#1 CURATED BY PATRICK REMY
“I love browsing! I enjoy wandering through a few select bookstores that dot my walks through Paris. I sometimes visit book fairs, but the sheer volume of publications quickly drives me away. Of course, there are the reference books for the work I do with fashion and beauty brands, and then there are the others—all the others! The photographic content is essential, but there’s also the physical object: that is, the size, the paper, the cover, and the layout as well. All these elements are inseparable in my choice. Too many books don’t meet these criteria. I love a surprise—sometimes the themes are far removed from my current interests, but who cares!”
Here is my eclectic selection, ranging from a journey to frozen lands, an Indian photographer’s tribute to his father, the diary of a young American woman who just wants to surf, to a nostalgic look back at childhood in Ukraine, and many others that will enrich this new, one-of-a-kind bookstore over the coming weeks. And besides, I love the oddballs! These unidentified books that push the boundaries of publishing and the visual, like this work on food trials for American soldiers, this photographer obsessed with petunias, or the experiments of Ron Jude or Roe Ethridge, or even the flood of images by the Japanese master Kikuji Kawada, not to mention the diary of a fashion designer locked up in her Brooklyn home during lockdown. Happy reading!
Patrick Remy
Photographic critic, independent editor and art director, Patrick Remy has curated numerous exhibitions devoted to fashion photography, notably in Kobe and Melbourne. In 1999, he founded Patrick Remy Studio, specializing in consulting and iconographic research for luxury houses and advertising agencies. He also collaborates with numerous publishing houses, including Steidl, Prestel, Rizzoli New York, Louis Vuitton and Taschen.
To date, he has edited over sixty books, including monographs on Hiromix, Steve Hiett, Massimo Vitali, Max Pam, Saul Leiter, Helmut Newton, Wing Shya, Kourtney Roy, Gerard Malanga, Jonas Mekas, Guido Mocafico, Thibaut Cuisset, Quentin de Briey, Kishin Shinoyama, Marchand et Meffre, Valérie Belin, Jeanloup Sieff, Thomas Hauser, Hanna Moon, Jeff Burton and Daidō Moriyama, to name but a few. He is also the author of several books, including Antiglossy: Fashion Photography Now (Rizzoli New York, 2019).
L’INAPERÇU honored to count Patrick Remy among its very first contributors for our inaugural photobook curation. Starting January 10, 2023, we will offer a new selection of titles, all carefully curated by Patrick Remy, in addition to a rich cultural program running parallel to the development of our bookstore specializing in artist photobooks.
