Culture · Avignon · 7 min read
People of Provence
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A composite portrait of the hosts, growers and festival volunteers who keep Provence social — drawn from the kinds of people who host on the platform.
The grower who opens the harvest
Composite portrait: a family vineyard that invites fifteen people to pick for a day, lunch included, stories free.
The festival volunteer
Composite portrait: every July the city fills with stages, and hundreds of volunteers carry chairs, hand out programmes and meet the world.
The village café
Composite portrait: a café that reopened as a shared space, with a bread depot, a book swap and a Thursday belote.
On film
Published by its creator on YouTube.
Event recapAmbiance de rue lors du festival d'Avignon, juillet 2017More stories
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Paris · 5 min readSunday Along the SeineBook stalls, bridges and a picnic that grows from four people to fourteen.Guide download
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- Avignon: the palace and the festival
- Arles: arenas and photography
- Villages of the Luberon
- Markets and long lunches