Exhibition "Maison de Dieu" - Elsa Beaumont

For thirty-eight years, the Maison de Dieu in the Cévennes has been a haven for those in need of shelter or who wish to live in a community. No religion is imposed here. Founded on hospitality and non-judgment, it houses about eighty residents of various ages and backgrounds, who share meals, meetings, resources, and the tasks necessary for its smooth functioning.

Bringing together a great diversity of life paths and carried wounds, this place becomes a refuge, a space of freedom where everyone can take their time. Capturing beings in suspension, whole despite life's hardships, the images in this series are as many proofs of the existence, strength, and intrinsic resources of each person encountered.

These photographs depict this place in resonance with Elsa Beaumont's decision to settle in the Cévennes herself about ten years ago. For the photographer, documenting these singular ways of life is a poetic and political act, allowing glimpses of answers to a society generally in crisis.
Thursday, August 29th, from 6 PM, in the presence of the photographer.