France Basque Photography Guide - Argia Light of the Pays Basque History Book

by Eric Chauché, Joël de Rosnay

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First edition · Limited edition

France Basque Photography Guide - Argia Light of the Pays Basque History Book Argia: Lumieres en Pays Basque by Eric Chauché. An atmospheric and visually striking large-format photography book celebrating the French Basque Country (Pays Basque) through dramatic landscape, village, architectural, and cultural photography. “Argia” — the Basque word for “light” — captures the distinctive identity of the Atlantic Basque region stretching from Biarritz, Bayonne, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Guéthary, Bidart, Ainhoa, Sare, Espelette, Cambo-les-Bains, Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, Irouléguy, the Aldudes Valley, and the western Pyrenees near the Spanish frontier and Navarre. Photographer Eric Chauché documents the landscapes, people, traditions, festivals, and coastal atmosphere of the Basque world with richly saturated twilight and nocturnal imagery: the Côte des Basques, Port-Vieux at Biarritz, Bayonne Cathedral, Saint-Jean-de-Luz harbor, Basque pelota courts, mountain villages, shepherds, pottok horses, Atlantic storms, Basque farmhouses, peppers drying in Espelette, and panoramic views of La Rhune and the Pyrénées. Includes evocative scenes of pelote basque, corridas, fêtes, surfers, fishermen, pilgrims’ routes toward Roncesvalles and Santiago de Compostela, and the fusion of Basque rural identity with modern Aquitaine culture. The text and preface by noted French futurist and scientist Joël de Rosnay reflect on Basque identity, ecology, sustainability, Atlantic culture, regional memory, and th

• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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