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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, working on a figurative sculpture made by placing squares of steel inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, working on a figurative sculpture made by placing squares of steel inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, working on a figurative sculpture made by placing squares of steel inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, working on a figurative sculpture made by placing squares of steel inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, working on a figurative sculpture made by placing square of steel inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. On the right is a sculpture of a female torso made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic shapes and soldered together. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, working on a figurative sculpture made by placing squares of steel inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, working on a figurative sculpture made by placing squares of steel inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, working on a figurative sculpture made by placing square of steel inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. On the right is a sculpture of a female torso made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic shapes and soldered together. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves working in the fields near Havana, Cuba, early 19th century, by Ambroise Louis Garneray, 1783-1857, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves working at the sugar cane harvest, Chinese ink wash, c. 1800, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slave working at the sugar cane harvest, with master looking on, sepia wash, c. 1800, in the Musee d'Aquitaine, Cours Pasteur, Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Slaves working on a tobacco plantation, engraving, 1722, from Nouveau Voyage aux Iles de l’Amerique, by Jean-Baptiste Labat, 1663-1738, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Although not as important as sugar or coffee, tobacco was grown in the colonies and exported to France. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, at work on a plaster and clay mould for a figurative sculpture, and a standing clay sculpture, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, at work on the plaster and clay mould of a figurative sculpture, photographed in 2017, in his Soleil Rouge workshop in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, at work on a plaster and clay mould for a figurative sculpture, and a standing clay sculpture, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, at work on the plaster and clay mould of a figurative sculpture, photographed in 2017, in his Soleil Rouge workshop in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, at work on the plaster and clay mould of a figurative sculpture, photographed in 2017, in his Soleil Rouge workshop in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, at work on the plaster and clay mould of a figurative sculpture, photographed in 2017, in his Soleil Rouge workshop in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Process of creating a figurative steel mosaic sculpture within a fibreglass mould, in the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting squares of steel for a figurative sculpture made by placing steel pieces inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. On the press is a figurative sculpture formed by soldering together cross-sections of steel tube which have been manipulated into organic profiles. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, shaping a heated steel rod with a hammer on an anvil by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, shaping a heated steel rod with a hammer on an anvil by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, shaping a heated steel rod with a hammer on an anvil by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, shaping a heated steel rod by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, turning the handle on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, and a sculpture in the foreground, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, wearing a safety visor to protect his eyes from the soldering iron, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, assembling steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figurative sculpture made from a mosaic of steel squares soldered together, and behind, the artist cutting steel, in the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting steel for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figurative sculpture made from a mosaic of steel squares soldered together, in the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting steel for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, and a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, and a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Process of creating a figurative steel mosaic sculpture within a fibreglass mould, in the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting sections of steel rod for use on a figurative sculpture, on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting squares of steel for a figurative sculpture made by placing steel pieces inside a plaster mould and soldering them together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. On the press is a figurative sculpture formed by soldering together cross-sections of steel tube which have been manipulated into organic profiles. