Les Grands Ensembles

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[Photos © Laurent Kronental]

It's noticeable that the photographer's chosen only elderly white subjects for his portraits here. I suppose he's not making any claims that this is an accurate presentation of what life's like in these estates – which would in fact, as viewers of Spiral will know, have plenty of North African immigrants. The pictures were taken early in the morning, when the normal ebb and flow of life isn't evident, and the photographer is after that particular feeling of melancholy, and the alienation of this older generation. Well, fair enough. It's his vision…