1992
FRANÇOISE HUGUIER
luxury box
With the 1992 book Françoise Huguier revisits, 30 years later, her long Siberian journey to the Behring Strait. The photographer plunged back into her contact plates and became aware of the already catastrophic pollution of the Arctic lands. She then thought of a new work that captures “the very essence of a Siberia on the edge of the abyss”, as Yann Arthus-Bertrand emphasizes in the preface.
Luxury Box
Limited edition of 40 boxes packed with faded white paper “the color of dirty snow”, print of a replica of the walrus defense offered to Françoise Huguier during her trip to Siberia.
“I wrote this newspaper on a day-to-day basis, and I stuck a few things in it: Polaroids, cigarette packs I smoked, bank notes… And even some corpses of mosquitoes.” Françoise Hugier
Each box contains:
the numbered book,
three signed prints, format 16.5 24 cm, prints on satin paper made by the laboratory January, limited to 94 copies
a facsimile of the travel diary that Françoise Huguier kept during her stay in Siberia (format 20 20 cm, 240 pages, four-colour, soft cover, straight back sewn, printed in 40 copies)
Price: 750€
ISBN: 978-2-909478-60-9
If you wish to choose a box number, please send an email to Achevé d’imprimer, indicating the desired number and your order number.
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Size 22,85 x 30 cm
192 pages on paper Gardapat Kiara 150 g/m2
Hardcover
Wibalin Natural Pearl Grey 543
Blank guards brought back in paper Wibalin Natural Steel Blue
Sewn notebooks, straight back repincé
1992 - the book
“In this book, Françoise Huguier invites us to this forgotten Russia in the early 1990s. She had only one idea in mind - to reach the Behring Strait - captured the very essence of a Siberia on the edge of the abyss. Nothing is ever vertical or horizontal. Everything seems petrified in the mud and rust: abandoned tires, ruined buildings, bloodthirsty carcasses, earth ripped open by deep ruts, here is the real life. Few smiles in this universe. Yet, one can only be carried away by these powerful images and this humanity at the height of dirty snow and scratched huts. It is all the strength of Françoise Huguier to know we liver the keys of this world in decay, served by an implacable plastic mastery.
Yes, really, Françoise Huguier is a great lady of photography.” Yann Arthus-Bertrand
The original layout of 1992 was directly inspired by the constructivist artistic movement.
Biographiy: French photographer, member of the Agence VU', Françoise Huguier documents the worlds of politics, culture and fashion. From the 80s, she began to travel around the world and photograph her encounters, she carries a singular and graphic eye that never lacks humor. She founded the first Bamako Photography Biennale in 1994. She won the Villa Médicis Hors-les-Murs in 1990 and 1993 and also won a Word Press Photo in 1993.
Print n° 1
Print n° 2
Print n° 3
