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Workless Hopeful Workers A world tour of emmaus communities

Emmaus around the world 50 years after Abbé Pierre's appeal in 1954

Behind the scenes

(1997-2007)

photography by Matthieu Alexandre

This photo-essay was exhibited at Festival du Scoop et du Journalisme in Angers in 1999 and shortlisted for screenings at Visa pour l'image in Perpignan in 2004, published in La Vie (France), Chasseur d'Images (France) and Panorama (France).

(Bruxelles, Belgium, 2000)

(Dennemont, France, 1997)

Christmas day (Dennemont, France, 1997)

Christmas dinner (Dennemont, France, 1997)

Family flats program in the community (Bruxelles, Belgium, 2000)
(Tamil Nadu, India, 1998)
(Tamil Nadu, India, 1998)
(Tamil Nadu, India, 1998)
(Tamil Nadu, India, 1998)
(New York, USA, 1999)
(New York, USA, 1999)
(Fortaleza, Brazil, 2002)
(Fortaleza, Brazil, 2002)
(Fortaleza, Brazil, 2002)

(Paris, France, 2003)

(Paris, France, 2003)

(Lebanon, 2002)
(Ganvie, Benin, 2007)
(Ganvie, Benin, 2007)
Abbe Pierre (Esteville, France, 1999)
Funeral of abbe Pierre (Notre Dame de Paris, Paris, France, 26 January 2007)
with Abbe Pierre, founder of Emmaüs (Esteville, France, 1999)
in Panorama, 2004
in Chasseur d'Images (n°222), Avril 2000
in La Vie, 1999

All photographs copyrighted © Matthieu Alexandre

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