Residency

For decades, people with disabilities have lived outside the city and have been represented as a body, an object of care, before being considered as people in their own right. The project carried out by the association APF France handicap Occitanie and the Boutographies aims to raise awareness of disability and to get out of the traditional representations through the author's photography.

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Nanda Gonzague proposes to document the daily life of Simon, a young man of 25 living near Narbonne. He has no use of his lower limbs as a result of Cerebral Palsy, which causes high blood pressure in his muscles. Simon can't get around without his wheelchair or walker, but he shows great determination, courage and resilience in his daily life. With the help of his family and carers, Simon goes through his young life with all the constraints of a motor disability, but at the same time, he invites us to follow him onto the playing fields where he seems to transcend his infirmity. Sport, voluntary work, friendships and family relationships make him a young disabled person "who feels upright when able-bodied people are sometimes on their knees". 

Bio

Nanda Gonzague studied at the Centre d'Image Nicéphore Nièpce in Montpellier, before a decisive internship at the Rapho agency, with whom he worked for three years, gave him the opportunity to discover the world of press agencies through contact with Mark Grosset, Francine Deroudille, Chantal Soler and others. In 2002, he co-founded Collectif Transit, with whom he worked closely for 13 years.

FRIDAY 8 MARCH - 18:30

1st public meeting with the photographer

Making contact and first images

Le Mur rouge - Espace Photographique
Access rue Charancy
34000 Montpellier, France

THURSDAY 4 APRIL - 18:30

2nd public meeting with the photographer

Reflection on the layout of the exhibition

Le Mur rouge - Espace Photographique
Access rue Charancy
34000 Montpellier, France