Banlieues autour de Paris
La série documente plusieurs banlieues autour de Paris. A propos des banlieues on parle souvent d'une situation d'apartheid, on pointe vers la radicalisation islamique, le manque de laïcité, l'antisémitisme. Mais des tensions et des problèmes sont loin de raconter toute l'histoire de ces quartiers avec une population jeune et hétéroclite.
Suburbs aroud Paris
The serie documents several suburbs around Paris. Starting in 2013, I worked in these neighbourhoods, curious to find out if anything had changed since 2005 when riots had started in Clichy-sous-Bois, that spread to many suburbs In France and led to a consciousness what was wrong there and ambitious renovation programs.
After January 7, 2015, with the brutal murder of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and the attack on a Jewish supermarket, these suburbs came on the political agenda again, because most of the terrorists had grown up here. Politicians spoke of an ?apartheid?-situation, Islamic radicalisation and non-respect of ?religious neutrality? in public space. During the year 2015 I worked in mosques, synagogues, schools and a centre for Islamic de-radicalisation, who tries to counter the appeal to leave for Syria. But if tensions and problems are there, they are far from telling the whole story of the young neighbourhoods with a young and diverse population.