Roland-Garros: it’s a jungle out there

When evening falls, Roland-Garros drifts off into reverie after a day filled with emotions. This is the moment when photographer Sébastien Vincent strolls around the stadium and lets his imagination run wild.
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23 JANUARY 2018
 - SÉBASTIEN VINCENT

A giraffe instead of an elephant

"If you know the stadium well, then you will know that there is a space like this in between Court 2 and Court 3. I asked myself – which animal could fit into such a narrow area? I liked the idea of getting a giraffe in there. It was incongruous, out of place. A giraffe can be up to five metres tall, but with its long neck, you could get it to fit in here and there. To begin with, I’d actually thought of an elephant…"

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