Lonely city. By Elodie BALDET & Wyame AMAZIGH

Losing myself...

Getting lost...

The first picture, of the Color Me Rad event, was taken on the 4^th of October 2015 in Clermont, in the Place de Jaude. It is a 5 km charity run followed by a concert. The runners and spectators throw coloured powders at each other; here, there's a lot of pink!

This is a happy crowd scene with crazy people laughing and dancing and having fun together. Everyone is looking in the same direction. Most are wearing sun glasses. You want to be part of the event, even if you do not know the people in the crowd. You want to enter the picture and join in because happiness is contagious. But, all these people can also be a little scary too; you might get lost in the crowd…

We took the second photo on the 28^th September 2015, in a Clermont street not far from our high school. It's a black and white picture, with many shades of grey. It is dark and rather sad. This silent narrow street is lined with flats. The shutters are closed; you feel lonely here, unwelcome, lost. In front of the balcony, there is emptiness, darkness. It is a melancholy atmosphere.

Both these photos are about the feeling one sometimes gets in the city: feeling isolated. In a crowd of people you do not know, do you belong? In an unfamiliar setting, are you not out of place?