Does poverty still exist if we don’t show it?
With the photographer Eric Prinvault and the the activity leader Anzimou, the children from the Centre Social et Familial of Saint-Gabriel in Marseille took up their disposable cameras to respond to this question.
They thought about what characterizes poverty and how to capture it on film: the people, the situations, the places that are part of their daily lives.
The man in the wooden shack, the kids hanging out in the street, the run-down buildings…
“Is it alright to photograph this?” a young girl asks.
“If we don’t show people what we think is unjust, who is going to know that it exists?” the photographer responds.
The images from this report prove that social photography has a bright futur.
Laurent Urfer, Convergence
Biography
Born in 1962 in Paris, Eric Prinvault was introduced to photography by his father. In the tradition of humanist photographers, he turns his camera on the world to bear witness to the times we live in.
Les p’tits yeux des quartiers Nord – Eric Prinvault
September 3 – October 12, 2012
38 photographs in the window outside the Secours Populaire
13 rue Froissart
75003 Paris – France
Ouvert du lundi au vendredi de 9h à 17h
