Artist and Atelier in Belleville

admin — Mon, 31 May 2010 16:23:40 +0000

BellevilleZoophile
” …Belleville which in English translates to “beautiful town ” , is a neighborhood in the 19th and 20th arrondissement in Paris . Originally this was an independent municipality until 1860. This area has always been very working class full of small family owned factories , few of those original factories exist today. This area is a wonder for your eyes , while walking down the narrow streets now filled with the melting pot communities , Algerians, Tunisian Jews and a big Asian population I feel as though I have been in four different countries all in one day. Belleville has also in the last decade become the home of many artists , who took advantage of the abandoned factories and turned them into workshops .On a sunny day in May I wondered into vast artist haven , pushing big wood doors to discover a little paradise and visit a small selection of the artists who have set up house in Belleville. There are more than 400 artists who work here, artists ateliers can vary from small studios to 300 square meter artist squats…”
text by Natasha Black
Below some of the artists visited
Sophie Dupey,
Peinture
Ismail Yildirim,
Peinture- Sculture
Cedric Galopin, peinture.
“Bernard Cousin, gravure.”
“Babou, graffiti art.”
“La Forge de Belleville.”

Squatting in Paris

admin — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:02:19 +0000

Ongoing article on the Paris based association “Jeudi Noir”, a group aiming to put housing issues on the political agenda. The article is focusing on an uninhabited space of 30 years, located on place des Vosges in Paris. “Jeudi Noir” took control of the hotel particulier in november. This space is now providing a roof to over 32 people, both students and professionals.
I will be going back to complete the story early next week. Meanwhile a few portraits of the occupants, taken yesterday in Paris.

Photographe, Corporate, Portrait, Reportage, annual report, Sport, institutionnel, rapport annuel, photography from Paris France by Olivier Lalin, Photographer » artist

Artist and Atelier in Belleville

Squatting in Paris