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Florian Maricourt, Les échelles
Book, 2026, 216 pages, 15x20cm
Edition of 300
72 b&w analog photographs + 13 colour analog photos + drawings + texts
3 different covers + each drawing on the cover handmade and different
exposed spine binding, offset uv huv printing on fedrigoni paper, printed in France by Escourbiac
reliure cousue dos apparent, impression offset uv huv sur papier fedrigoni, imprimé en France par Escourbiac
Photos, Prints, Drawings, Texts - Florian Maricourt
32 €
(en)
“ Les échelles is a book about a form of spontaneous and popular expression of the inhabitants of a dike. It reproduces, at a 1:1 scale, a collection of gelatin silver prints and ink drawings. The stone piles were made by fishermen of the Boulogne-sur-mer seawall, in the North of France. These are ladders they use to climb up and fish from the top of the wall. The prints, made on salvaged paper –expired– were all kept, whether 'successful' or 'failed', in the repetitive spirit that guided the fishermen when they piled up these stones. The bricks stacks of color prints were made by me, as a discreet tribute, with bricks collected on site. The ink drawings continue to evoke that sea, just behind the wall, which we never actually see.”
“ Les échelles is a book about a form of spontaneous and popular expression of the inhabitants of a dike. It reproduces, at a 1:1 scale, a collection of gelatin silver prints and ink drawings. The stone piles were made by fishermen of the Boulogne-sur-mer seawall, in the North of France. These are ladders they use to climb up and fish from the top of the wall. The prints, made on salvaged paper –expired– were all kept, whether 'successful' or 'failed', in the repetitive spirit that guided the fishermen when they piled up these stones. The bricks stacks of color prints were made by me, as a discreet tribute, with bricks collected on site. The ink drawings continue to evoke that sea, just behind the wall, which we never actually see.”
(fr)
“
Les
échelles est un livre sur une forme d'expression spontanée et
populaire des habitant.e.s d'une digue. Il reproduit à l’échelle
1:1 un ensemble de photographies argentiques et de dessins à
l’encre. Les empilements de pierres ont été faits par les
pêcheur.se.s. de la digue de Boulogne-sur-mer. Ce sont des échelles
qu’iels utilisent pour monter pêcher depuis le haut du mur. Les
tirages réalisés sur du papier récupéré – toujours périmé –
ont tous été gardés, qu’ils soient ‘réussis’ ou ‘ratés’,
dans l’esprit répétitif qui a guidé les pêcheur.se.s au moment
du montage de ces pierres. Les piles de briques des tirages en
couleurs ont été faites par moi-même, en forme de discret hommage,
avec des briques ramassées sur place. Les dessins à l’encre
continuent d’évoquer cette mer, juste derrière le mur, que l’on
ne voit pourtant jamais.
”
Florian Maricourt
Les échelles, by Florian Maricourt, is the third book
published by Phtoggos, in June 2026.
Photos, prints, drawings and texts are by Florian Maricourt.
The book is limited to 300 copies. There will be no reprint.
published by Phtoggos, in June 2026.
Photos, prints, drawings and texts are by Florian Maricourt.
The book is limited to 300 copies. There will be no reprint.
(extrait) Giuliana Prucca, Célébrations du socle