Book - Paris¹ : La Poétique de la Photographie by Mark Heier
Book - Paris¹ : La Poétique de la Photographie by Mark Heier
Paris – The Poetics of Photography
Some books document a place. Others breathe new life into it.
Paris – The Poetics of Photography brings together photography, poetry and design in an artistic dialogue between Parisian street photographer Mark Heier and designer, poet and publisher Igal Gabay. Over the course of several decades, Heier has photographed the streets of Paris—its boulevards, alleyways, bridges, cafés and anonymous passers-by—with a quiet, patient and deeply observant eye, revealing the poetry hidden within everyday life.
Hundreds of black-and-white photographs are accompanied by poems written especially for this edition, forming a visual and poetic sequence in which image and word illuminate one another. The book invites readers to slow down, wander through its pages as they would through the streets of Paris, and discover new details, new moments and new meanings with every return.
Published as a limited edition, the book is conceived as both a cultural artifact and a collector's volume. From the careful selection of paper and typography to the precision of its design, printing and binding, every element has been crafted to create an enduring reading experience and an object of lasting beauty.
About the Photographer – Mark Heier
Mark Heier is a Parisian street photographer whose work is defined by patience, sensitivity and poetic precision. For decades, he has documented the city's streets, its people and its fleeting moments through a distinctive visual language that invites viewers to discover the quiet poetry of everyday life.
His camera does not seek the spectacular or the extraordinary. Instead, it captures fleeting moments, subtle plays of light and shadow, human encounters and the silence that exists between movement and stillness. His photographs invite us to experience Paris as it reveals itself to the attentive observer—a city of memory, light and intimate stories.
About Safra ve Sayfa Publishing
This volume is published by Safra ve Sayfa Publishing, an independent publishing house dedicated to books on art, photography, poetry and design. The publishing house views the book as a complete creative work, where content, design, typography, materials and craftsmanship come together to form a unified cultural experience.
The book was printed in France by Escourbiac, one of Europe's leading fine art printers, internationally recognized for its uncompromising standards, exceptional craftsmanship and long-standing tradition of excellence in the production of art books.