The Dance of the 5 Roses. "This photo is part of a work in progress called "The Roaring 20th," where I document the life in my neighborhood, the 20th Arrondissement of Paris. The story of these 5 ladies, who all wear the same pink dress with black polka dots, will remain a mystery. This image was captured on the fly through the dirty window of a bus as I was lost in thought. I am very fond of this photo because it was made instinctively—my eye was attracted by the color." © Cyril Abad, Studio Hans Lucas
"A friend told me that, for him, to photograph his lover was like an omen of farewell. She takes hold of her camera [and] photographs my face, but she is not satisfied. She asks me to take off my T-shirt. As I remove it, my face get stuck inside and she begs me to stop moving. That was precisely the image she was trying to make. In this photograph, both beautiful and disquieting, my face is masked, buried in the white T-shirt. Through the fabric, the contours of my face are visible, but [I look] strange: halfway between a ghost and a stuffed monkey, [a figure] without identity." Text by Amaury da Cunha, excerpt from "Histoire Souterraine," a novel that will be published in March 2017. © Lucile Boiron, Studio Hans Lucas
"In my current project, "The Real Edges," I attempt to identify the features of Bosnian territory. To do this, I forced myself to do what I never do: vertical photographs. While I learned to enjoy it, my natural tendency to see things horizontally led me to produce a couple of images as diptychs. This created micro-narratives—playful and poetic compositions that act against the captions and the historical context that binds them." © Adrien Selbert, Studio Hans Lucas
"One Sunday morning after a night's sleep and breakfast cartoons with my son, I went to Péripate, a squat that proposes 'afters.' I met some friends there who had not slept since Friday night. I danced with them, and the atmosphere was sweet." © Charlotte Gonzalez, Studio Hans Lucas
Origin. "Origin is a photograph from the series 'Evanescent Blooms.' The dead tree is reborn in me and takes root. With modesty and poetry, I hope, I try and describe the different stages of fertility. To avoid too simplistic a narrative, I imagine my feelings in the form of anecdotes and metaphors, comparing the moments of my pregnancy to the different stages of the ripening of a fruit. I use the vegetal world as inspiration." © Amelie Chassary, Studio Hans Lucas
Where's the Porsche? "A Porsche 911 burns in front of the Loire Atlantique prefecture during a protest march against the new labor law in April 2016. These events followed the French government's proposal of the 'El Khomri law.' This improbable scene took place in the center of Nantes—the fiery Porsche was used by multiple publications, and the hashtag #iamporsche became the buzzword." © Jeremie Lusseau, Studio Hans Lucas
"The Atlantic Wall project concerns the Breton territory. It offers a visual dialogue between two phenomena: the heavy and permanent remains of the Atlantic Wall [built by Nazi Germany], and the 'free parties' (clandestinely organized by techno music fans) that spontaneously appear around the countryside and on the coast—and that disappear just as quickly." © Julie Hascoet, Studio Hans Lucas
The Party is Over. Le Bugue, Dordogne. Summer Camp 2016. The party is over: only Abdoubrahim remains in the vapors of the smoke machine. © Sarah Bouillaud, Studio Hans Lucas
"Hawzen, 18, comes from Erbil, in Iraqi Kurdistan. Two days prior, Hungary finished erecting its barbed wire wall. The last refugees to reach the Hungarian territory are sent over to the Austrian border where they continue their journey to Germany. The border post in Szentgotthárd (St. Gotthard) stands precisely where the Austro-Hungarian army won a decisive victory over the Ottoman Empire. Hawzen does not care for history, though. His comrades tell us of abuse suffered at the hands of the Bulgarian and Hungarian police: beatings, burns, humiliations and extortion. Hawzen no longer thinks of those. His dreams take him further away, beyond the cold night of the border, to the concerts he will give in Sweden, to visions of success and women. I ask him to pose along the invisible line of time. He sings." © Michel Slomka, Studio Hans Lucas
Untitled. © Marie Leroux, Studio Hans Lucas
Untitled. © Clara Chichin, Studio Hans Lucas
Untitled. © Erwan Morère, Studio Hans Lucas
