City of Lights
In January 2015, several terrorist attacks were conducted in Paris. They were targeted against France as a whole, but aimed at journalists, the police and the Jewish community in particular.
These images were created as a reaction to such sombre days, as a way to oppose to blind ignorance and violence the symbol that Paris was and still is the City of Lights. A city that since it was created represents and allows for the development of sciences, the arts and culture, which are the weapons that one fights zealots, barbarians and ignorants.
A city that endures, a city that grows from its rich history, a city that resists. Paris’ motto is fluctuat nec mergitur after all: “tossed but not sunk”.
Read MoreThese images were created as a reaction to such sombre days, as a way to oppose to blind ignorance and violence the symbol that Paris was and still is the City of Lights. A city that since it was created represents and allows for the development of sciences, the arts and culture, which are the weapons that one fights zealots, barbarians and ignorants.
A city that endures, a city that grows from its rich history, a city that resists. Paris’ motto is fluctuat nec mergitur after all: “tossed but not sunk”.
Pont des Arts & Institut de France.
Paris, France 2015.
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