Staged demolitions of grand townhouses fill the photomontages of Nantes-based Alban Lécuyer’s ‘Downtown Corrida’. The imaginary implosions ignite a dialogue on urban time, positioning historic establishments to appear just as precarious as the high-rise housing projects of the suburbs. Read here.
Depuis 1984 et la commande de la DATAR (Délégation à l’Aménagement du Territoire et à l’Action régionale), nombre d’institutions ou associations ont demandé aux photographes de représenter le paysage français. Voici quarante ans d’interrogations visuelles sur les changements de la France.
The series Downtown Corrida by French photographer Alban Lecuyer is a visual narrative on how cities change as time go by. Through photomontages, Lecuyer shows images of Hausmannian-style buildings in the process of being demolished, stitching them against a background of modern high-rises and curious