Breaking Down - Un trop plein de souffrance - 130 Street Photographies after the Paris Attacks {Paris Street Photo}
Breaking Down - Un trop plein de souffrance - 35/130 - © 2015 CHANT WAGNER
130 Street Photographies after the Paris Attacks - 130 photographies de rue, après les attentats de Paris - In Memoriam
Less than 10 days after the Paris Attacks, here's a scene you could spot by the Bataclan concert hall: a young woman suddenly throwing herself into a corner and hiding behind a garbage bin so as to be able to let go of her overwhelming emotions in peace...
She was choking with tears, breaking down, just in control enough to sit down on the curb and hide away to do so. Soon, she checked herself however, tightly pulling back her hair into a ponytail as if to pull herself, with her hands, out of her sorrow, hiding her face further down into her woolen scarf. She gave the impression that she must have known one of the victims who had died - or that she was a survivor herself.
It was quick but it reveals the psychological trauma experienced by some of the "impliqués" as the official French terminology goes, i.e., the ones who were implicated as witnesses and participants to the events.
Some relate they were cautious not to look around as they were freed by the RAID and BRI who advised them to keep their eyes up on the ceiling, while others said they couldn't help themselves and had to look.
You can choose to look or not.
This photo is part of a series capturing the atmosphere of Paris after 11/13 in 130 pictures, one each day for each of the 130 Paris Attack victims.
Previously:
Flowers, Sawdust, Blood - Des fleurs, de la sciure et du sang - 34/130
Have Heart - Courage - 33/130
A New Pilgrimage Map is Born - Une nouvelle carte de pèlerinage est née - 32/130
Fire with Humor - Combattre le feu par l'humour - 31/130
Looking Back Towards the Future of the Past - Regarder vers le futur du passé - 30/130
Fluctuat Nec Mergitur Is Still Around - Fluctuat Nec Mergitur perdure - 29/130
Bleu, Blanc, Rouge at Polly Maggoo's - Du bleu, du blanc et du rouge au balcon du Polly Maggoo - 28/130
Shining the Light on November 13 - Projeter la lumière sur le 13 novembre - 27/130
Strange Goings Around a Carousel - Etrange manège le soir du réveillon de Noël - 26/130
The New In Colors - Le tricolore revient en vogue - 25/130
Drawing Resilience with Tealights - Dessiner la résilience avec des bougies - 24/130
Fascination - 23/130
Everything Happened, Nothing Happened - Tout est arrivé, rien n'est arrivé - 22/130
Patriotic Street Art - Un art des rues patriotique - 21/130
Keeping Emergency Services in a Central Paris Hospital - Maintien des urgences à l'Hôtel-Dieu - 20/130
Semiotics of Insult - La sémiotique de l'insulte - 19/130
Hacking It - Le système D - 18/130
Habit Rouge Impression - Une Impression d'Habit Rouge - 17/130
Recueillement - Meditation - 16/130
Saving Memorial Art from the Rain - Sauver un art de la mémoire de la pluie - 15/130
A Month Later - Un mois plus tard - 14/130
December 13, 2015 - Le 13 décembre 2015 - 13/130
Quentin Mourier, 29 ans - Quentin Mourier - 29 years old - 12/130
I Love You - M - Je t'aime, M - 11/130
Game Over: Culture Shock - Fin de partie : le choc culturel - 10/130
The Blood of the Republic was Shed - Le sang de la République a été versé - 9/130
Under Shock - Sous Le Choc - 8/130
Bullet Holes at the Laundromat - Impacts de balles au Lavratonic - 7/130
A La Bonne Bière Reopens: Shades of Emotions - Une Palette d'Emotions - 6/130
Peaceful Day at République - Jour Paisible à République - 5/130
Woman with a Tricolor Turban - La femme au turban tricolore - 2/130
