1992 - FRANÇOISE HUGUIER

“In this book, Françoise Huguier invites us to this forgotten Russia, at the beginning of the 1990s. She had only one idea in mind - to reach the Behring Strait - and she has captured the very essence of a Siberia on the brink of collapse.

Everything is raw : the blood, the filth, the striking portraits of a world in turmoil. Nothing is ever vertical or horizontal. Everything seems petrified in mud and rust: abandoned tyres, ruined buildings, bloody carcasses, earth torn open by deep ruts, this is real life. There are few smiles in this universe. Yet, one cannot help but be carried away by these powerful images and this humanity in the midst of dirty snow and flayed shacks. It is Françoise Huguier’s strength to know how to give us the keys to this world in the process of decay, served by an implacable plastic mastery.

Yes, truly, Françoise Huguier is a great lady of photography.” Yann Arthus-Bertrand

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Biography of the author : "French photographer, member of the VU’ Agency, Françoise Huguier documents the worlds of politics, culture and fashion. IN the 1980s, she began to travel around the world and photograph her encounters, bringing a singular and graphic eye that never lacks humour. She founded the first Bamako Photography Biennale in 1994. She was a laureate of the Villa Médicis hors les murs in 1990 and 1993 and also won a Word Press Photo in 1993.”

Original Edition - 50€
Spécial edition #1- 300€ - A boxed set containing the numbered book and a signed print of your choice of the three prints Spécial edition #2 - 750€ - A boxed set containing the numbered book, three signed prints and a reproduction of Françoise Huguier’s original travel diary (276 pages)

ISBN - 978-2-909478-60-9

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