Pierre BESSARD (born in 1969). - Lot 523

Pierre BESSARD (born in 1969). Behind China's Growth [The Origins of China's Growth], 2006. 2 original silver prints 19.5 x 15.5 cm. In their frames. Photographer’s stamp and handwritten notes on the reverse. Founder of the photographic art publishing house Éditions Bessard in Paris. Bibliography: *Behind China’s Growth*, Polaroid portraits of workers in China, *TimeZone8* - *Journal de Chine*, *365 Days in China*, Glénat, 2008. Pierre BESSARD (born 1969) *Behind China's Growth* [The Origins of China's Growth], 2006. Vintage silver print, 31.5 x 24.5 cm (image), 42 x 30 cm (sheet). Signed and dated in the lower right corner in pencil. Founder of the fine art photography publishing house Éditions Bessard in Paris. Bibliography: *Behind China's Growth*, Polaroid portraits of workers in China, *TimeZone8 - Journal de Chine*, *365 Days in China*, Glénat, 2008. Pierre BESSARD (born in 1969) The Dogon of the Bandiagara Escarpment, circa 2010. Four-color direct carbon print, known as the Fresson process 23 x 29 cm (image size) Label with caption and signature on the back of the frame. The Dogon people inhabit the region known as Dogon Country, which stretches from the Bandiagara Escarpment to the southwest of the Niger River bend. The Fresson process is a photographic printing process developed in 1952 by Pierre Fresson and his son Michel Fresson for producing color photographic prints. It is based on the monochrome “charcoal-satin” process invented in 1899 by their ancestor Théodore-Henri Fresson. Fresson print.