Mountain foresters, another world

With this original work, Gilles Lefrançois offers a poignant and personal account dedicated to those who live and work in mountain forests. Through 120 black and white photographs, accompanied by some twenty personal testimonies, the author, a forester from the Ariège region, pays tribute to an often overlooked world: that of loggers, haulers, harvesters, sawyers, and managers, united by the forest, the harsh realities of the land, and respect for all living things. This narrative of twenty years spent in the mountain forests of the Ariège Pyrenees blends personal portraits with the perspectives of a skilled woodworker. A former Legionnaire decorated with the Military Medal, now a professional forest manager, the author shares a philosophy rooted in trust, humility, and consideration. This book, both a personal memoir and an ode to the forest, invites us to discover a world of silence and light, where humanity and nature coexist in a fragile balance.

Mountain Foresters, Another World, Gilles Lefrançois, 108 pages, 29.50 euros.