Art Books
Raymond Depardon, Rural
45 €
During the 1990s and 2000s, Raymond Depardon crisscrossed agricultural France with his 6 x 9 view camera. From this exploration of the rural world, he made black-and-white photographs that tell the story of the land, the people, manual labour, the isolation and fragility of small farms, but also the
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beauty of the French countryside.
“These men and women who lived and persisted in cultivating these desolate lands were sages, philosophers, heroes, ahead of the impending, inevitable diminution. This political and ideological shock was a driving force for my project.” — Raymond Depardon
“These men and women who lived and persisted in cultivating these desolate lands were sages, philosophers, heroes, ahead of the impending, inevitable diminution. This political and ideological shock was a driving force for my project.” — Raymond Depardon
Editor
Publication Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
Languages
Bilingual French/English version
Format
Hardback, 35 × 28 cm, 124 pages
86 black-and-white photographs
Design
Agnès Dahan Studio
ISBN
978-2-86925-162-5
Release
October 2020
“To photograph and film farmers means entering their private lives and creating relationships of trust over many years.” Raymond Depardon
