Editions de la Martiniere – förlag

The first monograph of Prune Nourry, one of the most influential contemporary artists today “Prune Nourry is more than a great artist. She’s also a psychologist, a sociologist, and an anthropologist who uses her understanding of history and humanity to create art that connects us to our past and to each other.” —George LucasPrune Nourry is a contemporary artist specializing in sculpture, while also exploring varied mediums including film, photography, and performance. She raises ethical questions linked to the notion of balance in the broadest sense: the body and its healing process, demographic imbalance due to gender selection and scientific aberrations, ecosystems and the interdependence between living species. Nourry's work is geographically and temporally contextualized through investigations that draw on disciplines outside the field of art. The year 2016 marked a turning point in her personal and artistic journey when she learned, at the age of 31, that she had breast cancer. She became, by force of circumstance, the subject of her work, whereas until then she had taken an objective look at the world and its imbalances.

Welcome to the world of Lola James Harper, where there is always room for dreams, encounters, life, and creativitySummer Balade is an ode to slowness, to warm summers that seem to last forever, to road trips without a destination, to the freedom of getting in a car with friends or family and letting the day unfold on its own. It's the story of Californian roads traveled to the sound of music, while the landscapes pass by the windows like a living screen, a moving movie. Along the way, we stop whenever something calls to us: a light, a color, a building, a horizon. We photograph strangely familiar scenes, as if they had already been lived, dreamed, or remembered. Everything becomes cinematic: fragments of the lost American dream captured in a palette of sun-bleached colors, neon signs, deserted roads, motels, palm trees, and vast skies. Everything invites us to wander through an America that is both real and imagined, seductive and fragile, powerful in its poetry. Summer Balade is an attempt to share this feeling, like a drawn-out summer song, a road trip with friends, and a succession of sunrises and sunsets. It’s a book about freedom of movement, openness to the world, and the search for beauty at every turn: in sun-warmed colors, in smiles, in the light, and in its silent promise of liberty.Lola James Harper and Éditions de La Martinière are joining forces to launch an entirely new collection of photographic art books offering a rare visual and tactile experience. Like the fragrances, films, and music of Lola James Harper, these books invite the reader on an inner journey—a state of contemplation, moving from destination to destination, image to image, color to color. The collection opens with three volumes that set the tone for a publishing adventure meant to unfold across several dozen titles. Each book opens the doors to a world far from tourist circuits and expected landmarks with each page designed as a place where the reader can imagine their own stories from the photographs, evocative titles, and poetic words. Summer Balade is an invitation to step into an endless summer, a visual reverie where every image awakens a unique emotion.

A playful yet profound lens into the evolution of flight and its cultural impactThis captivating volume offers an extraordinary voyage into the ethnographic treasures of the Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace in Le Bourget, France. At its heart lies a remarkable collection of historic aviation-themed toys—some dating back to the 19th century—that trace the soaring narrative of human flight. Far more than a traditional catalogue, the book is a poetic and cultural meditation on our enduring fascination with these miniature marvels.Through the voices of “key witnesses”—including visual artists, writers, astronauts, and actors—it explores how these objects ignite imagination, preserve fragments of history, and reflect our collective dreams of conquering the skies. Each toy becomes a portal to stories of innovation, wonder, and childhood reverie, inviting readers to see them not merely as playthings but as vibrant relics of a shared human adventure.The visual storytelling is elevated by Axel Ruhomaully’s signature photography, where dramatic contrasts of light and shadow reveal the soul of each object. The result is a compelling fusion of art, history, and science—a tribute to the spirit of exploration and the timeless allure of flight.

