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FRANCE


2006

Les trois sœurs, 2007

France
Gouache and pencil on paper (detail)

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FRANCE
2006

Paris-Arles

"I’d put off Europe, voyage after voyage, until the last one. And suddenly, my curiosity awakened."

Abstracts

"(…) Aren’t Roms the European people par excellence? They are found in all of our countries and suffer the same type of repression everywhere. In France, Lucia, Jeanne and Esméralda introduced me to Roms, Sinte, Kale, of every origin, on the outskirts of Paris. I could just as easily have stayed put in my studio’s neighborhood in the north of Paris: a spot where practically all of the peoples that I’ve come across throughout the world are represented.

(…) I first met Lucia, Jeanne and Esméralda through the associations they’ve set up, which work in synergy to defend the rights of Roms: Lucia, La Voix des Rroms; Jeanne, AVER-Centre Rrom Contre le Racisme; Esméralda, Samudaripen. Esméralda was 100 % in favor of a portrait: it’s crucial to get the cause talked about... Jeanne, a distinguished linguist who welcomed us into her small apartment in the Marais district, devotes her life to the history of her people."

Extract from Zoé Zoé, Femmes du mondes, 2007, Éditions Gallimard

Works

FRANCE 645
Les roulottes d'Arles, 2006

France
C-Print
131 x 165 cm

FRANCE 1355
Esmeralda, 2006

France
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm

FRANCE 643
Les gitanes, 2006

France
Gouache and pencil on paper
46 x 74 cm

FRANCE 1536
La Vierge noire, 2006

France
Silver print
50 x 40 cm

FRANCE 641
Lucia, 2006

France
Gouache on paper
46 x 37 cm

FRANCE 1542
Sorbonne, 2006

France
Middle format Contax 645
50 x 40 cm

FRANCE 1540
Sinté, Kalé, Romani, 2006

France
Gouache enhanced silver print
40 x 30 cm

Maps

FRANCE 647
Map of Roms, 2007

Gouache on paper, 80 x 120 cm

Making-of

Illustration Making Of
Portrait of Lucía, 2006

France
© Claire Duguet

Illustration Making Of
Portrait of Esmeralda, 2006

© Claire Duguet

Film by Claire Duguet

Books

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