Contre-jour - Josée Pedneault picture book originally to indicate rank and

originally to indicate rank and social hierarchy but

and secondly

and colonialism

I realised that they are not really dressing up but are life itself

Contre-jour - Josée Pedneault picture book originally to indicate rank andContre jour emerges from a photographic experiment carried out in Japan where artist Jose Pedneault created a visual calendar materializing the duration of her trip. Seventy five photograms exposed daily to the sun are combined with a series of nighttime photographs of cherry blossoms. Contre jour captures the light of day through the continuous movement of the Earth on itself and around the Sun. Through opposites and contrasts, the book object offers