The unremarkable dining experience
Stephanie Lacombe
These photographs are a series of portraits of French families as they eat their evening meal at the dinner table in their homes. This work was produced throughout France, in both urban and rural spheres. It shows the daily life of French people and presents: - the habits and dietary practices of families - religious identity via interior decoration - the social, ethnic and cultural diversity of families. It provides a unique glimpse into the privacy of French households.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110185 Mr Coré, manual worker, lives on a council estate in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0137006 Robert and Marie-Thérèse, from Strasbourg, eat in the porch that Robert built. They live in the countryside an hour from Strasbourg. They eat what they grow, either bottled or fresh. They have 4 children and 14 grand-children.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110165 Mr Coré, manual worker, lives on a council estate in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0122209 Laurent and Brigitte and their two chidren Paul and Etienne, with their cousin Charline. Dinner in the garden.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0141462 Le croque-Monsieur. Alice vie à Lilles, dans le nord de la France, dans une petite maison avec son chien Pastille. Elle est orthophoniste. Elle passe son repas à envoyer et recevoir des messages sur MSN, en ayant toujours un oeil sur Pastille qui veut lui piquer un bout de son croque-monsieur.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110145 The Mzembaba family are Haitian and live on a council estate in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110198 Jean-Claude, head technician of a park. Marseille
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110153 Mr. Arnold, foreman, his wife and daughter on a council estate in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110166 Ghania, a housewife, lives on a council estate in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0121873 Olivier, actor and Chloé, actress, and their chldren. WIDE USAGE. WITH SIGNED OR ORAL MODEL/PROPERTY RELEASE. Infos : +33(0)143 15 63 53. |
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110202 Mr and Mrs Heurtier, both retired live on a council estate in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0122268 Mrs Paoli, who works for the local council, and her husband Mr Paoli, retired from Eléctricité de France and their son, Pierre. Cahors
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0101890 Donald, fine art teacher and Aurélien, film director, share an appartment in Paris.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0121787 Catherine lives in Saint Martin de Vers in the Lot region. She has bought a field and pitched a yurt that she sleeps in from time to time until her house has been built. She likes to come here to watch and paint nature, read, eat and sleep. STRICT EDITORIAL USAGE CONFORM TO CAPTION AND CONTEXT. WITH SIGNED OR ORAL MODEL/PROPERTY RELEASE. Infos : +33(0)143 15 63 53. |
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0092915 Vang May-yang (from Laos) and Marie-Emilie Michel (from Guadaloupe) eat their meal. Laeny is 4 and Mathis is 8 months old. They live in Grigny near their families.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110167 Mr Berger, quality controller, lives on a council estate in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0121880 Armande, retired and Pastille, her dog. Cahors
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110204 Nadia, her husband and children. Marseilles.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110207 Michel, set designer, with Catherine, painter and their son Théo. Marseille, road to Cassis.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0122225 Mrs Loubeyre, radiologist, and her children. Lyon.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110129 Emma, retired civil servant. Paris
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0136982 Clotilde, children's illustrator and Dimiter (from Bulgaria), musician. Alice, a few months old.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0121777 The Tauran family, farmers, Bannes (Lot region)
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0121881 Dany, retired from education and Bernard, teacher. Cahors (Lot region)
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110184 Mr Gonzalès, a security guard and his children live on a council estate in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110151 Claude, retired. Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0136990 Corine, Franco and their 5 boys, aged from 18 months to 9 years old. WIDE EDITORIAL USAGE. WITH SIGNED OR ORAL MODEL/PROPERTY RELEASE. Infos : +33(0)143 15 63 53. |
Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110195 Zaounaki, French of Haitian origin, house wife and her children. Marseille
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0110144 Stéphane Bakdache, caretaker of a building in Grigny, a Parisian suburb.
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Stéphanie Lacombe / Picturetank LAS0121769 Solange, a hundred years old (on the left) is Dédé's mother, and a retired postal worker. Maria, Dédé's wife, has lived with her mother-in-law since Solange's husband died 30 years ago. During the 2nd world war Dédé hid an english paratrooper in this house who had come over to help prepare the Normandy landings. No-one in the village ever found out. The family has been awarded various medals by the Defence Ministry for acts of bravery.
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