At a time when workers face physical and psychological suffering, fear of the hierarchy and feelings of injustice, when the multinational companies, forced to make short-term gains, prove their inability to maintain sustainable economic development, worker cooperatives offer a solution.
I attempted in these forty photographs to show the diversity and richness of worker cooperatives. From the filmmaker to the engineer, from the accountant to the developer, from the designer to the dressmaker, I wanted to show every aspect of these working environments in which ideas surrounding responsibility, hierarchy and authority are reconsidered and reinvented on a daily basis.
Jean-Robert Dantou was born in Paris in 1980. He studied both photography and sociology, and has worked for several years on the social and political issues related to memory and immigration. After working with the Agence VU in 2007, Dantou is today a part of the cooperative Picturetank.
Read the full article on the French version of Le Journal.
Book
Ceux qui aiment les lundis
Photographs by Jean-Robert Dantou
Editions Chene
26 x 26 cm
ISBN : 2812307382
EAN : 978-2812307386
Exhibition
Ceux qui aiment les lundis
Photographs by Jean-Robert Dantou
Until Paril 15th, 2013
Fnac Montparnasse
136 Rue de Rennes
75006 Paris
France
Monday – Saturday 7am – 8.30pm
