In République, Bérangère Fromont chooses the Parisian square as the setting in order to focus on those who pass through it, inhabit it, and shape it. Through these black-and-white faces and bodies, and in a sequence where images and details echo and respond to one another, the French photographer gradually builds, from the individual to the collective, the portrait of a generation. Without pathos or judgment, yet with a deeply committed and respectful approach, Bérangère Fromont’s photographs remind us that the body is political, and that the very act of occupying a space can become a form of expression.
