In Beauvais, travel is easy. The city’s airport serves many European cities. Every year, the photography collective Diaphane sends photographers to discover the city of their choice, challenging them to return with a dozen images in four days.
Thierry Girard flew to Lithuania. “II have always been drawn toward this part of Europe, which lived for so many decades under Soviet rule,” says Giard. “But I had never even set foot in a Baltic state. By choosing to go to Kaunas, I wanted to see how much remained of the Soviet influence, and how Westernization had affected not only the urban landscape, but also the attitude and appearances of people.”
Thierry Giard was born in Nantes in 1951. He first became known for his landscape work.
Xavier Lambours chose Portugal. “I like the edges of the world, and Faro in the Algarve is a place very conducive to photography. You ask yourself in light of the housing crisis if all these newly built cities around Faro will not soon become ghost towns. Some areas remain almost entirely intact, hard to find, and magical…”
Xavier Lambours was born in Paris in 1955. He is above all a portrait artist and his work is decidedly eclectic. He contributes to the photography collective Signatures.
Destinations Europe
September 8 – November 4, 2012
Beauvais-Tille Airport
Du 8 septembre au 4 novembre 2012
Aéroport de Beauvais-Tille
60000 Beauvais
France
Kaunas,Thierry Girard
September 5 – October 14, 2012
Kaunas House of Artists
V.Putvinskio str. 56,
Kaunas
Lithuania
