Architecture
Claire Chevrier / Arlette Farge
This book is the result of a collaboration between photographer Claire Chevrier and historian Arlette Farge. The two perspectives intertwine and respond to each other throughout the book.
Claire Chevrier traveled throughout Essonne to decipher the urban landscapes and landscaping recognized in the 1960s as the most avant-garde: the towns of Athis-Mons, Évry, Grigny, Morangis, Paray, the Saclay Plateau, Ris-Orangis, and Vigneux. What remains of this architectural utopia? Take, for example, the Grande Borne in Grigny, created at the time to provide “more humane” social housing, which four decades later has become an area known as a “sensitive zone,” home to the most disadvantaged populations.
Arlette Farge follows in her footsteps, tracing Claire Chevrier’s photographic journey, pausing at this or that photograph, enriching the work with her reflections through touches of writing.
Cheminement, 12 x 17 cm, 176 pages, softcover, 150 color reproductions, softcover.
By the same author: Il fait jour
Graphic design: L’atelier d’édition
Sur cette photo aux arêtes perpendiculaires,
posées là, de pied ferme, je ne vois personne.
Alors j’ai décidé d’attendre.
