile. Laurent was a runner up at the previous cancelled municipal election for the city of Bagnolet.
April 5, 2020.
At the end of their confinement, Laurent, Rosa and Martin fear above all the economic and social impact that the health crisis will have on the most fragile. Laurent was a runner up at the previous cancelled municipal election for the city of Bagnolet.
April 5, 2020.
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Great tit (parus major)
March 26, 2020
Roses (rosa)
April 11, 2020
March 26, 2020
Roses (rosa)
April 11, 2020
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Agnès and Caramel
To ensure the continuity of public service, Agnès, a civil servant, has to go to work despite the confinement. But only once every two days to avoid too much contact.
April 3, 2020
To ensure the continuity of public service, Agnès, a civil servant, has to go to work despite the confinement. But only once every two days to avoid too much contact.
April 3, 2020
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A board reading «Cash for the hospitals, not for the banks»
April 11, 2020.
April 11, 2020.
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Torn down electoral posters. A local election has been canceled right before the lockdown.
April 27, 2020
April 27, 2020
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View over the town of Bagnolet.
April 26, 2020
April 26, 2020
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Mohammed, Souleymann, Adil et Imed
A few days after March 17, in the middle of the night, a fire broke out on the 8th floor landing of the HLM where Mohammed’s family lives. A malicious act is suspected. But in this period of confinement, neither his landlord, nor his insurance company, nor the police are concerned. For the family the shock is hard to bear. Fortunately, the internet fiber has resisted the heat. So the children can continue to home-school.
April 28, 2020
A few days after March 17, in the middle of the night, a fire broke out on the 8th floor landing of the HLM where Mohammed’s family lives. A malicious act is suspected. But in this period of confinement, neither his landlord, nor his insurance company, nor the police are concerned. For the family the shock is hard to bear. Fortunately, the internet fiber has resisted the heat. So the children can continue to home-school.
April 28, 2020
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Tulips (tulipa).
April 6, 2020
April 6, 2020
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The growing Moon.
April 26, 2020
Roses falling over a car parked since a long period of time.
April 27, 2020.
April 26, 2020
Roses falling over a car parked since a long period of time.
April 27, 2020.
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Mathieu, Margot, Thilo
Although they would like to be able to introduce 10-day-old Thilo to their respective families, the couple took advantage of the confinement to experience together the last moments of pregnancy and the first days of the newborn.
May 3, 2020
Although they would like to be able to introduce 10-day-old Thilo to their respective families, the couple took advantage of the confinement to experience together the last moments of pregnancy and the first days of the newborn.
May 3, 2020
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japanese cherry, (prunus serrulata).
April 8, 2020
April 8, 2020
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Camille, Madeleine, Martin, Aurel
Being able to work from home, Camille and Martin do not have any particular difficulties with the lockdown. However, Madeleine, 4 years old and Aurel, 5 and a half years old, are often asking for real holidays and weekends to go and see their grandparents by the sea.
April 17, 2020
Being able to work from home, Camille and Martin do not have any particular difficulties with the lockdown. However, Madeleine, 4 years old and Aurel, 5 and a half years old, are often asking for real holidays and weekends to go and see their grandparents by the sea.
April 17, 2020
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View over a typical housing estate building
May 3, 2020.
May 3, 2020.
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Eagle fern (pteridium aquilinum).
April 8, 2020
April 8, 2020
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Devil’s hair (clematis virginiana).
March 27, 2020
March 27, 2020
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Pierre
Very athletic, unconditional of martial arts and Asian culture, for Pierre the lockdown is also a personal challenge to refocus on himself.
April 3, 2020
Very athletic, unconditional of martial arts and Asian culture, for Pierre the lockdown is also a personal challenge to refocus on himself.
April 3, 2020
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Tree of heaven (ailanthus altissima)
April 4, 2020
April 4, 2020
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Cherry petals
April 13, 2020
Common Starling
April 8, 2020
April 13, 2020
Common Starling
April 8, 2020
On the Threshold of a Spring
Because it is the most densely populated of the Île-de-France region (Paris), the department of Seine-Saint-Denis is then very vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic.
It is there, in the town of Bagnolet that we have been in lockdown starting 17 March until May the 11th. As a couple and photographers, it is under this constraint that we decided to open our eyes to the district we have been living in for 3 years. Accustomed to exploring other territories, we challenge our photographic comfort zone. Instead of closing in on ourselves, we decide to photograph our neighbours, then to glean the signs of spring in full bloom throughout the neighbourhood.
Social distancing means that we never cross a doorstep. Each picture is made on the landings and from a distance. Our camera captures this suspended moment of our neighbours' threshold during this troubled time when the future challenges us all. Through these encounters we tell the personal story of our lockdown.
Jérémie and Louise
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Parce qu’il est le plus densément peuplé d'Île-de-France, le département de Seine-Saint-Denis est aussi très fragilisé par la pandémie du coronavirus, COVID-19.
C’est là, dans la ville de Bagnolet que nous sommes confinés depuis le 17 mars. En tant que couple de photographe, c’est sous cette contrainte que nous décidons d’ouvrir les yeux sur l’espace que nous habitons depuis 3 ans. Habitués à explorer d’autres territoires, nous bousculons notre zone de confort photographique. Au lieu de nous refermer sur nous-mêmes, nous décidons de photographier nos voisins et glaner à travers le quartier les signes du printemps en pleine éclosion.
Distanciation sociale et gestes barrières obligent, chaque photographie se fait sur les paliers et à distance. Notre appareil capte un peu de l'intimité de nos voisins dans cette période où le virus nous repousse dans les limites de nos espaces clos. À travers ces rencontres, nous racontons notre confinement.
Jérémie and Louise
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