Christophe Jacrot

‘Neiges’ (‘Snows’) is a photographic book by the contemporary photographer, Christophe Jacrot, published by h'Artpon Editions in 2019.

After the success of the ‘Snjor’ photographic book, published in 2016 and dedicated to the Icelandic winter, Christophe Jacrot now presents all of his photographic studies on winter and snow in his book: ‘Neiges’ (‘Snows’).

Thanks to this common denominator, he has created similar visualisations to different places, both in the wilderness as well as urban. From Greenland to Bavaria, Canada to Japan, from behind the artist’s lens, all these locations have the same feel. Magical, nostalgic, sometimes even ethereal. If the leading role is snow in all of these photographs, man presence is still quickly seen though lonely silhouettes, tyre-tracks and isolated houses.

"This book is a ramble through wintery scenes, but not uniquely. It takes us to many places, both deserted and inhabited, in front of unlikely architectures, either functional or beautiful and to dreamlike or disturbing landscapes." - Christophe Jacrot

On the night of October 29 to 30, 2012, Hurricane Sandy plunged New York City into chaos. During this disaster, 375,000 people were evacuated, and a large part of the metropolis was inundated and completely deprived of electricity.

It is this vision of New York, "disturbing, ghostly, but beautiful", that Christophe Jacrot has immortalized in a series of images brought together for the first time in an elegant collection.