For the fifth edition of the Carte Blanche PMU, two photographers, Léa Habourdin and Thibault Brunet, decided to spend two months immersed in the world of gambling in PMU betting offices and bars in the Pas-de-Calais region of France. Their project is ongoing. L’Oeil de la Photographie spoke with them last Friday as they prepared for their exhibition at Le BAL in Paris. The atmosphere was full of pressure and anticipation.
La Carte Blanche as a creative laboratory
For this year’s call for submissions to the Carte Blanche PMU, Léa Habourdin and Thibault Brunet sent in a project entitled Ecran (“Screen”). The idea was to make a fictional and subjective documentary by spending time at PMU betting office bars and meeting with their regulars.
