The Found Photo

Overview

Pierre Primetens was born on 22 April 1974, three days before the Carnation Revolution which put an end to the Portuguese dictatorship. He spent the first years of his childhood in Chaville, not far from Versailles and regularly took family trips to Portugal, until the death of his mother. Then his life takes another turn. Memories pile up, and photos of his childhood and his family get lost or destroyed. Retracing and understanding the events that marked his biography and determined his being become a fundamental step for him to survive. Consequently, he decides to tell his story by borrowing the images of others.