PORTRAITS WITH A LEICA
20, May 2013
Date | 14, May 2013 to 01, Jun 2013 |
Time | |
Place | Passageway of the Alliance française Bangkok |
Location Guide | Sathorn Tai, Bangkok |
Admission | Free |
Details | http://www.afthailande.org/ chalanthorn.kidthang@alliance-francaise.or.th www.emmanuelbenoit.fr (66) 2-670 42 31 |
Masked faces, a Leica camera slung over the shoulder, looking straight at the lens: Who are those anonymous persons photographed by Emmanuel Benoit?“When I arrived in Bangkok, some construction workers with naked ambition written on their faces caught my eye. I asked them to pose wearing the masks they use as protection against the sun or dust, in front of the piece of white cloth that isolates them from their work environment. But it is the Leica camera slung over their shoulders that induces confusion as to the identity of these people. Are they journalists, science photographers or revolutionaries?”