Editions Xavier Barral
Éditions Xavier Barral is a French book publisher specialising in photography, architecture, contemporary art and science. It was founded in 2002 by Xavier Barral and based in Paris. Martin Parr has said of Éditions Xavier Barral that "Every book published [by] Barral has a specific problem to which it brings an original solution tailored to this project and to no other".
Editions Xavier Barral
- Founded
- 2002.
- Headquarters
- Paris.
- Activity
- book publishing.
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Cheryl Newman, writing in The Daily Telegraph in 2013, described it as "offering an irresistible collection of tomes".
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Key facts
• Status — Active • Founded — 2002 • Founder — Xavier Barral • Country — France • Headquarters — 42 rue Sedaine, 75 011 Paris, France • Publications — Books • Topics — Photography, architecture, contemporary art, science
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2002
Editions Xavier Barral established.
2002
Editions Xavier Barral was established or created on 1 January 2002.
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The circumstances in which Editions Xavier Barral stands. Established or created on 1 January 2002. Recorded as publishing house. Barral has its headquarters at Paris. Barral operates in book publishing. Situated in France.
Awards
• 2013: Antoine D'Agata's Anticorps (Xavier Barral and Le Bal, 2013), won the Rencontres d'Arles Author’s Book Award. • 2015: Images of Conviction: The Construction of Visual Evidence (Xavier Barral and Le Bal, 2015) won Photography Catalogue of the Year, Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.
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- 1.Acte de décès n°151 année 2019, établi à Montreuil le 19 février 2019
- 2.Article fr Disparition de Xavier Barral, éditeur et grand explorateur de la photographie Clémentine Mercier Libération (journal) Libération 18 février 2019 lire en https://www.liberation.fr/arts/2019/02/18/disparition-de-xavier-barral-editeur-et-grand-explorateur-de-la-photographie_1710069/ .
- 3.Article fr lire en https://www.lejournaldesarts.fr/medias/disparition-brutale-de-lediteur-xavier-barral-143046 Christine Coste Disparition brutale de l’éditeur Xavier Barral Le Journal des arts 18 février 2019 .
- 4.Xavier Barral Éditions – Éditeur. livresphotos.com.
- 5.Elisa Mignot, « Xavier Barral, l’éditeur pour qui chaque livre était singulier », Polka magazine, 18 février 2019.
- 6.Article fr lire en https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2018/07/05/les-editeurs-de-livres-de-photos-en-difficulte_5326193_3234.html Nicole Vulser Les éditeurs de livres de photos en difficulté Le Monde 5 juillet 2018 .
- 7.« Le Prix Nadar 2016 remis à So Long, China de Patrick Zachmann », gensdimages.com, 31 octobre 2016.
- 8.Article fr Le bonheur contagieux de Thomas Hirschhorn Le Monde 10 janvier 2006 lire en https://www.lemonde.fr/a-la-une/article/2006/01/10/le-bonheur-contagieux-de-thomas-hirschhorn_729307_3208.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=14 .
- 9.Article Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu : la mémoire des os Pierre Barthélémy 18 octobre 2007 Le Monde lire en https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2007/10/18/jean-baptiste-de-panafieu-la-memoire-des-os_968245_3260.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=30 .
- 10.Article fr Le prix Nadar pour Jean Gaumy Le Monde 26 novembre 2010 lire en https://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2010/11/26/le-prix-nadar-pour-jean-gaumy_1445374_3246.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=2 .
- 11.Article fr Martin Parr à la plage ("Life's a Beach") Claire Guillot Le Monde 14 décembre 2012 lire en https://www.lemonde.fr/livres/article/2012/12/14/martin-parr-a-la-plage_1805444_3260.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=17 .
- 12.Article fr L’album photo déjanté de Masahisa Fukase Claire Guillot 21 novembre 2018 Le Monde lire en https://www.lemonde.fr/m-actu/article/2018/11/21/l-album-photo-dejante-de-masahisa-fukase_5386448_4497186.html?search-type=classic&ise_click_rank=29 .
- 13.Article fr T'as le look Photobook. Chats, corbeaux et palots, par Masahisa Fukase Clémentine Mercier 13 novembre 2018 Libération (journal) Libération lire en https://www.liberation.fr/culture/2018/11/13/chats-corbeaux-et-palots-par-masahisa-fukase_1691606/ .
- 14.À Cuba, Pierre-Elie de Pibrac capte l’amertume des travailleurs du sucre. Pierre Sorgue. 21 novembre 2019. Le Monde.
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