France, Oct. 4 -- Loneliness is a fact of daily life for millions of people in France, with record numbers cut off from friends, family and neighbours. At the Photoclimat Biennale in Paris, organisations working to combat isolation have joined forces with artists to explore the intimate reality of an overlooked problem.
An estimated 750,000 people over 60 are living out what French charity Petits Freres des Pauvres (Little Brothers of the Poor) calls a "social death" - rarely or never seeinga friend, relative, neighbour or community worker.
The figure has soared by 42 percent in the past four years.Previous surveys put it at 530,000 in 2021 and 300,000 in 2017.
The organisation's president, Anne Geneau,says loneliness and isolation has b...