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STEPHANE REMAEL
CABANISATION
What is left when you have nothing ?
What is left when you have nothing ?

There are few personal objects in the shopping trolley which some homeless people push around. Sometimes an ID photo or an address scribbled on a scrap of paper are the only traces of a broken life. Their only riches.
Outlaw
Outlaw

In France, more than 150,000 people live in caravans or motorhomes all year round, often after having fallen on hard times with little hope of reversing the situation.Steep rents and a general precariousness has favoured the rapid developement of mobilehome living as a last outpost before homelessness.
Slums in Vincennes, Paris
Slums in Vincennes, Paris

In the woods of Vincennes, more than 200 people live in sheds, huts or tents. A new shantytown in a chic green island in Paris. The outcasts of Vincennes are trespassers and liable to be evicted. However as long as they keep a low profile the authorities remain tolerant. To live destitute, stay hidden.