Jan Banning was able to capture government officials in the wild, taking pictures in 8 vastly different countries. All of these people may have desks to sit at, but the offices range from plush to just a table outside.
“Bureaucratics is a project consisting of a book and exhibition containing 50 photographs, the product of an anarchist’s heart, a historian’s mind and an artist’s eye. It is a comparative photographic study of the culture, rituals and symbols of state civil administrations and its servants in eight countries on five continents, selected on the basis of polical, historical and cultural considerations: Bolivia, China, France, India, Liberia, Russia, the United States, and Yemen.” – Jan Banning
Via: graphism.fr
Its nice collections but you took the pics of different offices. Its better to take pics of same designation offices of different countries then you can compare it.
what a varied bunch we are.how adaptable.
Great collection of pictures! It would be nice to know where each is from though…
i love it.
I love the “Bart Marley” reference in picture number 3 – what country is that from?
I laughed my ass off when I saw the last one.
Haha.. I love how the Indian offices are the most unorganized. Such a contrast with the Chinese offices. There’s a lesson here i think.
Very interesting & eye-opening work
Great pix…a little bit of context for each would turn great into amazing
dope!
Makes you wonder how effective those institutions are that don’t have the posh offices.
These pictures are so beautiful. I feel like we can gain so much from looking at our different cultures and reminding ourselves of how beautiful humanity is.
If you hover each picture it tells the name.
a short response.
bureucrats in India do not work efficiently, happily or with good intent. Why would they? Such ugly offices… Sad.
I have always felt, if Govt offices were beautified, people will FEEL like working. No one had bought this yet