Photography
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.
Pour vivre ici, Pour vivre ici, 17 x 22.5 cm, 112 pages including tracing paper, 50 color reproductions, hardcover with dust jacket.
With the support of the Grand Est Regional Council
Graphic design: L’Atelier d’édition
30 prints in book format (3×10 photos) printed on 310g Bright White Hahnemühle paper, all numbered and signed, protected by Bfk Rives engraving paper, slipped into individual sleeves, were produced by the author.
Choice of:
Number 1 : Wandervogel (Pour vivre ici), 2017
Number 2 : Lippische Schweiz (Pour vivre ici), 2017
Number 3 : Après un rêve (Pour vivre ici), 2017
