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"I arrived there randomly one evening, following the sinuous curves of the North Ridge Road, a muddy and beaten-up ridge track, that connects the farms of West-Burke and Sutton to one another. I never had the impression of crossing a border.
It is only in the wee hours of the morning that I made the discovery : seated at a diner counter, a waitress bringing me a mug of coffee offered me a : « Welcome to the North East Kingdom of Vermont ». I was in the very middle of a Kingdom!
Intrigued by the idea that in the heart of the Federation of the United States of America I had - unwillingly - trespassed into royal territory, I decided to undertake the journey that would take me to its limits, from the southern banks of Lake Memphremagog to the slopes of the Green Mountains,looking forward to meeting the sentries and subjects of the Kingdom. I came across of the desolation of derelict houses, as if swept away by time, abandoned by their owners, victims of industrial decline. I came across young utopian farmers who came here in search of experimenting an alternative lifestyle applying degrowth, refusing mechanization, whispering in the ears of oxen and horses in an unknown language. I cam across bear hunters armed with bows and arrows, taxidermists in wolf fur pelts, the princess of the slaughterhouse, an old explorator who came back from the Tanzanian savannah and the woman with the log. I went from one farm to the other, one opening the doors to the next.
And, transforming little by little my journey between the lake and the hills into a royal quest, to everyone I asked the same
question : « But where is the King? » "*
question : « But where is the King? » "*
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Publisher : Editions 77
2017
96 pages
40 pictures
170*240 mm
pictures by Stéphane Lavoué
Text by Judith Perrignon
graphic design by l’atelier 25
french & english
munken lynx 170 gr & woodstock grigio 110 gr
embossed hard cover
2017
96 pages
40 pictures
170*240 mm
pictures by Stéphane Lavoué
Text by Judith Perrignon
graphic design by l’atelier 25
french & english
munken lynx 170 gr & woodstock grigio 110 gr
embossed hard cover
about Stéphane Lavoué
Born in Mulhouse in 1976 to a father who was a military doctor, he grew up according to his father's assignments. He graduated from the École supérieure du bois in 1998. He went to live in the Amazon for two years, in charge of purchasing for a large industrial group. During this stay in Brazil, he discovered a report by Sebastião Salgado on workers in the Serra Pelada gold mines.
Back in France, he decided to become a photographer after a year of training at the Iris Center for Photography.
He worked for the press, first at Libération as a reporter, then from 2001, he specialized as a renowned portraitist for French newspapers (Le Monde, Le Figaro, L'Équipe, etc.) and foreign newspapers (New York Times, The Times).
In 2015, he embarked on more personal projects with the exhibition “The Northeast Kingdom” and a commission from the Morbihan General Council “Feeding the Planet” exhibited at the La Gacilly festival.
In 2018, he won the Niépce Prize.
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Publisher : Editions 77
2017
96 pages
40 pictures
170*240 mm
pictures by Stéphane Lavoué
Text by Judith Perrignon
graphic design by l’atelier 25
french & english
munken lynx 170 gr & woodstock grigio 110 gr
embossed hard cover
1st edition
2017
96 pages
40 pictures
170*240 mm
pictures by Stéphane Lavoué
Text by Judith Perrignon
graphic design by l’atelier 25
french & english
munken lynx 170 gr & woodstock grigio 110 gr
embossed hard cover
1st edition