En décembre 2018, à l'invitation du CNRS et de l'ambassade de France au Niger, je me suis rendue à Zinder afin de réaliser une résidence d'artiste.
En 2018 le CNRS réunis et présente à Zinder une série de photographies d'archives prises dans cette ville vers 1900.
C'est en me basant sur ces images anciennes que j'ai parcouru la ville, cherchant à confronter les lieux et les scènes présents sur ces photographies au Zinder d'aujourd'hui.
Ce projet a bénéficié du soutien de l'Ambassade de France au Niger, de la BNF et du CNRS.
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