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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.7330076550133526" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">Choosing to travel by foot allows me to observe at an eye level, to take time to get involved with the landscape. With no motor, no tricks, no pre-established stops, time and space are inseparably linked, forcing oneself to be “here and now”, immersed in a very unusual meditation, open to the outside world, both active and contemplative.</span></b></p>
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<b id="internal-source-marker_0.7330076550133526" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap; ">My name is Bastien Defives. I am a professional photographer based in Montpellier. I grew up in the countryside. When I was a kid, I used to go hiking very often with my parents. We spent our holidays discovering many places by foot. This experience has profoundly marked the way I look and choose to represent the world photographically.</span></b></p>
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