14 Mar 2025 → 11 May 2025
© Maxime Riché

© Maxime Riché

On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire megafire destroyed Paradise, a town in California (USA), in less than four hours. On July 13, 2021, another megafire, the Dixie Fire, started near Paradise, although the winds pushed it away from the town this time. This fire, the largest in California’s history, burned 390,000 hectares over more than 100 days. Maxime Riché traveled to Paradise in 2020 and again in 2021 to meet those who decided to rebuild their «paradise» in a place that now seems deeply inhospitable. To sensitively capture the emotions of the survivors and the images that haunt them, he used analog photography, intermittently employing infrared slide film. Navigating the boundaries between documentary and fiction, the Paradise series serves as a parable about our capacity for adaptation...

Opening Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 12:00 - 18:00
Thursday 12:00 - 18:00
Friday 12:00 - 18:00
Saturday 12:00 - 18:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
Gallery Info → Map →
14 Mar 2025 → 11 May 2025
14 Mar 2025 → 11 May 2025
© Maxime Riché

© Maxime Riché

On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire megafire destroyed Paradise, a town in California (USA), in less than four hours. On July 13, 2021, another megafire, the Dixie Fire, started near Paradise, although the winds pushed it away from the town this time. This fire, the largest in California’s history, burned 390,000 hectares over more than 100 days. Maxime Riché traveled to Paradise in 2020 and again in 2021 to meet those who decided to rebuild their «paradise» in a place that now seems deeply inhospitable. To sensitively capture the emotions of the survivors and the images that haunt them, he used analog photography, intermittently employing infrared slide film. Navigating the boundaries between documentary and fiction, the Paradise series serves as a parable about our capacity for adaptation...

Opening Hours

Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 12:00 - 18:00
Thursday 12:00 - 18:00
Friday 12:00 - 18:00
Saturday 12:00 - 18:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
Gallery Info → Map →