Bonjour de loin

At the other end of the phone, the voices of elderly people. In the camera’s eye, life in the street outside with people coming and going, while others observe this outside world from their window, from their “home” ground. Exchanging news, keeping in touch, checking that you really exist, also means recognising another’s fear and giving solitude a face. Bitter-sweet memories and tales full of optimism and wisdom or resigned abandon impregnate the urban landscape, just as the words impregnate the screen.