Monitored, controlled, observed, counted, hunted or protected, wildlife is subject to human constraints. Over the course of a year, Laurence Kubski documented interactions punctuating the cohabitation of humans and wild animals in the well-defined geographical and cultural space of the canton of Fribourg.

Over the seasons, the photographer witnessed bats being counted in the vicinity of caves, birds being ringed during migration and drones flying over meadows on mowing days to spot fawns hidden by their mothers… In the exhibition, Kubski mixes these observations with her own childhood memories, spent in the Fribourg countryside.

Sauvages explores local practices within a broader perspective. The local area serves as a representative sample of current Western culture. By mixing documentary images and staged scenes, the photographer is asking: Does the wild still exist?

The 14th edition of the Fribourg photographic survey is a competition Service de la culture de l’État de Fribourg. A publication is co-edited by éditions Textuel and the Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Fribourg.