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Plaies Éternelles.

Le plus vieux cimetière de la ville de Reims est un havre de beauté désuète et abandonnée. Je m’y promenais souvent entre 2 cours étant ado. 20 ans plus tard, je le revisite et m’intéresse aux représentations répétitives de Jésus sur chaque tombe, comme un talisman toujours couché pour l’éternité, protégeant chaque caveau.

One idle afternoon, I found myself wandering through the oldest cemetery in Reims. I had already been many times, I had taken all the decent pictures, explored it all I thought. Whilst walking through the tombs and trees, I remembered spending time there with a classmate as our high school was situated nearby. I recalled looking at the funeral art and marvelling at some of the sculptures whilst trying not to be spooked by the gothic allure of our afternoon, and I liked to think that we seemed to appreciate its intrinsic beauty despite our youth.

Presently, thinking I had already exploited it all as best as can be, I decided to change my approach and I then got closer, much closer to the ubiquitous crosses and decorations. The walk became a study of the many representations of Jesus Christ sculptures. A meditation on passing time, pain, grief and eternity through repetition.

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