A photobook BY BERGGER ÉDITIONS
Le Temps des Grenadines
Dan Aucante
Dan Aucante
The book opens with a mask, possibly a cat – a mythical animal which is the custodian of passing time – fixed to the back of a head whose face we cannot see. Its eyes look away towards another world of new beginnings; hands encircle the neck; the bare back of a silken-skinned child or young teenager emerges from the foliage. A Janus head is placed on a body prey to the trials of time, the epicentre of the maelstrom of the ages of life. This enigmatic figure draws us into the infinite narrative of memory and oblivion.
Grenadine Days is a triptych, a reredos of images in three sequences in which past, present and future interlink and intermingle.
It is a search for lost time which cannot be found, the pursuit of a moment in the present which is already receding into the distance, and the uneasy prospect of a future bound up in uncertainty. This premise is beautifully illustrated over three chapters.
Christine Delory-Momberger
It is a search for lost time which cannot be found, the pursuit of a moment in the present which is already receding into the distance, and the uneasy prospect of a future bound up in uncertainty. This premise is beautifully illustrated over three chapters.
Christine Delory-Momberger
Le Temps des Grenadines
Dan Aucante
96 pages - 22 x 22 cm
57 photographs in duotone
Hard Cover
Translation in English on a separate sheet
40 €
Limited edition featuring an unpublished photograph
printed by Dan Aucante on Bergger baryta paper (edition of 15).
200 €
ISBN: 978-2-9555912-8-4
Dan Aucante
96 pages - 22 x 22 cm
57 photographs in duotone
Hard Cover
Translation in English on a separate sheet
40 €
Limited edition featuring an unpublished photograph
printed by Dan Aucante on Bergger baryta paper (edition of 15).
200 €
ISBN: 978-2-9555912-8-4
Dan Aucante embarked on a career as an independent photographer in 1997. He works for the press and institutions, takes portraits of artists, and photographs the performing arts and social and cultural subjects. His projects include collaborations with the Théâtre de la Ville de Paris, the Centre National de la Danse, and designers such as Christian Lacroix and Roland Petit. In tandem with these assignments, he focuses on personal analogue photography projects, producing his own prints using an enlarger.
He won the Ilford prize in 1991 and 2001, and the AGFA International prize in 2004. His photographs feature in collections, including those of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Dan Aucante is represented by the Révélateur agency and Olivier Bourgoin.
He won the Ilford prize in 1991 and 2001, and the AGFA International prize in 2004. His photographs feature in collections, including those of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Dan Aucante is represented by the Révélateur agency and Olivier Bourgoin.
