Title: Des Oiseaux
Artist: Rinko Kawauchi
Editions Xavier Barral, 2021
20.5 x 26 cm
Hardcover
96 pages
42 colour photographs
Design by Coline Aguettaz
Text by Guilhem Lesaffre
English
This new series by Rinko Kawauchi celebrates the tenth title in the collection “Des oiseaux”. The Japanese photographer focused on swallows in Spring during birthing season in her neighborhood in the city of Chiba and, in particular, on the tiny nests that the birds build in window openings or in the underside of roofs, in order to protect their broods, which are fed by their parents for several weeks. Fascinated by this spectacle, with her characteristic poetry and sense of detail, Rinko Kawauchi brings out the marvelous in our daily lives and the ephemeral beauty of suspended moments. The swallows, thanks to their sharp wings, perch everywhere with ease and elegance, bathed in an opalescent light.
- From the publisher’s website
This new series by Rinko Kawauchi celebrates the tenth title in the collection “Des oiseaux”. The Japanese photographer focused on swallows in Spring during birthing season in her neighborhood in the city of Chiba and, in particular, on the tiny nests that the birds build in window openings or in the underside of roofs, in order to protect their broods, which are fed by their parents for several weeks. Fascinated by this spectacle, with her characteristic poetry and sense of detail, Rinko Kawauchi brings out the marvelous in our daily lives and the ephemeral beauty of suspended moments. The swallows, thanks to their sharp wings, perch everywhere with ease and elegance, bathed in an opalescent light.
- From the publisher’s website
