Valentine’s Day: in Meyzieu, declarations of love on light panels

A declaration of love displayed all over the town of Meyzieu, in the Lyon suburbs (Rhone). As every year, here as elsewhere, the luminous panels belong, for the space of a day, to lovers. Everyone, with their own words, can declare their love forelected(e) from his heart, in the public square. Words to express attachment, the joy of living together, intact despite the years.

Simple words and short formulas

Words, but also gestures. At the florist’s, lovers parade as soon as it opens. The clientele of the day, mainly men. Outside, on the illuminated panels, the messages are signed by both women and men. Some pour out more than others, but in thetogether this are the simplest words and the shortest formulas that appear most often.