Clément Cheroux, Julie Peeters, Manuel Krebs, and
Shirana Shahbazi reflect on their relationship to photography and books.
The photobook, a book composed of images, is becoming an increasingly self-standing
format within the practices of many photographers. Clément Chéroux, director of the Fondation Henri-Cartier-Bresson, describes his own unique relationship with these printed objects,
covering everything from their content and materials to their distribution and collection.
Graphic designer and publisher Julie Peeters discusses her approach to images—how
she selects and paces them—within her editorial project and the magazine BILL, while also
reflecting on various commissioned works.
Manuel Krebs (of the graphic design studio Norm) speaks on behalf of
Shirana Shahbazi
about the various books published on her photographic work, her collaborations with graphic
designers, and the way the scales and sequences of her photographs resonate once they are
presented in book form.
Faire is a bi-monthly magazine dedicated to
graphic design, published from October to June, distributed issue by issue or in the form of anthologies of three or four issues. Created by
Empire,
Syndicat studio's publishing house,
Faire is aimed for undergraduate students as well as researchers and professionals, documenting contemporary and international practices of graphic design, along with the history and grammar of styles. Each issue focuses on a single subject, addressed by a renowned author. Adopting an analytical and critical posture with regard to the forms and activities of graphic design, editors Sacha Léopold and François Havegeer have been running this print magazine since 2018, working with a growing list of authors (
Mathias Augustyniak,
Stuart Bertolotti-Bailey, Lise Brosseau, Manon Bruet,
Thierry Chancogne, Céline Chazalviel,
Jérôme Dupeyrat, Aude Fellay, Catherine Guiral, Étienne Hervy, James Langdon, Olivier Lebrun, Victoire Le Bars,
Alexandra Midal, Camille Pageard,
Remi Parcollet,
Sonia de Puineuf, Simon Renaud, Benjamin Thorel, Rica Cerbarano...), resulting in unique and varied topics and writing styles.
