Nicolas Giraud - Paris 2024
| Author | |
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| Publisher | Rvb Books |
| ISBN | 9782492175596 |
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| Status | not yet published |
Nicolas Giraud’s ‘Paris 2024’ presents a series of photographs of historic Parisian buildings undergoing restoration. Covered with printed tarpaulins – displaying either monumental advertisements or photographic reproductions of the facades themselves – the buildings vanish beneath a fabricated version of reality. These temporary urban ‘trompe-l’œils’ conceal both the scaffolding and the transformations of the city. The photographs play with this ambiguity, between cut stone and polyvinyl sheeting, reality and representation. From Haussmann to Grand Paris, the series considers an evolving city and reveals the hidden mechanisms that shape its appearance – one facade at a time.
| 24 p, ills colour & bw, 24 x 32 cm, hb, English |
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