Author Archives: Rémi Coignet

Geoffroy de Boismenu BOISEMANIA

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Rémi Coignet

Contemporary narcissists get their ego-surf kicks by Googling their names. But photographer Geoffroy de Boismenu, harboring a fondness for paper and gifted with a sharp sense of self-parody, gives this old search a new twist. For years, he has saved … Continue reading →

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HOW TO MAKE A BOOK WITH STEIDL

Posted on September 5, 2011 by Rémi Coignet

Produced by the German TV channel ZDF, the film How to Make a Book with Steidl, generally shown at exhibitions and festivals, is now available on DVD. For an entire year, directors Gereon Wetzel and Jörg Adolph shadowed publisher Gerhard … Continue reading →

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Aymeric Fouquez NORD

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Rémi Coignet

For years Aymeric Fouquez has photographed military cemeteries from World War I in the north of France and Belgium. His style – detached and cold – is documentary. His subject, however, is autobiographical: growing up in the north of France, … Continue reading →

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Pieter Hugo PERMANENT ERROR

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Rémi Coignet

Pieter Hugo’s latest book takes for its backdrop the nearly unpronounceable Agbogbloshie, a vast junkyard in Ghana. Hardly a run-of-the-mill dump, Agbogbloshie is the final resting place of the world’s electronic waste. The locals mine the piled-high machines, burning them … Continue reading →

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Yto Barrada A GUIDE TO TREES…

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Rémi Coignet

As revolution brews in the Arab world, Yto Barrada brandishes the flag of irony in the face of uneasy tyrannies. A Guide to Trees for Governors and Gardeners, published as part of the Deutsche Guggenheim’s retrospective of the Tangiers artist, … Continue reading →

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