The series Gisants by Pierre Faure (already published in L’Oeil de la Photographie this last august) were selected by Eric Karsenty (Editor in Chief of Fisheye Magazine) during portfolio review at the Gaite Lyrique on the 15 and 16 November 2014.
The number of homeless has increased by 50% since 2001, reaching a total of 141,500 people, including 30,000 children early 2012 INSEE, 2013. The population explosion reflects the impact of the economic crisis coupled with soaring prices real estate in the 2000s.