LOUIS VUITTON CELEBRATING THE ART OF TRAVEL SINCE 1854.
LOUIS VUITTON IS AGAIN SETTING OFF FOR NEW HORIZONS, ADDING THIS SPRING TWO NEW TITLES TO ITS FASHION EYE SERIES OF PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS: KYOTO BY MAYUMI HOSOKURA AND & NORMANDI BY JEAN MORAL. AS WITH THE PREVIOUS TITLES, EACH ALBUM REVEALS A COUNTRY, A REGION, A CITY, OR A DESTINATION THROUGH THE GAZE OF A FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER.
Japanese photographer
Mayumi Hosokura’s intimate Kyoto
is surrounded by shades of azure, in a series of images in which the fundamental elements reveal the sacred, between tradition and modernity. Meanwhile, Jean Moral casually immortalises 1930s French elegance aboard Normandie, the most modern transatlantic liner of its time.
A natural fit for the soul of travel, photography is an evident form of expression for Louis Vuitton. Our editorial process makes sure that the book is granted the status of a medium in its own right, with the singular aim of continually renewing its visual vocabulary in different ways. Fashion Eye
is a tailor‐made series. Each type of paper or binding, each layout, and sometimes even the printing processes used, in keeping with artisanal tradition, serve the title at hand. For a book is first and foremost the work
of an author, a designer, and a printer.
Title after title, a broad compendium of perspectives emerges, one that shifts with the destinations, including urban panoramas and natural landscapes, scenes of local life, and more contemplative work, with images
in colour and/or black and white. Each book in the series features
an ample selection of large‐format photographs, accompanied
by biographical information and
an interview with the photographer
or a critical essay. Fashion Eye gives rise to an unprecedented dialogue between emerging talents, seasoned photographers, and fashion photography legends. It confronts contemporary creation with little‐known archival treasures to create a collection
of invaluable reference works, as much in terms of its approach as its aesthetics.