Published by Actes Sud. Edited with text by Leïla Slimani, Christophe Granger.
Using his highly personal yet objective documentary method, Stéphan Gladieu (born 1969) photographs French holidaymakers at beaches across the country. While each is taken from the same distance, Gladieu's portraits nonetheless allow individual personalities and group dynamics to shine through.
Dressed in masks and costumes made from garbage, a generation of Congolese street children and artists draw their inspiration from ancestral clothing arts to stand against the ecological disaster their country suffers. French photographer Stéphan Gladieu (born 1969) captures the movement in his portraiture.
Stéphan Gladieu: Homo Détritus