In “Let the Sun Beheaded Be,” Gregory Halpern explores the Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe, a French overseas region with a complex colonial history. Borrowing its title from a collection by the Martinican poet Aimé Césaire, the book utilizes a “Caribbean Surrealist” aesthetic to document the island’s lush but scarred landscape. The physical book itself features a unique “guillotined” bottom edge, a visceral reference to the history of the French Revolution in the colonies. Halpern’s enigmatic color images commingle beauty and decay, capturing monuments of past brutality alongside the vibrant, resilient life of contemporary residents. This volume was produced as part of the Immersion program by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès.