Background

We met each other while in boarding school at the Futuroscope High School. After many collective projects, this idea began to make its way in our minds.

It could have been to fail just like our project of crabs breeding on our dorm balcony, but five years later, we were still motivated and resolutely decided to make it real.

Our project evolved and went through several major decisions such as travelling with an argentic photography equipment, considering the huge relationship there is between our future travels and the images and memories it will imply.

Team

Clément Pierdet

On one side, we have Clément Pierdet, Biology student at Bordeaux 1 University and proud owner of a Nikon FM2, a prehistoric monster with an incredible resistance and reliability.

Pierre Jeanneau se la joue

On the other side, we got Pierre Jeanneau, Ecole Européenne Supérieure de l’Image d’Angoulême Graduate (European School of Image, located in Angoulême) and co-founder of the Polysterene publishing company. He is equipped with a Lubitel camera and with some basic materials to create sketch-blocks while on the road.

Here’s an extract of Pierre’s sketch-blocks :

Here are few photographs taken by Clément :

Few words about making books :

Making books is something rather simple once you’ve understood how it works. The techniques of bindings are varied enough for us to be able to manage with almost any material and obtain a pad made of samples of the places we will have been to. That is why we choose to leave with the rudimentary equipment (string+needle+knife ) to make our books on our way, instead of taking part of our budget (and of our backpacks) to buy them in some place around the world.

Another reason, which is more educational, is that it’s something you do while travelling and which allows you meet people and start a conversation, an apprenticeship or an exchange of ideas around this domain.

Finally, we consider it as another way to conceive the object “book”, to work on its shape with constraints, and also to work on its creation and later its manipulation. This idea also echoes the Polystyrene publishing company’s project.

Don’t forget!

Anyhow and anyways, you can enjoy our adventures on the blog !

Otherwise, we’re looking forward to meeting you for coffee on the road...

World Wide Triangular 2

World Wide Triangular 2