Axel Dupeux speaks of the “geography of faces.” They walk down the street, and he’s there waiting for them. You might think he’d be hiding between two cars to take their picture on the sly, but he prefers to stay out in the open. They stop, and a *click* or two later they go.
This is all happening in Bushwick, an industrial neighborhood in Brooklyn that’s became a refuge for New York artists. The poorest, those who share lofts with ten roommates, take the subway to eat in neighboring Williamsburg, the new center of New York hip. “When I arrived in 2005, I felt very attached to Bushwick,” he explains. “I saw extraordinary faces everywhere I went. It’s so complicated to make an appointment, make people come to a studio, so in 2009 I just set up on the street.”
Read the full text of Jonas Cuénin’s article on the French version of Le Journal.
Bushwick, portrait series by Axel Dupeux
Currently in search of an exhibition space.
You can reach Axel Dupeux at: [email protected]
