My life for God
In Évron, (France) the community of Saint-Martin, the first seminary in France, encouraged the vocations of Catholic priests. After a course of seven years and many sacrifices, about twenty young men become priests each year. A huge figure given the lack of priests in France. The community is distinguished by a subtle blend of tradition and modernity. The average age of priests is 40, compared to 75 in the rest of France. But the masses are said in Latin and the very strict rules of life. Each day starts at 6:45 with a breakfast in silence right before the first mass. There will be three other during the day in between classes of theology and behavior regarding among other topics, abstinence.
Sébastien Leban
Sébastien Leban is an independent French photojournalist born in 1987. He grew up in Lorraine in a mining and steel basin. The proletarian and laborious world that surrounded him will influence the different subjects he addresses. He worked on a first project on his hometown of Florange then interested in Roma people from Romania. Self-taught, he moved to Israel in 2013 to cover a rich and intense area. Back in Paris after two years in the Middle East, he continues to document the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with an approach he wants sensitive and human. The objective: to probe the two companies that have been opposing for nearly 70 years through subjects such as conscientious objectors in the Israeli army, the energy problems in Gaza, the African refugees in Tel Aviv or the settlers living in the West Bank. His work revolves around social and societal themes that are dear to him. The subject presented here is based on the components set out and is part of a new problem, that of climate change and its direct impact on the population. Sébastien Leban is a member of the association of photographers Divergence and regularly works in order for several titles like Le Monde, L'Obs, Le Point, Paris Match, L'Equipe Magazine, Grazia, Le Parisien Week-End, etc.
