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Le jardin de poussière

The Garden of Dust

Bernard Plossu

Stuart Alexander, Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais

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Le jardin de poussière

The Garden of Dust

Bernard Plossu

Stuart Alexander, Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais

Bernard Plossu’s Le Jardin de poussière, first published in 1989, offers an intimate and poetic vision of the American desert. Through small black-and-white prints reminiscent of daguerreotypes, Plossu captures the subtlety and mysterious essence of these arid landscapes.

Taken between 1981 and 1985 during walks through Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, his photographs reflect a personal and spiritual quest. Rejecting spectacular grandeur, he favors a minimalist and stripped-down approach, celebrating the discreet beauty of natural elements. The desert, presented as a “garden of dust,” embodies both fragility and resilience—a vital space to be preserved. These images express a deep nostalgia for Native American sacred lands and celebrate the fragile balance of nature in all its poetry.

Released
24/04/2025
Collection
Hors Collection
Format
230 x 280
Anglais/Français
Relié couverture cartonnée
10 photos duotone
192 pages
ISBN : 978-2-35046-637-8
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Bernard Plossu

Photographe

Plossu Bernard, born in South Vietnam in 1945, he grew up surrounded by photographs of the desert taken by his father when he went skiing on the dunes of the Sahara in 1937 with Roger Frisian-Roche. Modesty, sensuality, emotion, joy, here is what is the “sap” that already permeate the images of the self that landed in Mexico in 1965 and 1967 to join his grandparents. Travel as a Mexican issue 15 years later its editor Claude Nori. A book that, as the creator of Ed. Contrejour has become a sort of bible for a generation suddenly uninhibited by his freedom of tone and its intimate and poetic vision.

Stuart Alexander

Auteur, Historien

Stuart Alexander is a photography historian and exhibition curator. A specialist in the works of Brassaï, Josef Koudelka, and Robert Frank, as well as American photography, he has authored essays on major figures such as Bernard Plossu. His analytical yet sensitive approach explores the connections between photography, history, and culture, making him an essential reference in the field of imagery.

Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais

Auteur, Commissaire

Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais is an art historian specializing in modern and contemporary photography. An exhibition curator and former head of the photography collections at the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, she is the author of numerous publications.