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, shaping a heated steel rod with a hammer on an anvil by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, shaping a heated steel rod with a hammer on an anvil by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, shaping a heated steel rod with a hammer on an anvil by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, shaping a heated steel rod by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, by the forge in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, turning the handle on a machine in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, and a sculpture in the foreground, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, wearing a safety visor to protect his eyes from the soldering iron, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, assembling steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figurative sculpture made from a mosaic of steel squares soldered together, and behind, the artist cutting steel, in the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Figurative sculpture made from a mosaic of steel squares soldered together, in the Soleil Rouge workshop of Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting steel for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, cutting steel for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, and a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, and a sculpture in the foreground, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, soldering steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, selecting steel pieces for a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, and a sculpture in the foreground, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nicolas Desbons, metalworker and artist, and a sculpture made from cross-sections of steel tubes manipulated into organic profiles and soldered together, in his Soleil Rouge workshop, photographed in 2017, in Montreuil, a suburb of Paris, France. Desbons works mainly in steel but often in conjunction with other materials such as fibreglass, glass and clay, using both cold metal and forge techniques. He produces both figurative and abstract sculptures as well as furniture and lighting. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Indigo industry, including working the land, planting the crop and harvesting, engraving from the Art of the Indigotier, 1770, by Gauthier de Beauvais-Raseau, in the Musee d'histoire de Nantes, in the Chateau des ducs de Bretagne, in Nantes, Pays de la Loire, France. Slaves worked the land and processed crops on large plantations, and illustrated manuals were published to inform settlers of working methods and profitable exploitation. The museum opened in 2007 and covers the history of Nantes, focusing on slavery, world wars, industrialisation and the chateau. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman working on a laptop in the kitchen seating area, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Woman working on a laptop in the kitchen seating area, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking through a hatch into the kitchen seating area, where a woman in working, in the Pavillon des Canaux, a coffee shop, cafe and meeting place on the Quai de la Loire, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Pavillon des Canaux provides an inspiring interior with original furniture and decor to relax, eat, drink, work and pass the time. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Plan américain de l'artiste à son établi martelant le bras d'un ange objet d'une future création. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Mid-length view of the artist working at his workbench. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Détail des mains de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Detail of Goudji's hands working. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Détail des mains de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Detail of Goudji's hands working. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Détail des mains de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Detail of Goudji's hands working. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    012011_Goudji_Atelier_MC005.jpg
  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Détail des mains de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Detail of Goudji's hands working. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    012011_Goudji_Atelier_MC004.jpg
  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Portrait de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Low angle view of the artist working at his workbench. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    012011_Goudji_Atelier_MC003.jpg
  • Dans son atelier parisien, le 20 janvier 2011, le sculpteur orfèvre Goudji travaille des pièces de futures créations. Portrait de l'artiste au travail. In his Parisian studio, on January 20, 2011, goldsmith Goudji is working new creations of his trade. Portrait of the artist working. Born in Georgia in 1941, Goudji has lived in Paris since 1974, due to the personal intervention of President Georges Pompidou. Here he produces his numerous contemporary works of goldsmithery in such widely differing fields as Church Art, swords, jewellery and sculpture. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fabric artist Betty de Paris, at work in her studio at Cite Aubry, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France, hanging fabrics to dry which have been dyed with natural indigo dyes using traditional Japanese techniques. The Japanese indigo vat is a traditional dyeing technique using indigo leaf compost, a vegetal process involving no chemicals. Betty de Paris learned her art of traditional stencil dyeing and finishing from a master in Kyoto, Japan. Working as an artist, designer, consultant and Japanese interpreter, she has participated in numerous museum projects and workshops, regularly exhibits her work and speaks at international conferences. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High angle view of tanners in the dyeing pits, Chouara tannery, Fez, Morocco pictured on February 25, 2009 in the evening. Arms and legs are working together to remove the skins from the dyeing pit. The Chouara tannery is the largest of the four ancient tanneries in the Medina of Fez where the traditional work of the tanners has remained unchanged since the 14th century. It is composed of numerous dried-earth pits where raw skins are treated, pounded, scraped and dyed. Tanners work in vats filled with various coloured liquid dyes derived from plant sources. Colours change every two weeks, poppy flower for red, mint for green, indigo for blue, chedar tree for brown and saffron for yellow. