Tag: Free portrait
Rakajoo, between brushes and uppercuts
Baye-Dam Cissé, better known under the pseudonym Rakajoo, alternates between punches and brushstrokes. While he has just closed his first personal exhibition at the Palais de Tokyo, this self-taught half-boxer,…
Mariangel Vargas, exiled, chess prodigy
At the age of 12, Mariangel Vargas dreamed of becoming an “international grandmaster” of chess. This Colombian, who fled her country with her family, has already won a few tournaments,…
[DIMANCHE 24 MARS] Mariangel Vargas, exiled, chess prodigy
At the age of 12, Mariangel Vargas dreamed of becoming an “international grandmaster” of chess. This Colombian, who fled her country with her family, has already won a few tournaments,…
Jean-Pierre Motte, public utility social entrepreneur
Born in Vietnam, he had to leave his country at the age of five, after the capture of Saigon (today Ho Chi Minh City). He grew up in the north…
Haïm Bendao, a peacemaker rabbi in the northern districts of Marseille
Rabbi for 27 years at the Ohel Yaacov synagogue, Haïm Bendao advocates peace in the northern districts of Marseille. A long-term commitment in schools, mosques and churches for an ideal…
Jenny Huan, sports coach serving Taiwanese identity
Faced with an increasingly threatening China towards Taiwan, Jenny Huan has made preparing her fellow citizens for armed conflict the fight of her life. Beyond survival in a war zone,…
Fethi Sahraoui, telling Algeria in pictures
Fethi Sahraoui, Algerian photographer, has been immortalizing his native country since he was twenty. Through his images of resolute Algerian youth thirsting for freedom, the thirty-year-old shares his own reality.…
Thierno A. Balde, writing to overcome the trauma of exile
From Guinea to Strasbourg, Thierno A. Balde spent nearly ten years on the traumatic road to exile. After having suffered violence, slavery, prison and close to death during a shipwreck…
Valentina Toro, power in difference
At 31, she already has ten years of career. Valentina Toro started illustrating out of passion, defying her disability. His nine children’s books are sold in several Latin American countries.…
Elisabeth Brainos, the art of keeping faith in life
Elisabeth Brainos has a very original life story. A mixture of cultures, a life story and a vision of the world which are at the heart of his work. “…