As part of the 200 Years of Photography cycle, the French Institute’s reading group will shine a light on Vivian Maier (1926-2009) whose invisible life is explored in Une femme en contre-jour written by Gaëlle Josse. Vivian Maier was a French-American photographer whose works and talent were only discovered in an abandoned storage unit following her passing. As a children’s Nanny, she made her way through the streets of New York and Chicago capturing the underdogs of the American dream, with a touch of nostalgia for her sheltered childhood in the Alps. Gaëlle Josse writes the life of an erased woman whose loneliness, poverty, and estranged family secrets nonetheless portray a woman who continued to live life with her eyes wide open.
Language: in French
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Reading Group on Une femme en contre-jour by Gaëlle Josse
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As part of the 200 Years of Photography cycle, the French Institute’s reading group will shine a light on Vivian Maier (1926-2009) whose invisible life is explored in Une femme en contre-jour written by Gaëlle Josse. Vivian Maier was a French-American photographer whose works and talent were only discovered in an abandoned storage unit following her passing. As a children’s Nanny, she made her way through the streets of New York and Chicago capturing the underdogs of the American dream, with a touch of nostalgia for her sheltered childhood in the Alps. Gaëlle Josse writes the life of an erased woman whose loneliness, poverty, and estranged family secrets nonetheless portray a woman who continued to live life with her eyes wide open.
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