• The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    4603
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet
    14/07/2014
    4603
    14/07/2014
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet

     

  • The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    4602
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet
    14/07/2014
    4602
    14/07/2014
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet

     

  • The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    4601
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet
    14/07/2014
    4601
    14/07/2014
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet

     

  • The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    4600
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet
    14/07/2014
    4600
    14/07/2014
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet

     

  • The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    4599
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet
    14/07/2014
    4599
    14/07/2014
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet

     

  • The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    4598
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet
    14/07/2014
    4598
    14/07/2014
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris - 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Gustave
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet

     

  • The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    4593
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Emile & Gustave
    Emile (61), originally from Belgium, has been homeless since 2002. He started work at the age of 14, as a postman, and at 16 became a builder's laborer. He got married at the age of 18. Emile does not receive any income support; he survives by begging. He paid for his own four-person tent which cost 90 euros.
    "The NGO Médecins du Monde doesn't give out tents any more. Goodness knows why!"
    Emile begs outside a Franprix supermarket; he can recharge his mobile phone there too.
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet
    14/07/2014
    4593
    14/07/2014
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Emile & Gustave
    Emile (61), originally from Belgium, has been homeless since 2002. He started work at the age of 14, as a postman, and at 16 became a builder's laborer. He got married at the age of 18. Emile does not receive any income support; he survives by begging. He paid for his own four-person tent which cost 90 euros.
    "The NGO Médecins du Monde doesn't give out tents any more. Goodness knows why!"
    Emile begs outside a Franprix supermarket; he can recharge his mobile phone there too.
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet

     

  • The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    4592
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Emile & Gustave
    Emile (61), originally from Belgium, has been homeless since 2002. He started work at the age of 14, as a postman, and at 16 became a builder's laborer. He got married at the age of 18. Emile does not receive any income support; he survives by begging. He paid for his own four-person tent which cost 90 euros.
    "The NGO Médecins du Monde doesn't give out tents any more. Goodness knows why!"
    Emile begs outside a Franprix supermarket; he can recharge his mobile phone there too.
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet
    14/07/2014
    4592
    14/07/2014
    The Forgotten Ones of the Paris Ring Road
    France - Paris 2014-2015 - Porte des Ternes, Emile & Gustave
    Emile (61), originally from Belgium, has been homeless since 2002. He started work at the age of 14, as a postman, and at 16 became a builder's laborer. He got married at the age of 18. Emile does not receive any income support; he survives by begging. He paid for his own four-person tent which cost 90 euros.
    "The NGO Médecins du Monde doesn't give out tents any more. Goodness knows why!"
    Emile begs outside a Franprix supermarket; he can recharge his mobile phone there too.
    Gustave (born in Dunkirk on December 6, 1940) is 74. His mother was Belgian and his father French. His grandfather and father worked in a brickworks. He has retired, but does not beg.
    "Sometimes people stop and give me some money, or something to eat."
    He gets lunch from an NGO. He lives with Emile and Jean-Michel. Emile helps him get by with his income from begging.
    "I was 60 when I walked from Paris to Bordeaux to go grape-picking. I'm not lazy."
    He does the housework and looks after his appearance, wearing a worn but timeless blue suit. He reminds me of a Fellini character. He is stooped and suffers from arthritis. His dream is to have a bigger tent so as to stand up straight, as he gets a sore back in his cramped one-person tent. Emile put a large seashell from Dunkirk outside his tent.
    "Look, Diane, you can hear the sea, the sea where I come from!"
    © Diane Grimonet