In early 2020, Aurélie Scouarnec began regular visits to a wildlife care center. Here, caregivers rescue all species of birds and mammals without distinction. The photographer captures their gestures, which become ritualized as they feed, rehabilitate, dress and clean. Contact with wounded bodies opens up the space for a face-to-face encounter with animal otherness, where distances are recomposed. This time of care overturns relational boundaries with the non-domestic animal, creating an unusual closeness. Hands and fingers merge with fur and feathers in Aurélie Scouarnec’s photos. At a time when wild species and their habitats are steadily shrinking, these caregivers are thus trying to act for wildlife, as an attempt to repair our links with the living.

See you Tuesday May 16 from 6pm for the launch of “Feræ” and a book signing with the photographer Aurélie Scouarnec!