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Ramdane Touhami’s new magazine ‘Useless Fighters’ and photographer François Prost’s ‘After Party’
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8 June 2024
Episode 616
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This week we speak with French-Moroccan creative director, entrepreneur and publisher Ramdane Touhami about his new magazine ‘Useless Fighters’ on the cultural and political importance of mountains. Plus: photographer François Prost on his new photo book ‘After Party’, which captures images from French discotheques in broad daylight.
8 June 2024
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