DATE
Sep 02 2019
ENTRANCE FEE
Free
LOCATION
Alliance Ethio-Française
Opening of "Nuit", a photo exhibition by Jeff Le
Cardiet
Event Opens
Sep 2, 2019 6:00PM
Event Closes
Feb 22, 2020 8:00PM
"It is 8pm in Addis Ababa on Saturday May 27th 2017,
night has fallen and the rainy season has arrived earlier than usual. Tonight I
am venturing alone into the neighbourhood of Siddist Kilo, looking for everyday
scenes to add to this project. The alleys are dark and the ageing power grid
brings light only in places. Small workshops here and there stand out like
beacons, oasis of light in the gloom."
Jeff Le Cardiet is a French photographer who's become
passionate about Addis Ababa's little shops, marking the city's darkness with
wholes of light and hope.
This photographic approach aims to be both documentary and
artistic. In approaching a little over fifty shops, it allowed us to connect with
many local people, thereby revealing a snapshot of their existence. Not unlike
the works of Eugène Atget, who methodically photodocumented the streets and
businesses of Paris from the end of the 19th century.
Free entrance.
Runs until Sept 13th
Hosted by
Alliance Ethio-francaise
The Alliance Ethio-Française of Addis-Ababa is a non-profit
organization fostering cultural and linguistic exchanges between France and
Ethiopia since 1907. Its main mission is teaching French language and promoting
arts and culture.
