September 2, 2016
Paris One Forty: Week Seven
The other Paris: on a sidewalk, a woman sits and plays the same note over and over and over. Shades of Philip Glass. pic.twitter.com/mpaESrgMsp
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) September 30, 2014
The other Paris: the Roma live and beg on the streets here. One family lives in a phonebooth — this woman on a bench. pic.twitter.com/VXri74HQly
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 1, 2014
The other Paris: in a makeshift shantytown near Bastille, baguettes are deposited daily, despite the misspelled sign. pic.twitter.com/j3nrISzHZ0
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 2, 2014
The other Paris: an elderly woman in tattered clothing sits on slices of cardboard — as though to protect her attire. pic.twitter.com/oGimlRw1e3
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 3, 2014
The other Paris: an elderly man sits on the ground eating scraps from the market. Most ignore him. But some feed him. pic.twitter.com/nmtdEr2rAy
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 4, 2014
Every metro station in Paris is different. And here, billboard-free, a spotty wall recalls the work of Aaron Siskind. pic.twitter.com/2HwC11sYvS
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 5, 2014
Julien Aurouze’s extermination shop near Les Halles is a spectacle of taxidermy. It’s also featured in a Disney film. pic.twitter.com/w8A9ogEbd4
— Jessica Helfand (@ParisOneForty) October 6, 2014
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By Jessica Helfand
Jessica Helfand is an artist and writer based in New England. A former critic at Yale School of Art and one of the founding editors of Design Observer, she is the author of several books on visual culture including Self Reliance, Design: The Invention of Desire, and Face: A Visual Odyssey. jessicahelfand.com
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