The Northeast Kingdom

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.