Na China

Genuine or counterfeit? What matters is satisfying the customer. Feeling the fabric to judge the quality, placing orders with a tailor… through Marie Voignier’s attentive gaze, we see the expertise of these African entrepreneurs who’ve come to set up their businesses in Guangzhou.
It’s a far cry from our idea of import-export in this economy that makes the most of the lack of Western regulations; here, everything takes place over the counter with a calculator. But we’re still talking about international trade, endless merchandise moving between the continents: the bags pile up, the trucks are constantly reloaded, the sound of adhesive tape is deafening… In Guangzhou, Voignier gives us a close-up of the mechanisms of globalisation at work in all its excess. 

Alizée Mandereau
Tënk's Head of production