Exploring the remains and subtle imprints of colonial pasts, the photographs in Vestiges d’Empire: Traces of Empire reveal the ongoing presence of empire in landscapes and architecture. Thomas Jorion captures vestiges that suggest both physical erosion and the persistence of historical power structures.

The visual approach employs nuanced framing and textural detail, emphasizing surfaces marked by time and neglect while evoking complex histories embedded in space. The mood is one of quiet reflection and lingering memory, inviting consideration of how empires imprint upon collective and physical environments.

Published by Editions de La Martinière in 2016, this 240-page volume offers a sustained meditation on colonial residues through a photographic lens.