Denis Roche's 'Boîtier de mélancolie' pairs photos with poetic texts
Denis Roche's 'Le Boîtier de mélancolie' presents one hundred photographs selected by the author, arranged chronologically from Nicéphore Niépce's first image in 1826 to Bernard Plossu's 1992 shot. Each photograph is accompanied by a short text that refines, corrects, amplifies, or condenses the image. Roche scrutinizes the silence of the world, translating it into words to silence time. Each writing reveals itself as a small miracle of visual intelligence.
Key facts
- Denis Roche authored 'Le Boîtier de mélancolie'
- The book contains one hundred photographs
- Photos are arranged chronologically from 1826 to 1992
- First photograph is by Nicéphore Niépce from 1826
- Last photograph is by Bernard Plossu from 1992
- Each photo has an accompanying short text
- Texts can specify, correct, amplify, or condense the image
- The work was published in 1999
Entities
Artists
- Denis Roche
- Nicéphore Niépce
- Bernard Plossu
Institutions
- artpress
Sources
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