https://www.davidfavrod.com/shows daily 0.75 2020-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588417732425-0XGO10OGJHVUR74S5QK3/DavidFavrod_Ibasho+-+Unseen+2019.jpeg SHOWS - UNSEEN Art Fair 2019 Ibasho Gallery Amsterdam Netherlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588417732425-0XGO10OGJHVUR74S5QK3/DavidFavrod_Ibasho+-+Unseen+2019.jpeg SHOWS - UNSEEN Art Fair 2019 Ibasho Gallery Amsterdam Netherlands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588437651968-7OUNFB123SNI4SSLXQEI/2017-Kunst-museum-Thun-01.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Aller - retour" 2017 Kunstmuseum Thun Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588437698868-BMI9G1ODUWO5FO4V2MKL/2017-Kunst-museum-Thun-02.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Aller - retour" 2017 Kunstmuseum Thun Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588437708293-KYB7DL6888J2L6W54DS1/2017-Kunst-museum-Thun-03.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Aller - retour" 2017 Kunstmuseum Thun Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588437726687-8DFUXNCQV13VXKS5G9HY/2017-Kunst-museum-Thun-04.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Aller - retour" 2017 Kunstmuseum Thun Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588437732887-YXMB2E64I3DM8IV74SBT/2017-Kunst-museum-Thun-05.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Aller - retour" 2017 Kunstmuseum Thun Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588437734722-OILTICOY7MMHXKPB2M5L/2017-Kunst-museum-Thun-06.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Aller - retour" 2017 Kunstmuseum Thun Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588437739643-J8F2D3K34O8MYHV7V61R/2017-Kunst-museum-Thun-07.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Aller - retour" 2017 Kunstmuseum Thun Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438183939-QOWLCYKJ1WFEOYMJ9KS9/2016-Verzasca-foto-festival.jpg SHOWS - Verzasca Foto Festival 2016 Sonogno Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438337697-4X6ZXZ7EUEA6E7YPMCLU/2016-KunstZeugHausRapperwill-01.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Y'a pas le feu au lac" 2016 Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswill Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438391733-079W32R5BYPRGQ2TP8XW/2016-KunstZeugHausRapperwill-02.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Y'a pas le feu au lac" 2016 Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswill Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438387394-VTENXQKCYZV9B7I2SYLV/2016-KunstZeugHausRapperwill-03.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Y'a pas le feu au lac" 2016 Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswill Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438394270-W2OJ5QJ46AHGFD5WN090/2016-KunstZeugHausRapperwill-05.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Y'a pas le feu au lac" 2016 Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswill Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438403821-9VTKQDIGLBCC21BR2XS5/2016-KunstZeugHausRapperwill-06.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Y'a pas le feu au lac" 2016 Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswill