Fisheye Éditions is launching its new collection of photo books “Sub” on
of two annual bilingual publications (French/English). Each title is
dedicated to an existing series by a photographer, with the launch in 2023 of
following series: Sub#01 - The most beautiful day of my life, by Jean-Christian
Bourcart (French photographer, winner of the World Press Photo award, the award
Gilles Dusein, the Jeu de Paume prize, the Niépce prize and the Nadar prize) and
Sub#02 - Ilmatar, by Momo Okabe (Japanese photographer, winner of the prestigious
Foam Paul Huf Prize). Each publication offers to give to an author
carte blanche to introduce the series: the writer Clarisse Gorokhoff proposes
an original fiction about marriage echoing the series by Jean-Christian
Bourcart, and the journalist Lou Tsatsas deliver to us the story of a poignant dream
to introduce us to the work of Momo Okabe. They will be launched simultaneously during
of the Rencontres d'Arles. "My first job was wedding photographer. I had
18 years old and I had bought a brown corduroy suit for the occasion and
Italian shirts. It suited me just fine to watch others being
happy and to be the one on whom the memory of the most beautiful day of their life depended.
And then, I only worked on Saturdays, which left me time for
think about something else. The wedding photographer has a central role; he is the
alone to be so close to the bride and groom from morning to evening. He is so close, he sees
everything, he hears everything. He advises, arranges the dress, orders the crowds
family and creates memories by tirelessly repeating a repertoire of
tried and tested poses." Jean-Christian Bourcart offers in his series The Most Beautiful
day of my life a wacky and offbeat family album, made up of photos of
marriages saved from oblivion.
