La Fin de l'abondance

La Fin de l'abondance [The End of Abundance], a photobook by Clément Paradis, published by Timeshow Press We are at the end of the year 2022 and an expression is on everyone's lips: "the end of abundance". But abundance of what? Of whom? This sentence without real content has become a climate today. Absurd, anxiety-provoking, exhilarating for some. For Clément Paradis, abundance is that of images - not the "supermarket of images" to which he never goes, but rather his own images, for he likes photographs when they are produced and consumed in sets rather than as delicate appetizers. There is indeed nothing delicate about this "France, liquidated territory" that he has been surveying since the end of the "transits" in 2020. It was therefore necessary to make a big book to recapture what, in his photographic archives, touched on the abundance that was supposed to end. After his books Sound of Midnight in 2014 and 春爛漫 Haru Ranman in 2015, the work leading up to La Fin de l'abondance was both very long and very short. Very long because the volume brings together some fifteen years of photographs in 17 incisive 48-page chapters. Very short, because the editing had to have the same spontaneity as the emergence of this hollow sentence, "it's the end of abundance". Scissors in hand for two sleepless weeks, he edited the 816 pages of the book to keep it in constant motion. La Fin de l'abondance is scheduled for publication in November 2022, the book will consist of 816 pages, in 16 x 23 cm format. The print run will be limited to 100 copies, 12 of which will be reserved for a special print run with a choice of three photographs, each with a print run of 4 copies (yes, it's complicated - go to the bottom of this page to see the 3+1 images involved). We need your help to ensure that the book is released in the best possible conditions, to showcase this photographic work. The production costs well over 800 euros (we're not going to lie), the idea here is to give us one last helping hand, in exchange for which you can purchase the book at a preferential rate (the public price will be 48 €). The chapters: 1. +8 Explosions All over France, 14th of July, 2010-2017. 2. +7 Dance lessons Paris, 2017-2022; Tokyo, 2017-2018. 3. +6 Beige-moi Paris, 2016-2021. 4. +5 Les Annales du vide Saint-Étienne, Marseille & Paris, 2011-2021; Ika, 2010; Osaka, 2018. 5. +4 Les copains d'abord Saint-Étienne, 28 & 29-06-2012. 6. +3 Transit Nowhere, 2011-2018. 7. +2 Sleep meeting Paris, Saint-Étienne, Les Alpes, Arles, Tokyo, 2013-2018. 8. +1 Menu best of Paris, Saint-Étienne, Tokyo, 2011-2021. 9. 0 Dissolution of eternity Forgotten places, out of time. 10. -1 Menu best of Paris, Saint-Étienne, Arles, Tokyo, 2013-2021. 11. -2 Rich people, beach people Bandol, Marseille, 2009-2016. 12. -3 Trauma Screens, 2011-2014. 13. -4 Surface tensions Paris, Saint-Étienne, 2009-2020. 14. -5 The mourning of fantasy Hors-lieux in France, 2012-2022. 15. -6 A large burning bin All over France, 2010-2021. 16. -7 France, a liquidated territory Between Paris and Saint-Étienne, 2009-2022. 17. -8 Zenithal parts Nights & days, 2013-2021. The numbering of the chapters follows the evolution of the pitch of the vinyl decks, from +8 to -8. La Fin de l'abondance [The End of Abundance] - Cover Format: 160 × 230 mm / Paper: Fedrigoni Arena natural white smooth 300g / Printing: Black Inside Format: 160 × 230 mm, 200 pages / Paper: White bouffant 80g, white offset 80g, satin coated 115g / Printing: Black Binding perfect binding Printer Copy Media, Canejan, France _ The three images printed for the special edition (see counterparts on the right) : The extra print for the gourmands :