Lettres à Beyrouth
2020 | Postcard Set, Digital Collage, Photography, Writing
Lettres à Beyrouth (English title: Letters to/in Beirut) is a postcards set that was written and designed during the first covid-19 lockdown in March 2020.
Collection 1: Rêves et Ruines (Dreams and Ruins)
This series is about ruins and a dream I had in the beginning of the confinement; a very vivid dream that took me somewhere else for a moment. The photographs of abandoned places are all taken with my analog camera.
Collection 2: Solitude et Réflexions (Solitude and Reflections)
This series focuses on some of my reflections about the city, during sleepless, lonely nights. It draws a parallel between my thoughts and more abstract "stories" told through the images, that are based on street typography (from signs, to graffiti, to posters, to calligraphy...). Words, languages and marks are intertwined and tell a story about the city and those who inhabit it.
Collection 3: Rencontres et Identités (Encounters and Identities)
This series is about people, and what links them to the city. The postcards are dedicated to three different people: the last person I saw before the beginning of the confinement, a person I see everyday, and a person I will probably never see again.
Student Project | American University of Beirut
Collection 1: Rêves et Ruines (Dreams and Ruins)
Collection 2: Solitude et Réflexions (Solitude and Reflections)
Collection 3: Rencontres et Identités (Encounters and Identities)