Every Weird French Carnival Needs Its Queen

French photographer Romain Ruiz revels in the Gallic strangeness of his homeland, and has been documenting it in his ongoing folk series, France Parallax. One ongoing project within the series documents the female figures in popular French folk events. Ruiz has visited coronation galas, carnivals, parades, flower parades, agricultural fairs, religious festivals, funfairs, and patronal…