Corsica | Le Regard Libre

Label: Corsica

Visual arts

Dark Canary

written by Bernard Léchot

Soon to be historic images... Sixty years after its closure in 1965, the asbestos factory in Canari, Corsica, will be destroyed and its quarries «made safe» from this year onwards. After a vein was discovered in 1898, a Swiss working for the ETERNIT company spotted a real deposit in the 1920s. By 1940, millions of tons of rock had been extracted from the site by ETERNIT subsidiary SMA (Société minière de l'amiante), disfiguring the region. Once the asbestos had been isolated, the crushed rock filled the bays and coves of western Cap Corse, transforming them into black beaches, such as the famous Nonza beach.

Photography

Indipendenza

By Bernard Léchot · May 26, 2024

Autocollants, tags, marque de bière, toilettes de restaurant… En Corse, le militantisme – autonomiste ou indépendantiste selon les cas – s’affiche sous des formes pour le moins multiples. Photoreportage

Photography

International cattle!

By Bernard Léchot · January 4, 2024

Could we imagine a «Regard Libre» focused on the rural world without featuring the ultimate Swiss icon? But Switzerland doesn’t have a monopoly on cattle. You don’t even have to go as far as India—just think of the United States! And even… Corsica, where they’re actually quite rare.