Presentation and signing of LES ARPENTEURS by Anne Favret & Patrick Manez.

“Les Arpenteurs” presents a recit made at the Plateau de Calern observatory in the hills above Nice. By immersing themselves in this place, the two photographers construct a vision of a contemporary utopia where the production of knowledge becomes a place of the imaginary.

“Is there a world where your past resurfaces as if it were reality? This world is familiar to lovers of fantasy literature and film buffs, especially admirers of Andreï Tarkovski or Steven Soderbergh. (…) Anne Favret and Patrick Manez are a bit like the heroes of Solaris. They went to take a closer look at a strange city, the astrometric observatory on the Calern plateau located between earth and sky, not so different from a space station.” / Michel Poivert

Editions LOCO, texts by Michel Poivert and Farrokh Vakili

LES ARPENTEURS, 28 x 23 cm, 80 pages, 50 four-color reproductions, full-paper bound cover