By Anna Kovler
Dec, 2019
For years, Jean-François Bouchard has made work that documents people deemed to be on the “fringes” of society.
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By Anna Kovler
Infopresse, by Hélène R. Hidalgo
Sep 16, 2019
Dans son plus récent projet photographique In Guns We Trust, Jean-François Bouchard, cofondateur de Sid Lee, explore la psyché américaine et la culture des armes à feu en plein coeur du désert de l’Arizona, dans le plus grand champ de tir des États-Unis.
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British Journal of Photography, by Marigold Warnerà
May 1, 2019
The Big Sandy is America’s largest machine-gun shooting range. It stretches a quarter of a mile across the western desert of Arizona, one of the most “gun-friendly” states in the country. Twice a year it is the venue for a three-day convention, where extreme gun enthusiasts sample their most sophisticated weapons.
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Artnet news, by Caroline Goldstein & Sarah Cascone
May 1, 2019
Jean-François Bouchard journeyed deep into the heart of Arizona to document American gun culture and the tourism that has sprung up around it. The resulting photographs have a strong cinematic flavor, offering a dramatic view of the recreational use of military-grade weapons.
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The Washington Post, by Chloe Coleman
Apr 24, 2019
In Arizona’s western desert, the Big Sandy lays claim to being the venue of the largest machine gun shoot in the United States. Twice a year, a crowd of legally armed machine gunners spends a weekend on the quarter-mile-long range firing at a wide range of targets.
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Wired, by Michael Hardy
Mar 27, 2019
Twice a year, hundreds of America's most hardcore gun enthusiasts flock to the northern Arizona desert to spend a weekend firing military-grade weapons at pickup trucks, storage containers, and grounded propeller planes.
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