Mrs. Sarrazin, lives in an insalubrious housing in the center of Corbeil-Essonnes. She is an African refugee from Togo and a victim of PTSD after having experienced major traumas. She and her daughter Audrey, unemployed, survive in an apartment of about 20 square meters, eaten away by humidity, mice and rats as well as cockroaches and bed fleas. The rent is 700€ which takes away all their social benefits and leaves them victims of this unscrupulous landlord. March 2022

Mrs. Sarrazin, lives in an insalubrious housing in the center of Corbeil-Essonnes. She is an African refugee from Togo and a victim of PTSD after having experienced major traumas. She and her daughter Audrey, unemployed, survive in an apartment of about 20 square meters, eaten away by humidity, mice and rats as well as cockroaches and bed fleas. The rent is 700€ which takes away all their social benefits and leaves them victims of this unscrupulous landlord. March 2022

Sorin came from Romania to France to have a brain tumor operated on because he could not afford it in his country. After having treated him for free, France put him back on the street. Paralyzed in 50% of his body, without papers, without job and homeless, Sorin survived in the street, sleeping first in the garbage rooms of the city center, and then in a small tent offered by the Red Cross. He lived on the banks of the Seine, and washed himself as best he could because there was no other place for him to wash.at the beginning of the winter he was evicted by the police and has been begging in the city center ever since. last photographs made in August 2022.Here is Sorin when I him the first time, he was sleeping in the garbages. May 22, 2022

Sorin came from Romania to France to have a brain tumor operated on because he could not afford it in his country. After having treated him for free, France put him back on the street. Paralyzed in 50% of his body, without papers, without job and homeless, Sorin survived in the street, sleeping first in the garbage rooms of the city center, and then in a small tent offered by the Red Cross. He lived on the banks of the Seine, and washed himself as best he could because there was no other place for him to wash.at the beginning of the winter he was evicted by the police and has been begging in the city center ever since. Sorin washing himself in june 2022

Sorin came from Romania to France to have a brain tumor operated on because he could not afford it in his country. After having treated him for free, France put him back on the street. Paralyzed in 50% of his body, without papers, without job and homeless, Sorin survived in the street, sleeping first in the garbage rooms of the city center, and then in a small tent offered by the Red Cross. He lived on the banks of the Seine, and washed himself as best he could because there was no other place for him to wash.at the beginning of the winter he was evicted by the police and has been begging in the city center ever since. last photograph I took of his tent, he is now staying in a gypsie camp nearby and left his tent to another homeless, 8 december 2022

For lack of social housing and support, Eddy is homeless and sleeps in the middle of summer in the garbage room in front of the City Hall. He explains that if it rains, he is dry, despite the smell, the urine, and the rats that litter the floor. May 2022Shortly after I took this picture, the City Council removed the roofs of the garbage parcels, forcing the homeless to look for other places to protect themselves from the rain.

For lack of social housing and support, Eddy is homeless and sleeps in the middle of summer in the garbage room in front of the City Hall. He explains that if it rains, he is dry, despite the smell, the urine, and the rats that litter the floor. May 2022Shortly after I took this picture, the City Council removed the roofs of the garbage parcels, forcing the homeless to look for other places to protect themselves from the rain.

Khader, in his sixties and homeless, tries to rest under a tree; he has been on the street for several years. He has learned to survive there, always being on the alert. He survives thanks to the food distributions made by associations that know where to find him, in a park or elsewhere. With the arrival of winter, Khader had to be taken to the hospital in emergency for serious health problems. June 2022

Larbi came from Morocco with his wife, in order to have a better education for his children and access to better health care.Their arrival in France was fraught with difficulties, even if the children are in school. The family first had to spend months on the street, then in the Hotel Saraga, and they were helped by the mosque and the Red Cross.Then Larbi, without papers, found a small job with a shopkeeper who also rented them a tiny apartment for his pregnant wife and their two children. They only have one room to sleep in, so the mother sleeps with the children in a bed and Larbi sleeps in the next room on a small armchair, the shower and toilet are directly next to the tiny kitchen. June 2022

Jean Baptiste at the Kiosk of Corbeil Essonnes, of Colombian origin, arrived in France at the age of 4 years, he was victim of a road accident very early in his life, a scoliosis lumbago sciatica is diagnosed. Following his handicap and his weakness he was raped, traumatized, and fled his foster family. Under guardianship and medically monitored he sleeps at the hotel at 20 € per night The Saraga. It's been three months that he sleeps in this emergency social hotel without equipment for disabled people, and can't stay in the street that constantly tries to abuse him. August 2022.

