Rural

Photographer
Raymond Depardon
Publisher

Fondation Cartier Pour l'Art Contemporain, Paris
ISBN

9782869251625 — Open search and refresh status Amazon.ca — Open search and refresh status Amazon.com — Open search and refresh status AbeBooks — Open search and refresh status eBay — Open search and refresh status
Publication Year

2020
Edition

First Edition

Hardcover English 124 pages 28.9 × 35.7 cm 1360g

Description

Rural is a profound photographic exploration of agricultural France, captured by Raymond Depardon with his 6×9 view camera during the 1990s and 2000s. The black-and-white photographs tell a story of the land, manual labor, and the isolation of small farms, reflecting both the fragility and the enduring beauty of the French countryside. Depardon describes the men and women who persisted in cultivating these desolate lands as heroes and philosophers who stood ahead of an inevitable social diminution. The work serves as a political and ideological record of a fading way of life.

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