Join a non-profit art and heritage photography project in Roquebrune sur Argens, France

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  2025 

 Min stay requested: at least 1 month

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  • Description

    Description

    Availability:
    - from March 2025 until early November 2025 - NO AVAILABILITY, SORRY 🥺
    - from March 2026 until early November 2026 - OPEN

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    We are a Provence family from the village of Roquebrune sur Argens (Var). , journalist and photographer, now retired, was born in the family house you’ll stay in, in Roquebrune-sur-Argens. Thanks to 50 years of career, André had the opportunity to travel internationally, and capture moments of life in France, Europe, Asia, South America, but also in Oceania. You’ll meet André, François (his son who’s running the Charity) and many local people (the neighbors are particularly nice).

    More about the project:
    From 1970 to 2000, André has taken more than 100,000 photos of his travels, Provence and more particularly, his hometown, Roquebrune, and its surroundings. These pictures are the result of a passion and a photographic heritage that he wishes to revive through a non-profit making organization

    Our charity photography has one main goal: to give life again to rare and unknown archives to the general public. And this is your mission!

    After 3 exhibitions and 3 books, we had a show to celebrate Photo 3rd anniversary and Passadoc 10th anniversary. Performers came from Dubai, England and the whole of France. The photographer was a woofer from California! Do check out the videos from the show on our Youtube channel -ask us for the link .

    You will stay in Maison in Roquebrune, which has been in the family for 4 generations. This 16th century house has four floors. On the ground floor, there is a self-contained apartment with its own entrance. It is fully equipped with a bedroom with a double bed (160cm, new mattress), small living room, kitchen area and bathroom. It is your private space!

    Please follow us on social media (Youtube, Instagram, Pinterest and Tiktok) under the name: ask us for the link

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Charity Work
    Art Projects
    Help with Computers/ Internet
  • UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

    UN goals
    No poverty
    Zero hunger
    Good health and well-being
    Quality education
    Gender equality
    Clean water and sanitation
    Affordable and clean energy
    Decent work and economic growth
    Industries, innovation and infrastructure
    Reduce inequality
    Sustainable cities and communities
    Responsible consumption and production
    Climate action
    Life below water
    Life on land
    Peace, justice and strong institutions
    Partnerships for the goals
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Live the Provence lifestyle in the heart of a millennial village, 15 minutes to the sea, minutes to the forest, mountain and lake. Learn about us, traditions, lifestyle…

    Learn about Provence from a family in the region for centuries...

  • Help

    Help

    Our nonprofit has 2 goals:
    - Save an archive with 100,000 pictures
    - Improve the brand-awareness so that people better know our pictures, our nonprofit, photographer website etc. At this time, we are focusing our communication on Germany, Great Britain and North America.

    You mission is to help with the brand awareness. You will help to run the photography communication, mainly with its social media accounts launched in April 2024: ask us for our social links

    Check out our pages -ask us for the link- on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Pinterest -ask me for the link

    This is a mission for one or two people (couple or friends) to prepare online content. You will choose archive pictures then write text for stories and blog posts, and storyboards for reels and short videos. You will work in English or in French to go along with our archive pictures. You will work remotely (Whatsapp, email, Zoom...) with a team of 3 people.

    This means 20 hours a week needed from each of you. You decide on your schedule. The main thing is to deliver the contents every week and ensure we regularly sync up. This means you can make plans to visit Provence, Côte d’Azur (French Riviera) and the Southern Alpes!

    This can be done from your cellphone or tablet from anywhere!

    Your stay is one month minimum. If you can stay for several months, it is a bonus.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent
    French: Fluent
    Italian: Fluent
    Occitan: Fluent
    Spanish: Beginner
    Portuguese: Beginner

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    You will stay in your own apartment in our family home in the historical pedestrian center of the Provence village of Roquebrune sur Argens. This 16th century house has a self-contained apartment on the ground floor with a living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom, with a double bed. You will have your own room and food. The house has reliable fast fiber internet connection (Wifi and Ethernet).

    Looking for either an individual or 2 people (friends or couple).

    100 euros per week (or 150 euros if you are a couple) for your food allowance, you cook for yourself as you have your own accommodation (the owner François lives hours away with his family and stays on some occasions in his own bedroom). This allowance is for food only, but can include the monthly bus pass (about 30€) useful to move about. Official receipts are needed!

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    Located 10kms from the sea, Roquebrune is situated between Cannes, Nice and Aix en Provence, Marseille. There is a 7-day a week bus service running to the nearest city: Saint Raphaël - Fréjus.

    The nearest train stations are Saint Raphaël Valescure (direct bus) and Les Arcs Draguignan.
    The nearest airport is Nice (bus from Saint Raphaël station).

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Can host digital nomads

    Can host digital nomads

    The house has reliable fast ADSL internet connection (Wifi and Ethernet).

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    Two

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