French photographer Thomas Jorion, passionated by abandoned places and what comes from them, comes back with a new series titled Vestiges d’Empire, where he pays tribute to old French colonies, through the world. He confesses: “The story of the French colonial empire is ambivalent. Sensible topic for some, it’s filled by adventures and imaginary stories for others. Each colony developed an architectural style for the geographic place, melting sometimes with the local style to give birth to a new architectural language”.
According to him, something remains visible of these exchanges and this French presence outside of the borders. It’s this that he wanted to immortalize, from Casablanca to Pondichery, through Alger, Saint Louis in Senegal, Shanghai, Haiti and Madagascar. Some building were abandoned and others restored but each one has a story to say under the influence of Men and passing time.
Maison privée, Jacmel, Haïti, 2016.
Eglise du sacré Cœur, Vietnam, 2015.
Villa, Kep, Cambodge, 2013.
Hôtel de la marine, Diego Suarez, Madagascar, 2014.
Entrée du dépot, Bagne, Guyane, 2013.
Appartement de la blanchisserie “La colombe”, Saint Louis du Sénégal, Sénégal, 2015.
Maison privée, delta du Mekong, Vietnam, 2015.
Abattoir, Casablanca, Maroc, 2014.
Maison privée, Mahajanga, Madagascar, 2014.
Villa familiale, Chandernagore, Inde, 2014.
Tribunal de première instance, Chandernagor, Inde, 2014.
Palais de justice, Dakar, Sénégal, 2015.
Cinéma Rex, Oran, Algérie, 2016.
Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur, Alger, Algérie, 2016.
Rue Jean Laborde, Mahajanga, Madagascar, 2014.
Maison privée, delta du Mekong, Vietnam, 2015.
Gare, Sénégal, 2015.
Boulevard Mohamed V, Alger, Algérie, 2016.
Base militaire, Madagascar, 2014.
Station de pompage, Sénégal, 2015.
Institution religieuse, Chandernagor, Inde, 2014.
Eglise du Sacré-Cœur, Casablanca, Maroc, 2014.
