Photographer: G\u00e9lise, Laurent
\nPublication: Li\u00e8ge, In Cit\u00e9 Mondi; Bressoux, NNstudio, 2016
\nPhysical description: 1 vol. (np.): colour ill., colour ill. cover; 17 cm
\nISBN: 978-2-9601245-1-4
\nLegal deposit: September 2016
\nTexts: De Clerck, Alain \u2013 Hanique, Julie (SPACE Collection) \u2013 Monaco, Marc
\nPrinter: SNEL, Vottem (Belgium), 2016
\nPrint run: 300 copies on 250 gsm Jura paper and 170 gsm Magno Couch\u00e9 paper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Laurent G\u00e9lise spent a year carrying out a reporting project on the premises of and amongst the staff at the CPAS on Place Saint-Jacques in Li\u00e8ge. Moving from office to office, he photographed the everyday presence, the bodies, the surroundings and the moments of respite of those who work there. This unusual approach to addressing issues of social welfare allows him to avoid any sensationalism or melodrama, without, however, sidestepping the heart of the matter. Through the portraits of these focused individuals, through the images of their cluttered desks, their files piled high or scattered about, the family photos placed beside the screen, the windows and the potted plants, the project explores the humanity\u2014both present and absent\u2014within these institutions that are fundamental to the survival of society. It also highlights bureaucracy as a system that overrides individuals, and the invisible neoliberalism that devours the financial and human resources of these \u2018last-chance\u2019 places. Above all \u2013 one hopes \u2013 it is a patient and dedicated human resistance, striving to achieve justice beyond the rhetoric of austerity and sweeping judgements, which, on a case-by-case basis, attempts to salvage what it can.<\/p>\n
This book, numbered and signed, serves as a record of this reportage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1957,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[46],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1971","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books-artists-author-account","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n