we all know how sad and uncomfortable we feel when we see homeless people wearing their live’s hardships on haggard faces; it is nevertheless necessary for the truth to be exposed, no matter how much it hurts, no matter how distressing it is. this is a real problem in france and is worsening exponentially. it’s something that shouldn’t be ignored, and so, with cell phone camera in hand, a new paris-based photoblogger is making a statement about it focusing on the real culprit: the french social model. He says, “these pictures are of the actual france…” Some quotes on the site include:

«The French social model is neither inefficient nor outdated. It has a great ambition which can be expressed simply: permanently to level up. We must keep it. In a way it’s our national genius. It’s a necessity.»
— Jacques Chirac

«If you take the important things in life in society — health policy, the fight against poverty — you see that we are nevertheless in a far better position than the British.»
— Jacques Chirac

«We have a French social model and we want to keep it. And the point is that we cannot accept to leave people out of the society. Exclusion, we cannot accept that. It is not in the French culture. »
— Jacques Chirac

«A No vote would result in globalisation without any constraints. Europe would then become the big market that the Anglo-Saxons dream about, a Europe under US influence, a Europe under Chinese influence.»
— Dominique de Villepin

[see more photos at the french social model (in english and french)]