Blacktop Memento: Fragments of Erosion by Kevin Couliau
$55
At the heart of Blacktop Memento is Kevin Couliau’s obsession with playground basketball and its imprint on urban landscapes.
Through an archaeological exploration, the French photographer traces with Blacktop Memento an original cartography of asperities, wrinkles, and color spectra: memories sculpted by the encounters between man and matter.
Blacktop Memento is an independently published book retracing 10 years of photographic archives. Couliau’s first book, entirely printed and fashioned in French workshops using traditional binding techniques, showcases an unprecedented selection of stills produced from his personal archives, a series of 76 playground close-ups collected worldwide for over a decade.
- A timeless premium art book, 100% designed and handcrafted in France, mixing innovative printing and traditional techniques
- Foreword by acclaimed author and journalist Jesse Washington
- 160 pages + a 44-page insert explaining the printing process
- Published by Asphalt Chronicles & Common Practice
- Printed in France on 135gr/m2 Novatech satin paper using traditional CMYK inks mixed with fluorescent pigments Pantone 812c + 803c + 801c
- Printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster CS 92 and assembled by hands at Atelier Bulk (Bordeaux, France)
- ISBN 978-2-9578485-0-8
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