Là, près de chez moi

This exhibition comes as a result of several years of observations in the Central Region in France in order to show a relative diversity of wildlife, still visible nowadays. I would also like to show that a kind of beauty is accessible, close to you, without necessarily covering many kilometers. Located between the Sologne in the South, with its huge private properties, more preserved in the North, the great cereal plains of Beauce, I tried to show some species of wildlife, migratory or not, still observable today. In fact, over the past 15 years or so, I have observed like others, the progressive but effective scarcity of wild animal species, in both quantity and diversity. The causes are varied but mainly due to human activities, once again. The scarcity of insects is one of the main reasons because it is an large part of the local natural food chain that falls. Depending on the region of France where we live, this observation is more or less evident. Mountainous areas without intensive agriculture are a little less affected. How many hours of observations on a grain field these days, to see a Spring Wagtail, or to hear the Grey Partridge or a bunting? When was the last sighting of a stonechat or a wheatear? A change is visible but slow. Let’s hope that this return to nature gives back to wildlife, the place it should never have left