A new collector’s edition — Brice Gelot expands the Archives series

Currently in development, a new premium edition of Brice Gelot’s monograph series is set to expand the Archives project into a more ambitious format. Conceived as a large-format art book, this forthcoming release places particular emphasis on material presence, scale, and collectibility, reinforcing the idea that photography must be experienced physically as much as visually.

Designed as a limited edition, the publication will feature carefully produced reproductions intended to highlight the depth, contrast, and tactile quality of Gelot’s black and white work. The enlarged format allows the images to breathe differently, inviting closer attention to detail, texture, and the spatial relationships that define his documentary approach.

Each copy will include a signed archival print, offered as an integral component of the edition rather than a supplementary object. This gesture extends the logic of the series: to connect the book as a narrative form with the photograph as a singular artwork. By pairing publication and print, the project creates a dialogue between reading and collecting, sequence and presence.

This new edition continues Gelot’s long-term commitment to producing books not as mass-market products but as carefully constructed art objects. Materials, printing processes, and finishing are being considered with the same rigor as the photographic work itself, ensuring that the final piece reflects the permanence and intentionality at the core of his practice.

Still in progress, this premium release signals a new phase in the evolution of the monograph series — one that deepens its focus on craftsmanship, rarity, and the physical experience of images. More than a publication, it is envisioned as a collector’s object that embodies the values of time, observation, and material memory that run throughout the Archives.