Bure

Viac o knihe

In Bure, a small French commune in the Meuse department of the Grand Est region, French and German opponents of nuclear power have been fighting for decades against the construction of a permanent disposal site for highly radioactive waste. The resistance movement emerged in the Lejuc forest, where Jürgen Nefzger documented the daily lives of protesters who temporarily settled there until the camp's eviction in February 2018. His photographs highlight the stark contrast between a heavily armed state and the seemingly powerless resistance of a few individuals, whose struggle, while appearing futile, embodies an unyielding "no." This work serves as a long-term photographic study of contemporary civil resistance, drawing inspiration from Henry David Thoreau’s essay On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. Thoreau's influential 1849 text is included alongside Nefzger’s images, enriching the narrative of defiance against state power.