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Vasantha Yogananthan
Piémanson
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This is the first book published by Chose Commune. Piémanson is a five-summer exploration of France’s last wild beach.
“Piémanson” is an exploration of daily life on the last wild beach in France. The beach’s history began in the 1970s when locals set up camp there with no rights or deeds.
Nowadays, thousands of campers from all over Europe get together every summer season, looking for a freedom that they can’t find anywhere else. Vasantha Yogananthan camped with the inhabitants of Piémanson for five summers, from 2009 to 2013. This book tells their story.
Vasantha Yogananthan (born in 1985 in Grenoble) lives and works in Marseille.
He is a self-taught photographer who is deeply attached to silver photography. The book is a central object in his practice, which led him to co-found the publishing house Chose Commune. He has carried out his projects over a long period of time, first in France on the beach at Piémanson (2009-2013), then in India and Sri Lanka Sri-Lanka around the myth of the Rāmāyana (2013-2021). In 2022, he carries out a new project in New Orleans, USA, as part of the Immersion program of the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, of which it is a winner. He is represented by Jhavery contemporary (Mumbay) and The Photographers’ Gallery Print Sales (London).
He is a self-taught photographer who is deeply attached to silver photography. The book is a central object in his practice, which led him to co-found the publishing house Chose Commune. He has carried out his projects over a long period of time, first in France on the beach at Piémanson (2009-2013), then in India and Sri Lanka Sri-Lanka around the myth of the Rāmāyana (2013-2021). In 2022, he carries out a new project in New Orleans, USA, as part of the Immersion program of the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès, of which it is a winner. He is represented by Jhavery contemporary (Mumbay) and The Photographers’ Gallery Print Sales (London).
Graphic design: Atelier 25
Photographs and text: Vasantha Yogananthan
Essay: Rémi Coignet
80 pages
35 colour plates
23 x 28 cm
Section-sewn quarterbound card hardcover with cloth spine
French / English
Publication date: June 2014
ISBN: 978-2-9548777-0-9
Photographs and text: Vasantha Yogananthan
Essay: Rémi Coignet
80 pages
35 colour plates
23 x 28 cm
Section-sewn quarterbound card hardcover with cloth spine
French / English
Publication date: June 2014
ISBN: 978-2-9548777-0-9
- TGV Magazine
- International New York Times
- Grazia
- Lens Blog New York Times
- British Journal Of Photography
- The Telegraph
- Libération
- Les Inrocks
- M Le Magazine Du Monde
Nominated at Kassel Best Photobook Award 2014, Prix Nadar 2014, Prix du livre des Rencontres d'Arles 2015.
Selected as Best Book 2014 by Andy Adams.