Mr. Roux is homeless, victim of numerous respiratory problems, he has been on the street in Corbeil-Essonnes for 7 years. Mr. Roux has lost everything following a difficult life path and a painful separation with his ex-wife. While the Red Cross volunteer marauder came to bring him some food and comfort, he explained to us that he needed further medical attention and that to counter the loneliness he was talking out loud alone in his tent. A few weeks later, the social services found him an emergency accommodation for a week in a social hotel. November 2022

Mr. Roux is homeless, victim of numerous respiratory problems, he has been on the street in Corbeil-Essonnes for 7 years. Mr. Roux has lost everything following a difficult life path and a painful separation with his ex-wife. While the Red Cross volunteer marauder came to bring him some food and comfort, he explained to us that he needed further medical attention and that to counter the loneliness he was talking out loud alone in his tent. A few weeks later, the social services found him an emergency accommodation for a week in a social hotel. November 2022

The Red Cross volunteers bring some meals and coffee to a Romanian family (two elderly people and the mother of two children aged 3 months and 3 years) who are sleeping in an old electricity room. A hole has been dug in the wall. November 2022

Stephane and Corinne live in a wooden hut in the common gardens of Robinson Park in Corbeil- Essonnes. Lonely, epileptic and alcoholic, the couple is extremely precarious, and sees their little makeshift shelter constantly broken into. Their medicines, or meager clothing and provisions are stolen, leaving them to survive together in this damp 4 square meter shelter. November 2022

Denis, 58 years old, met on the parking lot of the Saraga hotel where he rents a room.Following a problem with his foster family he ended up on the street, and following a court decision he is under curatorship. He is waiting for a therapeutic apartment, where former psychiatric hospital patients can be helped.He tells me that sometimes he talks to his lover without her being there. Juin 2022

The hotel Sarraga located in the district of Tarterets in Corbeil-Essonnes is a hotel where the night costs 20 euro and where the showers and toilets are outside. Many families and people in difficult situations find accommodation there, but also bed fleas, no access for handicapped people, and a doubtful hygiene on the upper floors of the hotel. December 2022

In a social housing of Corbeil-Essonnes, Mustafa and his 3 children are poisoned by a water leak which comes from the apartment of the top, of which the owner does not want to hear anything, nor to solve anything and the social landlord makes the deaf ear. Mustafa's apartment has become humid, and the children develop consequent respiratory diseases. February 2022

A Georgian couple opened the door of their room to me; a room of 5m2, with no sanitary facilities. Confined 24 hours a day in this overheated space, they survive thanks to the food distributions provided by the associations. Naira is recovering from a major head surgery and her husband is being treated for advanced cancer.All beneficiaries of this social accommodation and medical care, they thank France for its help. December 2022

In Corbeil-Essonnes, in addition to seeing the small houses of the common vegetable gardens squatted, following the ambient insalubrity, rats come out of the sewers and the rivers to come to live in the dustbins and living places. Photographs made with December 2022A photo made while I was following a rat eradicator of corbeil-essonnes at work

Bruno is 60 years old, and has been sleeping in the street in Corbeil Essonnes for 7 years, or maybe more. December 2022

Caroline, victim of severe mental disorders when she was on the street in the outskirts of Corbeil-Essonnes; she has been taken in charge and rehoused. May 2022

Arnaud, a former dog master, is homeless.With his dog, he lives and sleeps in his car parked on the parking lot of a supermarket. May 2022

Christelle is a victim of leg cancer and homeless. She lived on the street for several months because her family could not accept her. Beaten up, raped, and too tired because of a heavy medical treatment, she found no other place than the plastic benches of the reception of the emergency hospital of Corbeil to take refuge at night and sleep a little. August 2022

Salome and Mamouka, Georgian parents, explain to me that they have been spending their nights with their two young children on the back seat of the car since they arrived in Corbeil-Essonnes. Finally taken in charge, they will be offered a week in a social hotel to avoid the coldest days. After that it's back to the street, they tell me. December 2022

Dialo arrived in France 3 years ago. Of Guinean origin, he crossed hell to get to France, Africa and a difficult journey, torture in Libya, crossing the Mediterranean, refouled, then returned, he spent time in Lampedusa, to arrive in France, he sleeps in an abandoned building, and survives on petty jobs hoping for papers issued by the French administration. January 2023

Corbeil-Essonnes at night, November 2022