30 May – 11 October

What Connects Us to the Earth

Photographer Léonie Rose Marion presents a long-term photographic inquiry into the relationship between people and the land. This exhibition gathers documentary images and in‑situ portraits that document those who work the soil around Meyrin, focusing on agricultural practices, gestures and material traces. Through stark, intimate portraits and contextual landscapes, Marion maps the social and territorial fabric that binds inhabitants to the living world. The series examines intergenerational knowledge, everyday labour and the networks of care that sustain local ecologies.

Place des Cinq-Continents 1,
1217 Meyrin
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Photo Credit: DR

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