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Celtic Lands – photography exhibition, Paris

 


On the railing (grids) of the perimeter of the Jardin du Luxembourg—the Luxembourg Garden in Paris—a photographic exhibtion will be on display from 18 September 2021 to 16 January 2022. The exhibition is called "Terres Celtes"—"Celtic Lands" by Philippe Decressac.

 

Philippe Decressac’s photographs include the six Celtic nations recognized by the Celtic League: Brittany, Cornwall, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Ireland, and Wales.

 

Sponsored by the Senate, the Senate President Gérard Larcher, said that the Celtic landscapes has its share of mystery. ‘It has inspired tales and legends for centuries, such as the creatures of Scottish lakes or koorigans in the Breton forests. All these stories are a tribute to nature.’

 

Larcher added that Philippe Decressac's photographs reveal an ‘atypical face of Europe, both magical and wild. France, although it claims its Celtic roots only to evoke the glorious past of the Gauls, is intimately linked to this thousand-year-old geological heritage. French, by the way, is the Romance language that includes the greatest number of Celtic words, not to mention its many phonetic influences. Celtic culture is therefore also ours.’

 

‘The desire to preserve this identity is now echoed in cultural events, such as the Interceltic Festival of Lorient. It is akin to a desire for singularity, to a return to roots that are nevertheless unclear. As proof again, a strong solidarity exists between the Celtic regions of western Europe, as demonstrated by the numerous twinnings between cities in Brittany and Great Britain. To better grasp this message, I invite you to discover the work of Philippe Decressac.’

 

Decressac says, ‘A first trip to Kenya in 1983 led me to focus my photographic activity on natural spaces and animals. I was already fully aware at that time of the great fragility of wildlife and the need to bear witness to it. This trip will be followed by thirty others on the African continent and much more on other continents, from the Arctic to the Antarctic.’

 

















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MARTINA NICOLLS  is an international aid and development consultant, and the author  of: The Paris Residences of James Joyce  (2020), Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).

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