{"product_id":"sara-de-brito-faustino-a-home-with-no-roof-copy","title":"Édouard Élias and Fanny Boucher: Le Printemps Arrive, et Avec Lui les Hirondelles","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"mix-blend-mode: normal;\" class=\"fe-block fe-block-a1f9fba6a4612630ecbc\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-a1f9fba6a4612630ecbc\" data-border-radii='{\"topLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"topRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomLeft\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0},\"bottomRight\":{\"unit\":\"px\",\"value\":0.0}}' data-block-type=\"2\" data-blend-mode=\"NORMAL\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-html-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"entry-content\" id=\"summary\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“It is the story of surpassing. Of transfiguration. Through otherness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese two read each other between the lines. Édouard Élias, photojournalist; Fanny Boucher, heliogravure artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical dialectics and sensitivities intertwine. Together, they create a complex root system branching into an arborescence of projects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo mark the decade of the unnameable, they bring out the transitional object from Édouard’s captivity — a chess set — and transform it into an artwork. The outlet becomes ‘élévasion’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is the story of surpassing. Of transfiguration. Through art.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDuring his months of captivity in Syria, held hostage by the Islamic State, Édouard Élias crafted a chess set in the darkness of his cell. Unable to glimpse the sky for nearly a year, this game became his only space of freedom. \u003cem\u003eSpring arrives, and with it the swallows.\u003c\/em\u003e This work retraces the collaboration between Édouard Élias and heliogravure artist Fanny Boucher around the chess set — a symbol of elevation and escape.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003e Le Printemps Arrive, et Avec Lui les Hirondelles\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThe (M)éditions, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArtist:\u003c\/b\u003e Édouard Élias and Fanny Boucher \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesign:\u003c\/b\u003e Des Signes, Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 15.5 × 23.5 cm, 200 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e979-10-95424-58-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"* New or Sealed *","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56880888512892,"sku":null,"price":90.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2244\/5351\/files\/BoucherandElias-LePrintempsArriveShopify1.png?v=1781348570","url":"https:\/\/bookshop.thephotographersgallery.org.uk\/products\/sara-de-brito-faustino-a-home-with-no-roof-copy","provider":"TPG Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}