The Northeast Kingdom

Stéphane Lavoué

April 13, 2015

Five years ago, French photographer Stéphane Lavoué discovered a special landscape in the United States, called Northeast Kingdom. Lavoués new series about “NEK“ is a personal tribute.
Five years ago, French photographer Stéphane Lavoué discovered a special landscape in the United States, called Northeast Kingdom. It is located along the border to Canada in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Vermont, comprising Essex, Orleans and Caledonia counties, and is inhabited by only around 65,000 people. Lavoués new series about “NEK“ is a personal tribute. This little area is characterized by the wild ruggedness of the landscape, as well as by its residents, who are the focus of the series. LFI invites you on a special journey!

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When Stéphane Lavoué and his family first came to the Northeast Kingdom, he immediately felt that he reached a very special place. One of the first inhabitants he met was Bill, with whom the whole series began. The first picture was a portrait of Bill, who is over 80 years old, and who lived many years with Eastern African tribes making films for national parks in Tanzania. His house is full of mementoes, stuffed animals on the walls and pictures. In addition to having this kind of museum, he is a poet and a writer. “An old African explorer back in his own Kingdom and reading poetry: I had really come to a pretty uncommon place!“ Lavoué says, remembering his first impressions of the unusual region.
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Stéphane Lavoué was born in Mulhouse, France in 1976. He has a engineering degree in timber industries and lived for two years in Brazilian Amazonia. In 2001 he returned to France and decided to quit the timber industry to start working as a photographer.He has photographed all over the world and is well known for his exceptional portraits.

The Northeast Kingdom project will be shown in May and June in Sète (France) at the Images Singulières Photo Festival, and at the new Leica Gallery in Paris from June to August 2015. More

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The Northeast Kingdom

Stéphane Lavoué