The abstract-looking images of Jérémie Lenoir take us into an aesthetic imaginary that emanates from the industrial sites on the margins of our cities: quarries, construction sites, greenhouses, wastelands, and roofs are scrutinized from the air in order to highlight patterns in structures and installations that were built above all to be functional. Looking down on French and Québécois landscapes, it is possible to see the ways in which large-scale human activities trace forms of variable geometry on the surface of a territory. The sites appear devoid of human beings, without seeming deserted; these transformed landscapes have been conceived and constructed by mankind to make possible its diverse activities, and will continue to accumulate the scars which become, in some way, the portrait of an afflicted society.

Jérémie Lenoir wishes to thank VU and more particularly Anne-Marie, Jacynthe and Hubert, the OFQJ and more particularly Nadia et Monika, Lachute aviation and more particularly Antoine and Luc, Marcel and Normand, Sergio Veranes, Studio Ludo and Jérôme and Jérémy.