The sky of Saint-Martin graced Ti Korner on Thursday, October 23rd, for the opening of the new book "St Martin Horizon", published by The Friendly Books. This seventh title from the local publishing house offers unprecedented air travel above the island, between the blues of the lagoons and the greens of the hills.
Around Christian Mansana, Caribbean Photoswho made the large format prints The exhibition drew large crowds who came to admire the photographs and meet the photographers. The posters caused a sensation. and the book was met with the same enthusiasm. As a souvenir, each visitor left with a “Saint Martin Horizon” keychain made by workshop OLDA.
“My friend Donovan (Trevor) and I have done a lot of tours in a gyrocopter back when it still existed. We ended up with some hundreds of aerial images of the island "And we thought it would be a shame to keep them for ourselves," he says Thomas Proust, project coordinator and artistic director of the collection. The book blends these photographs with More artistic drone photosoffering both a geographical and poetic reading of the territory.
Around Thomas Proust andAlexandra HubertApproximately ten photographers contributed to the project: Émilien Berhault, Oswen Corbel, Théo Demanez, Richard Hazel, Cameron Hyman, André “Dédé” Knol, Phil Phriday, Donovan Tremor et Franklin Wilson“We exchange a lot of messages on social media, we know each other well. I like to involve as many people as possible in these projects, especially young talents who don’t always have the means to make themselves known,” Thomas points out.
True to the spirit of The Friendly Books, this new release combines enhancement of visual heritage et author's perspectiveAnd already, other projects are taking shape: “We're thinking of relaunching a cookbook"Because it's an edition we love."
Available at usual retailers and on thefriendlybooks.com, St Martin Horizon is already shaping up to be a great success for local bookstores. _Vx
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