SMOG

This documentary serie talks about the air pollution in big cities. The following pictures are the first of the serie. Maxime Matthys started this project by photographing the buildings located in front of the Parisian ring road, and their occupant. They are exposed 365 days a year to very high level of fine particles and other pollutants, and most of them suffer from allergies, asthma and other illnesses.

In France, more than 40 000 persons are dying each year, because of the air pollution and especially fine particles.

Maxime Matthys

Maxime Matthys is a Belgian photographer born in Bruxelles in 1995 and based in Paris. He integrated the photography school of Toulouse in 2014 and followed a workshop at the EMI-CFD Paris in 2017. His work is mainly focusing on new forms of narrative in documentary photography and taking interest in contemporary issues that are shaping our society.