Martin d'Orgeval's Touched by Fire Series

 

As many of you may already know, on February 1st, 2008 at five in the morning, a fire burned through Deyrolle, the famous Parisienne collections of natural history.  The above and below photographs are by Martin d'Orgeval's appropriately titled Touched by Fire series was featured in my new favourite paper The Drawbrige which had the following things to say:

"Martin d'Orgeval's photographs show the animals and insects that survived the disaster in situ, against a background of charred woodwork in the shop that had been their habitat since their "natural" death. The objects and the location form an entire work, the result of a strange, unique process in which creation, conservation and destruction have followed on from one another – a process completed and given closure by photography."

A limited edition of d'Orgeval's photographs are available here at http://www.artbook.com/9783865218551.html

Comments

[Danielle]

I saw this book for sale at Deyrolle. I thought it was too expensive at the time, so I didn't buy it, plus it would have put a strain on my suitcase. Now, looking back, I am not able to order it here in America, and I wish I would have bought it then. I fell in love with this book, and with Deyrolle. Great article.