The Powers That Be
£35.00
JUST PUBLISHED!
Inspired by political campaign posters from the Polish 2023 parliamentary elections, The Powers That Be photobook contemplates the links between electioneering and political outcomes.
Whilst travelling around Poland researching coal mining Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno were struck by the faces of politicians beaming at them from colourful political banners wherever they went. They used some Fuji Instax Wide Film left over from another trip to document the banners, zooming in on the features of these potential changemakers. The resulting image series investigates the peculiar visual language of political advertising. In The Powers That Be, these are set against photographs documenting Polish coal mines, whose future would be determined by the results of the election.
Throughout The Powers That Be photobook, the Instax banner images are presented full bleed to dramatize close-ups of isolated features from the politicians’ faces, such as eyes and lips, and to emphasize the fleshiness of the oversized portraits. These are interspersed with the coal mine images, photographed by Gignoux using a 35mm digital camera. On each of the coal mine photographs the designer has superimposed a cut-out of one of the Instax political banner images with the white border intact, creating jarring juxtapositions.
Fortune Teller Game
At the end of the book, tucked into a glassine pocket, there is a ‘fortune teller’ game printed with politicians’ features. Play the game and you will be ‘rewarded’ with different political outcomes.
The Powers That Be is the second collaboration between Gignoux and Juno, following Monuments, published in 2022.
Edition of 200
210 x 262mm (portrait)
Wirebound book (white wire)
78 pages printed on 200gsm Gloss FSC paper
Glassine pocket bound into the back containing a folded ‘fortune teller’ measuring 210x210mm when unfolded. Printed on Recycled Matt paper 120gsm.
450gsm Glossy Card Cover, printed on FSC paper
ISBN: 978-1-9999610-9-1
Photographers: Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno
Text: Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno
Image Prep: Richard Wills at Photofusion
Printing and binding: One Digital, Brighton
Designers: Emily Macaulay at Stanley James Press and Chloe Juno
Researcher and Editor: Jenny Christensson
Description
JUST PUBLISHED!
Inspired by political campaign posters from the Polish 2023 parliamentary elections, The Powers That Be photobook contemplates the links between electioneering and political outcomes.
Whilst travelling around Poland researching coal mining Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno were struck by the faces of politicians beaming at them from colourful political banners wherever they went. They used some Fuji Instax Wide Film left over from another trip to document the banners, zooming in on the features of these potential changemakers. The resulting image series investigates the peculiar visual language of political advertising. In The Powers That Be, these are set against photographs documenting Polish coal mines, whose future would be determined by the results of the election.
Throughout The Powers That Be photobook, the Instax banner images are presented full bleed to dramatize close-ups of isolated features from the politicians’ faces, such as eyes and lips, and to emphasize the fleshiness of the oversized portraits. These are interspersed with the coal mine images, photographed by Gignoux using a 35mm digital camera. On each of the coal mine photographs the designer has superimposed a cut-out of one of the Instax political banner images with the white border intact, creating jarring juxtapositions.
Fortune Teller Game
At the end of the book, tucked into a glassine pocket, there is a ‘fortune teller’ game printed with politicians’ features. Play the game and you will be ‘rewarded’ with different political outcomes.
The Powers That Be is the second collaboration between Gignoux and Juno, following Monuments, published in 2022.
Edition of 200
210 x 262mm (portrait)
Wirebound book (white wire)
78 pages printed on 200gsm Gloss FSC paper
Glassine pocket bound into the back containing a folded ‘fortune teller’ measuring 210x210mm when unfolded. Printed on Recycled Matt paper 120gsm.
450gsm Glossy Card Cover, printed on FSC paper
ISBN: 978-1-9999610-9-1
Photographers: Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno
Text: Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno
Image Prep: Richard Wills at Photofusion
Printing and binding: One Digital, Brighton
Designers: Emily Macaulay at Stanley James Press and Chloe Juno
Researcher and Editor: Jenny Christensson
