Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre are two photographers who collaborate and capture the erosion and deterioration of Detroit ... and many other places ... via their art. In fact their art reminds me of what I am trying to achieve via street art graffiti.
Their statement says it all : Ruins are the visible symbols and landmarks of our societies and their changes, small pieces of history in suspension. The state of ruin is essentially a temporary situation that happens at some point, the volatile result of change of era and the fall of empires. This fragility, the time elapsed but even so running fast, lead us to watch them one very last time : being dismayed, or admire, making us wondering about the permanence of things. Photography appeared to us as a modest way to keep a little bit of this ephemeral state.
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