IN(DI)VISIBLE, "Living together according to garbage collectors" brings together several dozen photographs by Florent Quint on the daily life of cleaners. In the prestigious precincts of the town hall of the 9th arrondissement, it is the rehabilitation of these essentials that is at stake.

The multicultural bet of a depreciated profession

Paris is 3000 tons of waste collected every day by 495 dump trucks. In these cleaning wagons are active 5041 garbage collectors so that this city is as beautiful as its reputation. In the halls of the town hall are displayed these faces that we notice when, by chance, we are vexed by the sirens of their vehicles and the indelicacy. Usually, they represent the basement of notoriety while they allow everyone to live in a clean environment. Through his work, Florent Quint presents us with a pure example of multiculturalism, a micro-society of living together that works. This society starts from the social handicap that serves it to practice welding its differences, because "what does it matter the color of skin or the religion of his colleague when one has his hands in the same bin?(Florent Quint).

Florent Quint infiltrates the hidden environments

Impacted by the attacks of 2015, Florent Quint reviewed his artistic priorities and wanted to "have a more direct and immediate contact with the world around him". The photographer is dedicated to the human, inserts himself into cenacles of diversity to reveal their singularity to the public. He calls it "infiltrating bubbles" and his series on facial tattooing in Berlin is worth exemplifying it. Admirers of his work are responsible for following him on Instagram and on his website, and preparing with him his next deadlines, South Africa and New Orleans in sight. For now, go to the town hall of the 9th arrondissement where the reliefs of social diversity are exposed, and the opportunity to look at this garbage collector's profession through a new prism.

Exhibition IN(DI)VISIBLE, Living together according to garbage collectors

Photographs by Florent Quint

From May 23 to June 17, 2017

Town hall of the 9th arrondissement

6 rue Drouot, 75009