beaux livres : photo, architecture, art

42.84 km2 sous le ciel

Jacqueline Salmon / Jean-Christophe Bailly

Photographer Jacqueline Salmon has always found in cities and their architecture material for developing photographic reflections. Thus, beneath the enigmatic title 42.84 km2 Under the Sky lies the ambitious project of attempting to describe a city. This project took shape over several years in the city of Toulon: the 42.84 km2 in question representing the city's surface area. How to represent a city is the question Jacqueline Salmon posed. This book answers it by bringing together as many photographic essays as a city illustrates its diversity. This "miscellany" book therefore contains:

– A collection of portraits of Toulon's inhabitants, forming a frieze ranging from a newborn to an elderly person, spanning all stages of life and representing diverse national and social groups.

– Groups of photographs centered around iconic architectural landmarks: a hospital, museums, the port, etc.

– Collections representing the spirit and history of a city: rugby ball collections, prison records, sailors' pom-poms, and other insignia.

– Narratives: about festivals, nuclear submarines, fishermen, etc.

At the photographer's invitation, Jean-Christophe Bailly spent several days wandering through Toulon, bringing the city to life through his writer's eyes. He returned from this stay with a substantial text on Toulon, which will offer a complementary perspective to this ambitious project. Shorter texts by Bailly will also open each of the main sections compiled by Jacqueline Salmon.

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Paysage cosa mentale

Christine Ollier / Jean-Christophe Bailly

Over the past four decades, the subject of "Landscape" has become a major theme in contemporary photography. Christine Ollier's essay examines and synthesizes the extent of the conceptual and formal renewal associated with this theme. The philosophical notions that structure this concept today have become more complex; the various aesthetic currents of our modern era, as well as the contributions of image technologies, have broadened its scope.

This book presents a number of exemplary artistic approaches that highlight the complexity and richness of this contemporary photographic movement. In addition to the author's synthesis, it features extensive reproductions of works by nearly 70 French and international artists.

This book received support from:
Arsenal de Metz / Artothèque de Vitré / Centre national des arts plastiques / Fondation nationale des arts graphiques et plastiques / Maison nationale des artistes de Nogent-sur-Marne / Maison des Arts Solange-Baudoux de la Ville d’Évreux / Musée de La Roche-sur-Yon / Musée de Laval

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