Bernard PLOSSU, Joël VERNET - Lot 231

Bernard PLOSSU, Joël VERNET "Letter for a very slow detour. Travels in Mali" Filigranes Éditions Plossu, Bernard ; Vernet, Joël. Letter for a very slow detour. Travels in Mali. Paris, Filigranes Éditions Illustrated cover. Book combining black-and-white photographs and literary text. Note: Publication resulting from the collaboration between Bernard Plossu, a major figure in contemporary French photography, and writer Joël Vernet. This book is in the tradition of the sensitive travel book, where photography and writing dialogue without hierarchy. Plossu's images, taken in Mali, emphasize slowness, wandering and the Sahelian light. True to his aesthetic, he captures fragments of life, bare landscapes and suspended moments, far removed from any spectacular documentary approach. Joël Vernet's text accompanies these images like a poetic meditation, extending the visual experience with an intimate reflection on displacement and perception. Published by Filigranes Éditions, a house renowned for the quality of its photographic works, this book will be of interest to collectors of contemporary photography, as well as to lovers of artists' books and literary travel.