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of a teenager working and learning, Chouara tannery, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 23, 2009 in the evening. Behind him a young boy is running between the pits. The Chouara tannery is the largest of the four ancient tanneries in the Medina of Fez where the traditional work of the tanners has remained unchanged since the 14th century. It is composed of numerous dried-earth pits where raw skins are treated, pounded, scraped and dyed. Tanners work in vats filled with various coloured liquid dyes derived from plant sources. Colours change every two weeks, poppy flower for red, mint for green, indigo for blue, chedar tree for brown and saffron for yellow. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Fabric artist Betty de Paris, at work in her studio at Cite Aubry, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France, dipping a piece of fabric into a vat of natural indigo dyes using traditional Japanese techniques. The Japanese indigo vat is a traditional dyeing technique using indigo leaf compost, a vegetal process involving no chemicals. Betty de Paris learned her art of traditional stencil dyeing and finishing from a master in Kyoto, Japan. Working as an artist, designer, consultant and Japanese interpreter, she has participated in numerous museum projects and workshops, regularly exhibits her work and speaks at international conferences. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    220417_BettyofParis_MC003.jpg
  • Fabric artist Betty de Paris, at work in her studio at Cite Aubry, in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France, hanging fabrics to dry which have been dyed with natural indigo dyes using traditional Japanese techniques. The Japanese indigo vat is a traditional dyeing technique using indigo leaf compost, a vegetal process involving no chemicals. Betty de Paris learned her art of traditional stencil dyeing and finishing from a master in Kyoto, Japan. Working as an artist, designer, consultant and Japanese interpreter, she has participated in numerous museum projects and workshops, regularly exhibits her work and speaks at international conferences. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • High angle view of dyeing pits, Chourara Tannery, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 25, 2009 in the evening. Arms and legs working together to remove skins from the dyeing pit at the Chouara tannery which is the largest of the four ancient tanneries in the Medina of Fez where the traditional work of the tanners has remained unchanged since the 14th century. It is composed of numerous dried-earth pits where raw skins are treated, pounded, scraped and dyed. Tanners work in vats filled with various coloured liquid dyes derived from plant sources. Colours change every two weeks, poppy flower for red, mint for green, indigo for blue, chedar tree for brown and saffron for yellow. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • Detail of a tanner working in a pit chatting with a supervisor, Chouara Tannery, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 25, 2009 in the evening. The Chouara tannery is the largest of the four ancient tanneries in the Medina of Fez where the traditional work of the tanners has remained unchanged since the 14th century. It is composed of numerous dried-earth pits where raw skins are treated, pounded, scraped and dyed. Tanners work in vats filled with various coloured liquid dyes derived from plant sources. Colours change every two weeks, poppy flower for red, mint for green, indigo for blue, chedar tree for brown and saffron for yellow. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • High angle view of reflections in the dyeing pits where men are working, Chouara tannery, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 23, 2009 at sunset. The Chouara tannery is the largest of the four ancient tanneries in the Medina of Fez where the traditional work of the tanners has remained unchanged since the 14th century. It is composed of numerous dried-earth pits where raw skins are treated, pounded, scraped and dyed. Tanners work in vats filled with various coloured liquid dyes derived from plant sources. Colours change every two weeks, poppy flower for red, mint for green, indigo for blue, chedar tree for brown and saffron for yellow. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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  • High angle view of a tanner working in a pit constructed above a small store overlooking the large square of dyeing pits, Chouara Tannery, Fez, Morocco, pictured on February 23, 2009 in the evening. The Chouara tannery is the largest of the four ancient tanneries in the Medina of Fez where the traditional work of the tanners has remained unchanged since the 14th century. It is composed of numerous dried-earth pits where raw skins are treated, pounded, scraped and dyed. Tanners work in vats filled with various coloured liquid dyes derived from plant sources. Colours change every two weeks, poppy flower for red, mint for green, indigo for blue, chedar tree for brown and saffron for yellow. Fez, Morocco's second largest city, and one of the four imperial cities, was founded in 789 by Idris I on the banks of the River Fez. The oldest university in the world is here and the city is still the Moroccan cultural and spiritual centre. Fez has three sectors: the oldest part, the walled city of Fes-el-Bali, houses Morocco's largest medina and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site;  Fes-el-Jedid was founded in 1244 as a new capital by the Merenid dynasty, and contains the Mellah, or Jewish quarter; Ville Nouvelle was built by the French who took over most of Morocco in 1912 and transferred the capital to Rabat. Picture by Manuel Cohen.
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