{"product_id":"francois-halard-art-flowers-hardcover","title":"Francois Halard: Art \u0026 Flowers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancois Halard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDries Van Noten\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eVirgile Legavre-Jérôme\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe master photographer's compelling images of his two most intimate passions: art and flowers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"His photography has an innate capacity to evoke emotion and tell stories that linger in the mind long after the image is seen,\" writes Dries Van Noten in the foreword to this two-volume series of images. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong revered for his personal photography of the world's most celebrated buildings and interiors, Halard strikes a new path with two new bodies of work. Confined to his house in Arles after a shoulder injury in early 2024, Halard began photographing the objects immediately surrounding him with his Polaroid camera. In turns traditional and abstract, the \u003ci\u003eFlowers \u003c\/i\u003eseries is a captivating exploration of nature's beauty. As beautifully described by fashion designer Dries Van Noten, \"The Polaroid captures a fleeting moment, blossoming into a lasting memory, while the real flower, vibrant and alive, ultimately withers away, reminding us that beauty can be both preserved and ephemeral.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the second series, \u003ci\u003eArt\u003c\/i\u003e, Halard has enlarged a select number of his Polaroids, which he then worked on top with paint, wax, and other materials to give the final results a strong, layered sense of history and memory. Many of the images are made of ancient statuaries or details of Renaissance paintings from Italy and Greece--the tight crop of a marble head, or the folds of 15th-century drapery. \"I am delving into the idea that antiquity can be modern,\" Halard states in his interview with art curator Bice Curiger, \"I like to start with a specific object to turn it into another, transitory object.\" Halard's transformation of the ephemeral into the permanent, in the case of his flowers; and the permanent into the ephemeral, in the case of his Classical-inspired artworks--give power and beauty to these compelling images.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancois Halard\u003c\/b\u003e has been a regular contributor to American \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApartamento\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eT Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCabana\u003c\/i\u003e, among others, for over thirty years. His work for these publications established him as the most prolific and well-known interior and architectural photographer of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.92 x 14.17 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726151676211,"sku":"9780847871582","price":182.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/a4GNZbSWhF9780847871582.webp?v=1763729880","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/francois-halard-art-flowers-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}