little by little (summer 2024)

Photos by Ania Johnston
Interviews by Judas Ãtman and Ania Johnston
Video editing by Surya Vaidy

Petit à Petit (Little by Little), a women’s collective implements civic projects throughout Arles to create a more collective community. Both staff and volunteers, led by Anne Drilleau, work out of Dans La Cuisine, a communal kitchen in the heart of the Grifeuille, a neighborhood on the Western outskirts of Arles.

Jamila Laboub, a seasoned chef, and Olga Ivanova, an apprentice work in the kitchen weekly. Over the past 6 months, the pair have grown to become “unlikely” friends. Though they come from disparate parts of the world, their kinship is a symbol of the ways that community can come together no matter their differences.

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