Thierry Maignan – Negroïde City

In Paris, some presences are constant yet rarely centered — visible in everyday life, but still pushed to the margins of dominant narratives. Negroïde City begins from this tension. Through a series of black-and-white photographs, Thierry Maignan traces a lived city shaped by bodies, gestures, and movements that quietly redefine its landscape.

Both intimate and political, the book develops a direct photographic language stripped of anecdote and spectacle. Faces, postures, and fragments of urban life emerge with clarity, forming a visual narrative that questions visibility, memory, and postcolonial legacy. At its core, Negroïde City is a gesture of reappropriation — of the gaze, of representation, and of language itself.

Le Grand Jeu invites you to the launch of Negroïde City in the presence of Thierry Maignan. An evening to encounter the work beyond the page, engage with the artist’s perspective, and reflect on how images can shift what a city reveals — and what it chooses to conceal.

📖 Negroïde City — Book Launch & Signing with Thierry Maignan
🗓 Friday, July 3rd | 🕓 from 6PM
📍 Le Grand Jeu, 15 passage de Ménilmontant, Paris 11