In this album, the compelling photographer Alessandra Sanguinetti explores her vision of France, where old traditions persist even as they unravel and shift in relation to contemporary tensions, including multiculturalism. The work presents an intuitive, often lyrical journey, underscored by a sense of unease about what it means to be French—and to photograph the French—today. Le Gendarme Sur La Colline is the result of a major new commission by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès and the Aperture Foundation. Called “Immersion,” the program seeks to expand the artistic dialogue between France and the United States, while investing in creativity and providing a platform for a leading emerging artist to create a significant new body of work.