The valley / photographs: Nicolas Giraud, Bertrand Stofleth ; texts: Jean-Christophe Bailly [and 12 others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Giraud, Nicolas (Photographer), photographer.

Contributor:

Stofleth, Bertrand, 1978- photographer.

Bailly, Jean-Christophe, writer of additional commentary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rhône-Alpes (France)--Pictorial works.

Rhône-Alpes (France).

Loir River Valley (France)--Pictorial works.

Loir River Valley (France).

Rhône River Valley (Switzerland and France)--Pictorial works.

Rhône River Valley (Switzerland and France).

Landscape photography.

Photography, Artistic.

art photography.

Physical Description:

240 pages : color photos ; 31 cm

Edition:

First edition, 2024.

Place of Publication:

Leipzig : Spector Books, 2024.

Notes:

"The French rust belt, the area that runs from Firminy through Saint-Etienne all the way to Lyon, was regarded for a long time as a thriving region. The industrial revolution in France began in the valleys between the Loire and Rhône rivers. This led to a process of exploitation and deformation of the landscape, signs of which are still visible today. For more than forty years, the region, like other former industrial sites, has suffered from unemployment and a population exodus. Looking at the long-term photographic study by Nicolas Giraud and Bertrand Stofleth, it is evident that this is now the reality wherever neoliberalism has cut its swathe through industrial communities. Once industry has retreated, the landscapes that are left behind all look fairly similar. In visual terms, there is no great difference between Saint-Etienne and Suhl in Thuringia, for example. In La Vallée, Giraud and Stofleth’s photographs enter into a dialogue with texts by authors from a variety of disciplines"--From the publisher.

Other Edition:

French edition: 9783959052191

ISBN:

9783959052207

3959052200

OCLC:

1529013634

Publisher Number:

9783959052207