SIGNED; Jean Gaumy - Pleine mer - 2001

SCARCE OPPORTUNITY to purchase the TRUE FIRST FRENCH PRINTING of this HIGHLY IMPRESSIVE BOOK
by the French Magnum photographer Jean Gaumy (born in France 1948, based in Paris) - in excellent fresh condition.

COLLECTOR'S COPY with a DRAWING and with the SIGNATURE by the artist.
I GUARANTEE THE AUTHENTICITY OF THE SIGNATURE and of the DRAWING.

Martin Parr, The Photobook, vol 2, page 315.

"Taking pictures is like fishing or writing. It's getting out of the unknown that which resists and refuses to come to light. "
- Jean Gaumy -

Welcome to the auction by Anatole Desachy (France) and Ecki Heuser (Germany) - in honor of „French photobooks“.
To celebrate the 55th edition of ‘’Les Rencontres d’Arles’’ - we have gathered 110 books (55 each).

IF YOU WIN MORE THAN 1 OF MY BOOKS IN THIS AUCTION, YOU WILL PAY ONLY 1 X SHIPPING COSTS - WORLDWIDE.

Editions de La Martinière, Paris, 2001. First French edition, first printing (also published in English, Italian and German).

Hardback (as issued). 238 x 288 mm. 128 pages. 98 black and white photographs and 7 blue-toned photographs, 5 contact sheets and 1 illustration. Photos: Jean Gaumy. Design by Xavier Barral and Anne Chevry. Text by Jean Gaumy. Text in French.

Condition:
Inside new, mint, unread; only opened once for the signature and the drawing. Outside super fresh with light trace of use only; neat bump at the bottom right corner of the front (with no consequence for inside), creases (nearly invisible to see) on the front (consequence of production, not of use), otherwise like new. Overall very fine condition.

Highly impressive photobook in very fresh condition - with the original drawing and the original signature by the artist.
COLLECTOR'S ITEM.

"Jean Gaumy is known for his eloquently evocative photography and cinematography, achieved through a deep engagement with his subjects.
From his famous long-term projects on the fishing industry, Arctic exploration, and 1980s Iran to his groundbreaking work on the French penal and healthcare systems, he produces work that is both vivid and impactful. From 2005, he undertook location scouting and shoots for the film Sous-Marin, spending four months underwater aboard a nuclear attack submarine. His numerous works on human confinement have been coupled with a more contemplative photographic approach in recent years.
In 2008, he started photographic reconnaissance work that has taken him from the Arctic seas to the contaminated lands of Chernobyl and Fukushima. For the same project, he began a series of mountain landscapes. Iin 2010, he received his second Prix Nadar for the resulting book, D’Après Nature. The same year, he spent time aboard the last and most modern submarine dedicated to nuclear deterrence.
In 2020, after a stint in Niger, Gaumy spent two years documenting daily life as well as social and medical services during the Covid-19 crisis in the town in France where he lives, Fécamp, in Upper Normandy. Among other projects over the past decade, he has been pursuing a series on the Cordouan lighthouse in Gironde – the oldest working lighthouse in the world, classified UNESCO World Heritage in 2021. He is also working on a long-term project on Monet’s garden in Giverny.
Gaumy’s work has been exhibited worldwide, and he has received many accolades for both his film work and photography, including being appointed “Peintre Officiel de la Marine” and being elected as a member of the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France in 2018.
Gaumy joined Magnum Photos in 1977, becoming a full member in 1986. He has lived in Fécamp, France, since 1995."
(Magnum's website)