MANIFESTO, A MANIFESTO FOR ARGENTIC PHOTOGRAPHY - Jean-Christophe Béchet
A tribute to silver photography, this book features a selection of n°0 views, veiled film primers that are sometimes haphazard but poetic images.
"...More than ever, I wanted to bring together these n°0 views, a priori failed, unintentional, good to throw away, and yet today some of them are among my favorite photos. Yes, they are successful photos, as much in terms of form as in their fictional and emotional depth. For behind the beauty of this silver material, veiled, torn, shredded... these n°0 views are also the remnants of a bygone era, a time when the camera was no more than an imperfect tool at man's service, a time when photographic material existed in a specific way. A time when not everything was binary, but plural, accidental, artisanal or informal. A time we may be losing..." - Jean-Christophe Béchet
Published by Trans Photographic Press / Le Govic, 2006
Boxed set signed and numbered 98/100 including 3 signed and numbered books with 3 signed and numbered prints
Printing on classic matt coated paper, classic gloss coated paper and creative paper
23.5 cm x 19 cm
ISBN 9782913176362
A tribute to silver photography, this book features a selection of n°0 views, veiled film primers that are sometimes haphazard but poetic images.
"...More than ever, I wanted to bring together these n°0 views, a priori failed, unintentional, good to throw away, and yet today some of them are among my favorite photos. Yes, they are successful photos, as much in terms of form as in their fictional and emotional depth. For behind the beauty of this silver material, veiled, torn, shredded... these n°0 views are also the remnants of a bygone era, a time when the camera was no more than an imperfect tool at man's service, a time when photographic material existed in a specific way. A time when not everything was binary, but plural, accidental, artisanal or informal. A time we may be losing..." - Jean-Christophe Béchet
Published by Trans Photographic Press / Le Govic, 2006
Boxed set signed and numbered 98/100 including 3 signed and numbered books with 3 signed and numbered prints
Printing on classic matt coated paper, classic gloss coated paper and creative paper
23.5 cm x 19 cm
ISBN 9782913176362
A tribute to silver photography, this book features a selection of n°0 views, veiled film primers that are sometimes haphazard but poetic images.
"...More than ever, I wanted to bring together these n°0 views, a priori failed, unintentional, good to throw away, and yet today some of them are among my favorite photos. Yes, they are successful photos, as much in terms of form as in their fictional and emotional depth. For behind the beauty of this silver material, veiled, torn, shredded... these n°0 views are also the remnants of a bygone era, a time when the camera was no more than an imperfect tool at man's service, a time when photographic material existed in a specific way. A time when not everything was binary, but plural, accidental, artisanal or informal. A time we may be losing..." - Jean-Christophe Béchet
Published by Trans Photographic Press / Le Govic, 2006
Boxed set signed and numbered 98/100 including 3 signed and numbered books with 3 signed and numbered prints
Printing on classic matt coated paper, classic gloss coated paper and creative paper
23.5 cm x 19 cm
ISBN 9782913176362
