beaux livres : photo, architecture, art

PAR LES FORÊTS, LES VILLES ET LES VILLAGES, LE LONG DES VOIES ET DES CHEMINS…

Thierry Girard / Héloïse Conesa

This book brings together several photographic series from different periods, but whose common denominator is the itinerary. Indeed, according to Thierry Girard, the photographic construction of a territory is often built around a journey that can be represented by a line from one point to another, whether imaginary or real, such as the subway lines in Japan with “Yamanote” and “Tenjin,” which the photographer follows from station to station. This line can also be historical, as when Thierry Girard retraces, geographically speaking, the conquering advance of General Leclerc's 2nd Armored Division, allowing him to cross the landscape of eastern France to Strasbourg, the point of arrival and liberation of the city. For his latest work, the photographer travels along several possible routes to reach the Lion of Belfort, crossing rural and urban landscapes and meeting

characters along the way. The bringing together of four major photographic series in a single book is akin to a manifesto.

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Pour vivre ici

Sophie Zénon / Héloïse Conesa

Sophie Zénon has developed research around the Hartmannswillerkopf (HWK) site, renamed “Vieil Armand” after the war, in the Vosges mountains. She questions the notion of restoring the memory of a World War I conflict site.

Vibrant landscapes, dazzling light, and superimpositions of archival documents and natural elements created in situ form the fabric of a personal photographic style that captures both the “spirit of the place” and the way in which people today have learned to live with this forest steeped in history.

The book is punctuated by the voice of Raoul Ermel, a carpenter who is intimately familiar with the spirit of this forest, and excerpts from the diary written by cadet Henri Martin, who lived in these places during the First World War.

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