Photographic Editions – 2023

Photographic Editions – 2023

Using pre-produced images, the students created one or more book models. How do you transform a series of photographs into a book?

The Photographic Editions course introduces students to the selection of images, their order, format, graphics, ink, paper and binding. It addresses the specificities of the book as a medium and as a market.

Studio project (2023) by Gwendoline Albasini, Tony Altermatt, Matteo Angelé, Dominique Bartels, Laure Brandford Griffith, Noa Chevalley, Sara De Brito Faustino, Yann Difford, Jessica Dreier, Diego Fellmann, Valerie Geissbühler, Eloïse Genoud, Ulises Lozano, Inès Mermoud, Louis Victorin Michel, Yan Miranda, Lea Sblandano, Samuel Spreyz, Gaétan Uldry

Assistants
Antoine Martin
3rd year program
1st semester
Know-how
Editorial
Sara De Brito Faustino - ECAL
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Lea Sblandano - ECAL
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Eloïse Genoud - ECAL
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