Diploma project, made at ECAL, 2019 Tray. 35 years to go. I want to erase these barriers that separate us. His time, mine. Distance, space, prison walls. I am in Peoria, his hometown. As I am getting closer to him and his memories I have the feeling of moving away.  A nostalgia emanates from these empty landscapes where he no longer appears, space and time become blurry.  My presence here resonates through his absence. His body disappears, gradually finding its marks in a timeless enclave. Together, we are creating a utopian place beyond isolation. This photo book tells the story of my encounter with Tray, a young black American man incarcerated in Galesburg prison in Illinois. After a year of exchange and letters oversea, I decide to go and meet him and join him in prison. There, I meet his family and I go back to the steps of his childhood. When I see him within these walls, he tells me that he would have liked to grow up in the neighborhood across the street, where he could have had access to education, without having to run after money to feed his family. "you know Lucie, you're like a dolphin and I am like a shark. they never meet in the ocean'' 180pages. hardcover.