Durance

From the Alps to the Rhône, the Durance runs for 320 kilometers. Along its course—bridges, dams, hydroelectric stations, quarries, roads, and highways—everything speaks of industry and flow. Yet the river remains indifferent, hurling its chaos of water, trees, and stones, and beckoning us toward an extraordinary encounter with the absolute. Laurent Piquet treats these landscapes like a series of portraits: the river is no longer a subject, but a model—photographed not for what it is, but for what it conceals.

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