Christophe Agou. Face au Silence (In The Face of Silence).

Christophe Agou (born 1969, Montbrison, France) is a French documentary photographer currently living in New York City. 

Face au Silence / In The Face of Silence

In the winter of 2002, Christophe Agou began documenting the lives of French family farmers living and working in the Forez region, which lies on the eastern side of the Massif Central. This is the region where he was born and lived until the age of 16, a region for which he still has a deep affection. Christophe traveled to the lesser-known parts of the region, where he felt inspired by the silence and moved by the authenticity and charisma of the people he encountered. Over time, and through the gradual process of building trust and friendship, the farmers and their families accepted him and allowed him to both photograph and film their daily existence. The work goes beyond just documenting their labor-intensive lives and present a deeper, more intimate portrait. For Christophe Agou, Face au Silence is a meditation on life and death as well as the silence and solitude that are ever-present in our lives.
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