11 April – 3 May

Fragments of Humanity – Three Human Stories

Stéphane Lanoux presents three monumental photographic mosaics—HOME, LIVE#, and LOVE—that assemble hundreds of small images into larger composite words and scenes. Travelling across diverse cultural contexts, the artist combines documentary photography and meticulous compositional framing to explore how communities gather, celebrate and enact daily rituals. From a distance each work reads as a universal symbol; up close it fractures into intimate fragments that reveal singular lives. The exhibition questions collective identity by tracing how individual moments compose shared human narratives.

Rue de la Madeleine 10
Photo Credit: Susanne Haldermann
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Photo Credit: Susanne Haldermann

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