Amélie Riquelme, a 23-year-old truck driver, works in an industry that has long struggled to attract women and young people, with the shortage of drivers becoming a critical issue critical issue amid drastic global shortages.
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Amélie works for her family's transport company. At the time photographer Yohanne Lamoulère met her in 2019, she was driving from Arles to Castellón, Spain, and back at least twice a week, Lamoulère explained over email. The busy route is around 850 miles, or roughly 1365 kilometers total. whose uncle is also a trucker, met Amélie at a truck show in southeastern France where drivers decorate their vehicles for a competition.
Though Lamoulère photographed Amélie's life at various points over a period of two years, this snap was particularly momentous: During her sister Lucie's farmhouse wedding — with an all-white dress code and the family trucks included in the wedding procession — Jérémy and Lucie conspired to surprise Amélie: in lieu of the traditional bouquet toss, Lucie handed it directly to Amélie, and Jérémy proposed.
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