Sunday, March 28, 2010

Cultural landscapes and the 2005 riots in France

Photographer Nico Oved claims that the oppressive urban environments created by modernist architects contributed to the conditions that spawned the riots in France in 2005.

l'habitat marginalisé - roma, squatters and the parisian banlieues - artist's statement

l'habitat marginalisé gallery

Remains of a car burned in the riots
in France in 2005.
Photo by Alain Bachellier
Used under the Creative Commons
Attribution Share Alike license.

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