Publisher's Description
In the Face of Silence is a powerful and moving portrait of the hard lives
of French farmers living and working in the Forez region of France. Born
and brought up in the area, photographer Christophe Agou travelled to the
less-known parts of the region, where he felt inspired by the silence and
moved by the people he encountered. Over time, and through the gradual
process of building trust and friendship, the farmers and their families
accepted him and allowed him to both photograph and film their daily
existence. The challenge was to go beyond just documenting their labor-intensive
lives and present a deeper, more intimate portrait. The resultant
work is a meditation on life and death as well as on the silence and
solitude that are ever present in our lives.
Christophe Agou is noted for his personal documentary-style in both
black-and-white and colour photography. His intimate images both haunt
and intrigue – and create an intensely rich, layered, visual language.
Read Adam Bell’s review of
In the Face of Silence in photo-eye Magazine.
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