Nothing but home
by Sebastien Girard
First edition
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Photography and book design by Sebastien Girard
First edition of 500 copies
bound with a blue cover
48 pages - 29.9 cm x 23.1 cm
11,77 x 9,09 inches
Offset printing, Hardcover
ISBN: 978-2-9534516-0-3
Nothing but Home, the first in a series, takes the unity of a place as its starting point: the photographer's house, his first house. From this inaugural sign, a first book emerges. Based on minute details detected under the rubble and within the mutating building site, Sébastien Girard builds a singular language, rescuing everyday life, where a single tool or entangled ordinary materials organize themselves into an intimate account of events.
Premier volet d'une série, Nothing but Home prend pour point de départ l'unité d'un lieu : la maison du photographe, sa première maison. C'est sous ce signe inaugural que prend naissance un premier livre.
A partir d'infimes détails décelés sous les décombres et mutations d'un chantier, Sébastien Girard construit un langage singulier, sorte de sauvetage du quotidien où la présence d'un outil, l'enchevêtrement de matériaux vulgaires, s'ordonne en un récit intime des événements.
Read a review about the book by Jeffrey Ladd on 5B4
Read a review by Alec Soth (Magnum) on Little Brown Mushroom
Read a review by Zoum Zoum / Libération.fr
Read a review on Des livres et des photos /Le Monde.fr
Read a review on Journal by Shane Lavalette, also on Photo-eye Magazine
Nothing but home is available for sale in selected bookshops : Schaden (Köln), Dashwood books (NYC), Kowasa (Barcelona), Konstig (Stockholm), Foam museum (Amsterdam), Shashinbooks (Amsterdam), Dirk Bakker books, Luiscius Antiquarian, Phototitles (London), Photobookstore.co.uk, Bondi books (Tokyo)
Paris: Musée du Jeu de Paume, Palais de Tokyo, Librairie 7L, Artazart, Yvon Lambert, Florence Loewy, Placart photo, Librairie des abattoirs (Toulouse)
