The father of Dames de la Brèche has already published four Books bringing together his creations. He always does it the same way. Franck Ayroles is looking for a partner to finance the project, which he then presents to a publisher. “For each work sold, the entire amount goes to an associative work. » Each book is printed in approximately 1,500 copies. The sums collected were paid, for example, to the Women's Foundation and to an NGO present in Africa to finance the training of midwives.
For the texts accompanying the images, he each time launches a writing competition. For Maman straight versehe asked women to speak out about the difficulties they face today. “As a man, I am delighted to see that things are moving. But when you're a woman, you tell yourself that it's still not enough. For me, change will not happen without men. There needs to be a mutual exchange. » Engaged in the fight for women's rights, he nevertheless brushes aside the term feminist. “I don’t know what that means. Everything I see around me, this injustice, I don't understand it. I never understood how a woman, a child, a person of color should be treated differently. »
Small revolution in 2025
Franck Ayroles releases a coloring book, Color the streetsalways with women. It will be sold during signing sessions on Saturday December 7 and 21, 2024 at Graphic Encadrement, place du Temple, in Niort.
For his next book (and the artist's 50th birthday), in 2025, there will be a small revolution. Because this time, he will talk about men in a work imagined with a desire to pass it on to his two boys.
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