L’Arche International invited 34 people with an intellectual disability from 34 countries on the 5 continents, to have their say about societal questions.
In a collection of prolific interviews, “Words of the World” has chosen to share 6 themes and 5 significant portraits with you.
However, the world map offers you an enlightened insight into the singularity of each person within their culture.
‘Words of the World’ invites you to see the world from their perspective. Our ambition is simple: to explore, with you, the mystery of human diversity.
Alberto Zacchia, Alina Domnicz, Amir Aziz, Anne Walsh,
Aramuda Nir Rangachar, Aurea Alonzo, Aurora Martinez Hernandez, Christa Schulze, Concilia Maxwella Chitatu, Cristiano Alexandre Pereira, Frances Kennedy, Gerson Armando Alvarenga Avila, Gintaras Karpavicius, Hilmi Mizher Josep Maria Prats, Kimberly Lageer, Kouka Rouamba, Laetitia Ortegat, Lisa Bryan, Maria Abbruzzese, Marie-Anne Jean, Mathias Houphouet Koffi, Musa Kirokote Njeri , Paul Mothersdale, Ruth De Lania Morales, Sandra Beatriz Fernandez, Sandra Van Paassen, Sohag Rahman, Stane Grandljic , Tadeo Sebunya, Tamzin Hine, Tetiana Mishchyk, Tiffany Vaccaro, Wafaa Andrawos, Yuko Unno
Agnieszka Mlynarczyk, Agnieszka Wilk, Aina Lauciute, Andrien Konan N’guessan Angeli Mejia Vazquez, Anna Filipowiak, Antony Mendonca, Brigita Vilar, Candice Wilson, Christopher Simon, Claire Lawler, Hitham Daoud, Ione Aparecida Xavier, Ivan Alexander Cobos Camacho, Kaori Masajima, Kizito Simeo Matovu , Lourdes Chaperon Saint Clair et Jocelyne Mercier , Maria Lucrecia Wicht, Maria Guadalupe Gonzalez Ramos, Maria Linda Paulino, Mary Drouby , Mathenge Joseph Kimamo , Olha Sorochynska, Peggy Lyons, Peyton Koenig, Pierre Kubler, Prisca Mujeri, Rimon Ramzy Hakim, Roger Yaogo, Ronald Zwaan, Teresė Būgaitė, Toppo Dipok, Tuuliki Ruubas, Ursula Dworschak, Valérie Brousson
Cameras: Guillaume Destombes and Mickael McDonald
Editing: Vincent Couillard
Executive production: Frederic Denimal, Cascade Audiovisual
Project manager: Anne Chabert d’Hières
Technical and editorial advisor: Matthieu Gorisse-Mondoloni
Photographer: Benedite Topuz
Graphics: March Studio
Development: Clutch Creative / Projet 901
Computer Support: Farid Barka, PC Next
Translations: Anna McAuley, Marion Girault-Rime, Christine Lang, Joan Heaton, Pere Domènech Tubau, Maurice Muthiga, Alice Chatindo, Widad Bisher, Suzie d’Al Fulk, Koffi Gnagoran, Rosa Arteaga Raudales, Arno Thijs, Maria Lefort, Shannon Crowther.
Logistics: Ségolène Desclée. Marthe Boyez, Caroline Trabaud
contact : international@larche.org
In the wings, during the shoot, Benedite Topuz, caught on film the relationships between people with disabilities and their accompaniers/interpreters.
These duos play out distance and proximity depending on whether they are getting to know one another, or have known each other for a long time.
Prisca and Concilia from Zimbabwe
Peyton and Lisa from United States of America
Marie and Wafaa from Syria
Olha and Tetiana from Ukraine
Pierre and Alberto from Switzerland
Stane and Brigita from Slovenia
Angeli and Ruth from the Dominican Republic
Agnieszka and Alina from Poland
Haytham and Hilmi from Palestine
Maria Linda and Aurea from Philippines
Tadeo and Kizito from Uganda
Candice and Tamzin from New Zealand
Maria and Aurora from Mexico
Terese and Gintaras from Lithuania
Yuko and Kaori from Japan
Mathenge and Musa from Kenya
Peggy and Frances from Ireland
Aina and Maria from Italy
Armando and Gerson from Honduras
Aramuda and Antony from India
Ronald and Sandra from Netherlands
Lourdes, Marie-Anne and Jocelyne from Haiti
Christopher and Josep from Spain
Tiffany and Valérie from France
Ramon and Amir from Egypt
Mathias and Andrien from Ivory Coast
Agnieszka and Kim from Canada
Cristiano and Ione from Brazil
Kouka and Roger from Burkina Faso
Claire and Anne from Australia
Laetitia and Anna from Belgium
Sandra and Maria from Argentina
Tuuli and Paul from United Kingdom
Christa and Ursula from Germany