How much can you carry ?

  • How much can you carry ?
  • How much can you carry ?
  • How much can you carry ?
  • How much can you carry ?
  • How much can you carry ?
  • How much can you carry ?
  • How much can you carry ?

How much can you carry ?

The series How much can you carry ? was born from the fascination of Floriane Tired of queues for walkers carrying loads as diverse as large along the African roads. This series is gradually extended to four continents, ten countries represented today ( Rwanda , Ethiopia, Nepal , Japan, Indonesia , Bolivia, Brazil … ) in a sixty photographs .Through photographs frontal framing, economy extreme way the artist portrays the holders of the 4 corners of the world.
To each it proposes to take the stage with what he holds most dear , and in small communities , it is especially essential commodities ( grain bags for the farmer who has to exchange his crop to nearest straw bales, empty bottles will be sold ) town or needed for daily life objects.
Away from any misery , it is with curiosity , fun and often pride models took the pose, happy to take the stage , proud to highlight what may in many cases be similar to their only means of survival . In a second step , Floriane wanted to mention other less explicit weight as the weight of tradition , the social weight or family weight.
Released
29/05/2014
Collection
Hors Collection
Format
210 x 290
Anglais/Français
Relié couverture cartonnée et toilée
60 photos colors
96 pages
ISBN : 978-2-35046-314-8
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How much can you carry ?

Tired of Floriane, born in 1977, graduated from the International Center of Photography (NYC). In 2005 she began work on urban loneliness (“Inside Views 2004-2011” series monograph published in 2008 by Nazraeli Press) and the large-scale consumption (Series Abandoned, 2004″, series Supermarkets 2005″).
Sibylle d’Orgeval journalist seas. At 35, the young woman is not his first adventure. Resolutely turned towards the other, his ocean blue eyes peered many landscapes around the world. There ten years, she directed her first documentary in a round the world by bicycle. She then co-directed the project Yann Arthus Bertrand "6 billion others" for 5 years collecting the testimonies of men and women on five continents.