Rue Gaston Monmousseau, the Minguettes, Vénissieux, close to Lyon. It’s a very atypical landscape that unfolds before the visitor’s eyes. On the tower block to the right, bordering the road, giant black and white photographs are mounted in groups of four or five, each group surrounding a window or weaving on the wall. A name written black on white is with each series.
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