Since 2010 Thomas Boivin has been making beautiful, contemplative black and
white photographs of his Parisian neighborhood and the people who live there.
Belleville is a place that is both emblematic of the popular notions of Paris
and constantly changing. Set in the eastern part of Paris, it is a multicultural
area of the city that attracts artists and those new to France. “I started to
photograph its streets and people as soon as I moved there, and kept
photography for years. Photographing people, above all, was what I found
meaningful. Although the photographs hardly depict the city, I find they convey
the sensation that I had, walking the streets of Belleville: A mixture of beauty
and decay, of joyful moments and sadness, the warm feeling of light and the
bitter sweet sensation that one can experience walking around all day, searching
for a stranger's eyes..” - Thomas Boivin Belleville is released to consider with
an exhibition at A Foundation.
