Is it safe

Is it Safe? interrogates ideas about race, perceived safety, and urban landscapes. Marseille, France has a reputation of danger and disorder, in large part due to its Black and Brown population. It is rarely seen as the “real France” and is tersely dismissed both as a vacation destination, and as a tenable choice for those relocating to France. The book juxtaposes my photography of Marseille’s streets against the anxious discourse of travelers seeking information from online forums, which coheres around a single paranoid fear: “Is Marseille dangerous?”