from “Prabérians” series

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from “Behind the smiles” series

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from “Behind the smiles” series

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from “Prabérians” series

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from “Prabérians” series

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THOMAS ROUSSET is a French photographer freshly graduated from ECAL (university of art and design in Lausanne). He likes to mix document and fiction: “Prabérians takes roots in a dialogue between my rural origins and my creative process as a photographer. These images came out of a fantasy; that of a fictive rural community, lost in space and time, evolving in a dream-like French countryside.

My photographs are not following a defined narration; every mise-en-scène rather tries to rebuild my memories of a rural world where the farmers’ routine is confronted with the most exotic archetypes of the peasant life.The real world is my inspiration. I make photographs with the inhabitants of my village and their animals and re-locate them in a floating reality that is timeless, unlikely and intriguing; a reality that is a blend of a raw normality and absurd exuberance.”

Oh, and don’t miss his website, it’s full of good projects!