Where the Sun Keeps Shining is a photographic meditation on light, presence, and the silent power of the sun.Under the sun, the world opens up.Colors intensify, shadows lengthen and soften, and even the simplest scenes acquire depth and emotion. Light reveals textures, creates contrasts, and gives objects a new clarity. In this illumination, there is an opening to hope, a feeling that anything is possible, that space breathes, that time slows down just enough to allow us to look. This book brings together images from different continents. What matters is not the destination, but the shared feeling of being under the same sun. Whether captured in a city or a landscape, in the East or the West, the emotion remains universal. The sun becomes the true subject, a common force that connects places, people, and moments.Where the Sun Keeps Shining is about capturing a particular state. A moment when light transforms the ordinary into something luminous. The power lies not in where we stand, but in what happens when the sun appears, when it reminds us, wherever we are in the world, of warmth, openness, and life itself—this energy that connects places and invites a shared feeling of clarity and quiet hope.Bi-lingual French-English edition

Welcome to the world of Lola James Harper—in Watching Music, music becomes visible, tangible and everlasting in this symphonic black and white journeyWatching Music tells the story of an invisible country whose name doesn’t appear on any map, but which Lili, Noé, Céline, and Rami have always traversed. A country made of vibrating amplifiers, guitars leaning against a wall, percussion, cables intertwined like paths, studios where light takes on a different texture, stages where everyone breathes together, living rooms where a single note can transform the atmosphere. A country where the common language is… sound.Lili and Rami Mekdachi photographed this country. Concerts. Tours. Festivals. Rehearsals. Days and nights of recording with family, at Basement Studios in Pigalle or 4th Street Recording Studio in Santa Monica; suspended moments with superstar Joshua Hong at the Artistic Palace in Paris; musical sessions in Seattle, London, and Beirut, in studios one returns to as if visiting friends. The photographs in Watching Music were born from these places, where time seems to stand still, where a single note can make the air vibrate, where memory merges with listening.Music connects those who play, those who listen, those who record. Like perfume, it cannot be seen or touched, yet it permeates everything. Invisible, yet of absolute power, it unlocks memories, encounters, and luminous moments. When one musician meets another from a different culture, from a distant land with an unknown history, they immediately find common ground: a rhythm, a melody, a breath. Where language separates, music connects.This book celebrates, through images, this invisible land, this land of sounds, gestures, and lights, where Lili, Noé, Céline, and Rami Mekdachi have always journeyed.Lola James Harper fragrances and candles are inspired by rare places: from museums to galleries, from recording studios to artists’ homes; including the scents created for the Parisian fashion museum Palais Galliera, the legendary concept store Colette, and the recording studio of the iconic rock band The Smashing Pumpkins in Chicago.Lola James Harper’s products are available in Paris (Bon Marché, Merci, Archives…), London (Paper Mache Tiger), Los Angeles (Guerilla Atelier, Teller), NYC, Tokyo (Omotesando, Isetan, Restir, Tsutaya), and Seoul (Andaz Seoul Gangnam, Kith, 29CM).

An invitation to journey across a world of basketball courts, captured from every horizon—from Los Angeles’s golden light to New York’s restless pulse, from the historic textures of Beirut and Paris to the urban energy of London and RomeJoin Rami and his son, Noé, on a visual journey where their shared love of basketball becomes a universal language—one that bridges cultures and forges unexpected human connections. Over 11 years, camera and basketball in hand, their travels have revealed far more than the beauty of the game: they’ve uncovered the extraordinary power of hoops to unite people, turning strangers into lifelong friends. Along the way, they gather the voices and dreams of players and companions including Nick Ansom, founder of the legendary VeniceBall league; pro-player and artist Elvin Rodriguez; writer and NBA expert Yann Ohnona; former pro Juan Aísa, founder of YouFirst Sport; artist and influencer Joana Hanna; ex-player and agent Xavier Calvaire; musician and former pro Darren Lee; NBA trainer Tarek Ghafari; Jean-Philippe Doho, Gaspard Chaine, Ludovic Kancel, and many others.Through Rami’s lens, the game becomes a portrait of joy, community, and human connection. Step into the world of Hooptime, where every hoop tells a story, every court becomes a stage, and every game adds a new chapter to a larger, ever-growing narrative of shared passion and belonging.