The Gorbella Boulevard, and more precisely, the fences of the Maurice Mouchon Garden have turned into display walls where more than twenty photographers from the [Photon Association](https://www.associationphoton.com/index.htm) are currently exhibiting their photos until June 7, 2014.
These photographs were taken all over Nice and its hills. The exhibition, called “Green Parenthesis,” aims primarily to engage the public about these green spaces and oases, forgotten and threatened in the urban environment.
They let us discover Nice through iconic and yet ignored and unknown places, such as a staircase or a slope in the Pasteur district, where one can also find a verdant staircase with walls overrun by plants. Nature is reclaiming its rights. These photos, in their own way, belong to our heritage—a different kind of heritage that also needs to be preserved and immortalized.
Many will discover corners of our countryside. Nice has the privilege of having rural spaces at the city’s doorstep, or even within the city itself. The purpose of “Green Parenthesis” was to rekindle children’s love for the earth, and we could add, for us city dwellers too. The choice of location is ideal to achieve this goal. This garden is at the exit of a school and a daycare center and is located in a very busy area.
The city in the countryside, or rather, the reverse. These photos brighten the always austere fences of the gardens. They are numerous open windows to daydreaming and escape. The photographers have captured not the places, but the soul of the places.
One might think of Boulevard Jean Jaurès and the tramway tracks photographed at night; indeed, many views are taken at night, but isn’t this where dreamlike exercises take place?
Thierry Jan
