Fivedials magazine asked me to do a kind of 'illustration-essay' (like a photo-essay, but with drawings). I decided to document something I see all-too-often around Paris, and which lookss subtly different from the same problem in the UK. I'll be posting my original sketches during the next week, and you can also see them in a slightly different version at http://fivedials.com.
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I remember seeing some muslim girls begging when I was last in Paris. Coming from London, it was an unusual sight - you never see that here. And they looked so mournful and pious. I was pregnant and I couldn't stop myself from crying at the sight of them. Very weird.
Posted by: Divya | October 09, 2009 at 12:50 PM
Yes, the terrible and moving thing is that all that perfomance of destitution masks a destitution which is equally real, and hardly needs hilighting in this way.
Posted by: badaude | October 09, 2009 at 05:16 PM