Kulturaustausch: The simple life

The simple life

Living on less (Issue I/2023)

Scene of a hike in the Spanish comarca Sierra de Cazorla. Photo: Antoine Bruy
A hand-made house in the Pyrenees, France. Photo: Antoine Bruy
Eireann who lives in Washington state, USA. Photo: Antoine Bruy
Cork oaks in the Sierra del Hacho, Spain. Photo: Antoine Bruy
Old, yet functional: A dropout's radio in the Pyrenees, France. Photo: Antoine Bruy
Avi with dog in front of his hut in the Sierra Nevada, Spain. Photo: Antoine Bruy
The hermit Uli in front of his small house in the Sierra Nevada. Photo: Antoine Bruy
A homemade dome in the Sierra del Hacho. Photo: Antoine Bruy

In search of people who have had enough of big city life, the French photographer Antoine Bruy has traveled through Europe and North America. The result is the visually stunning photo series “Scrublands,” in which he documents people who opt out of society, depicting their everyday lives.

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