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The first book by photographer Jérémy Charbaut
Foreword by Julia Malye

L'île Saint-François — Le Havre

“The sea—as survival and freedom.” [water]

“The city—as refuge and scars.” [earth]

“The sky—as hope and disillusion.” [air]

“The living—as fury and faith.” [fire]

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A human story. A story of shadows and light that takes form within a territory where everything intermingles in the harshness and communion of transfigured souls and bodies.
This territory is the Saint-François district, an island within the city of Le Havre.

At the origin of the city, together with the Notre-Dame district, it was founded in 1541 by Francis I.

Partly destroyed during the Second World War, it withstood the architectural overhaul orchestrated by Auguste Perret after the war.
Facing Perret’s concrete architecture, it spreads out, surrounded by three basins, between the rebuilt city center and the port, and is only accessible by bridges connecting it to other districts, giving it an insular appearance.

How does one convey the pride of belonging, the attachment to a territory, the resistance, the singularity of the people who inhabit and defend it? How can the power of an almost insular universe, its drama, and its historical continuity be revealed?

For three years, from 2020 to 2023, photographer Jérémy Charbaut

settled “Chez Lili”, behind the bar.
This convivial place, formerly called “Le bon coin”, is a symbol of the Saint-François district.

“A place is only truly known once a dream has been sown there,” says Édouard Glissant.
Between the Maison de l’Armateur, the fishing port, the fish market, the Bassin du Roy and the Halle aux Poissons, “Chez Lili” spills out onto a large terrace in the midst of a maritime and port landscape.

A haven for sea workers and locals, the bistro enabled the photographer to forge strong human bonds and to immerse himself at the heart of the district.
He explores, tries to read the people and the habits specific to each territory. He listens to stories, imbued with joy and sorrow.
Friendships form.
He discovers myths and legends, beliefs, stories of communion and confrontation, of independence.
No mere picturesque scenes, but a raw and vibrant vision of a neighborhood that is constantly reinventing itself and has managed to preserve its independence through the centuries.
Fishing activity is its symbol.

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All visuals are 3D rendering and may change during production.

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How can one tell the story of belonging, of attachment to a place, of resilience, of the singular beings who inhabit and defend it?

How can one make visible the force of a near-insular world—its drama as much as its historical continuity?

From 2020 to 2023, photographer Jérémy Charbaut settled in Chez Lili, behind the bar. This gathering place, once called Le bon coin, is a symbol of the Saint-François district.

“A place is never truly known until a dream has been planted there,” writes Édouard Glissant.

Situated between the Shipowner’s House, the fishing port, the fish market, the Roy basin, and the Fish Hall, Chez Lili opens onto a wide terrace overlooking a maritime and harbor landscape.

A refuge for seafarers and neighborhood folk, the bistro became a gateway for the photographer to build deep human connections and immerse himself at the heart of the island.

He explored, sought to read people, their practices, the place’s rituals. He listened to their stories of joy and hardship. Friendships were born.

He discovered myths and legends, beliefs, tales of communion and confrontation, of independence.

Not picturesque, but a raw and vivid vision of a district that endlessly reinvents itself while preserving its independence across the centuries.

Fishing remains its emblem.

Photography: the writing of light

Ever since Plato’s allegory of the cave, we know that each of us navigates between shadow and light, darkness and hope. The work of artists is to guide us through that symbolic maze—to find light within darkness, hope within despair.

But art is also a gesture. A movement of the body. A body in motion. This visual exploration of Saint-François is born of a gaze, a stance.

Through photography steeped in sepia tones and chiaroscuro borrowed from classical painting, this vision plunges us into an imaginary, mysterious city.

Sometimes one must step aside to truly reveal the identity of a territory—and to express the desire to belong, to take root in it.

Jérémy’s lens is an homage—both distanced and respectful—to those he met.
A theater of silhouettes lifted from daily life, charged with the tension of those striving for freedom: caught between liberty and constraint—fury and faith—people confront this duality to claim their independence.

Here, in the unity of a single place, elements and beings merge, forming an organic world.

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About the Book

Main Edition

Printing :
Format 17 x 24 cm
148 pages printed on creative paper 70 photographs

Binding:
Hardcover, Sewn square back

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The signed and numbered book in its case with a signed, unnumbered 16x24 cm print.

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Format 17 x 24 cm
Hardcover, Sewn square back
148 pages printed on creative paper 70 photographs

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About Jérémy Charbaut

Independent photographer since 2011, JÉRÉMY CHARBAUT was born in Paris in 1978. He spent part of his childhood in Normandy, particularly in Étretat, where the light of the Alabaster Coast shaped his vision.

Self-taught at first, he later trained in black-and-white printing at the Verdier Center in Paris alongside visual photographers Carlo Werner and Bruno Verdier.

In 2006, his first photographic work in Ukraine—on orphans in Peschana and a music school in Balta (near Odessa)—helped him shape his photographic voice.
In 2007 he went to Dakar to document the talibés, children entrusted at a young age to a marabout meant to teach them the Quran.

In 2009 he carried out photographic projects in Egypt with the series Modern Pharaohs and Dark Cairo.
From 2010 to 2015, he regularly traveled between Paris and Tangier to capture a city in motion, a crossroads hailed by the king of Morocco. From those years emerged several series (The Dreamers, Intimacy, Ode to Youth) and numerous exhibitions in galleries and public spaces.

In 2016, his encounter with Wilfrid Estève led him to join the Hans Lucas studio. The following year, he left Paris suburbs for Le Havre, eager to reconnect with his Norman roots and reassess his photography. Encounters, explorations, and self-questioning helped him assert his authorial vision—teetering between documentary and artistic fiction.

His work focuses on people and their environments, on their ability to adapt, carve out spaces, or invent worlds of freedom. Alongside his personal projects, he also works on commissions in cultural, sports, and social spheres for clients such as the BNP Paribas Foundation, the French Athletics Federation, and the French Federation for the Blind.

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About Julia Malye (preface)

Julia Malye was born in Paris in 1994. She published her first novel, La Fiancée de Tocqueville (Balland), at the age of 15.

A graduate in social sciences and modern literature from Sciences Po Paris and the Sorbonne, she began writing fiction in English when she moved to the West Coast of the United States to study creative writing. She earned her MFA in fiction from Oregon State University in 2017, where she studied and taught writing for two years.

Since returning to France, Julia Malye has taught creative writing in English to undergraduate and graduate students at Sciences Po Paris. She is also a translator for the publishing house Les Belles Lettres.

Her fourth novel, Louisiana, written simultaneously in French and English, was met with critical and public acclaim and is currently being adapted into a television series.

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This campaign will finance the production costs of the book. Jérémy Charbaut has designed exclusive offers at preferential rates. All rewards can be collected in Le Havre or Paris during launch events (scheduled no later than December), or delivered directly to your home.

The book will be available in all bookstores by late January 2026, coinciding with the namesake exhibition at the Théâtre de l’Hôtel-de-Ville in Le Havre.

By pre-ordering, you can obtain FURY AND FAITH ahead of its release, at a reduced price, with limited-edition art prints and a special case to enrich the visual experience.

Why Crowdfunding ?

The virtuous principle of crowdfunding (pre-purchase) allows artists to finance their work in advance. By joining this campaign, you become an integral part of the project, sharing in its success and strengthening the community behind it.

Publishing a photo book is costly. Yet in the age of the all-digital and the intangible, it is more vital than ever to preserve the material trace of a work: a lasting object that can be touched, shared, and revisited—an affirmation of the love of paper, a living medium that allows us to reenter the artist’s universe at any moment.

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