On the occasion of the Paris Photo International Fair, which will take place from November 13 to 16 at the Grand Palais, PIASA is pleased to present a remarkable collection in which photography is showcased through dialogues developed across several of its forms and modes of expression: prints, books, and portfolios.
It is quite rare to find, under the discerning eye of a couple of collectors, a selection that combines rare vintage prints (Bernd & Hilla Becher, Robert Adams, Dave Heath, Adam Fuss, or Nobuyoshi Araki) with some of the legendary books in the history of modern photography (Café Lehmitz by Anders Petersen, In the American West by Richard Avedon, The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency by Nan Goldin, or Bye Bye Photography by Daido Moriyama).
This passionate relationship with the photographic image—ranging from silver prints to the pages of books—is perfectly embodied in the ingenious box sets published by Toluca and Coromandel editions. These feature a striking combination of design (Ron Arad, Ettore Sottsass, Konstantin Grcic, Nendo), text (James Ellroy, Michel Bulteau, Mohammed Dib, among others), and photography (Jean-Marc Bustamante, Candida Höfer, Andres Serrano, Malick Sidibé, Graciela Iturbide, or Thomas Ruff).
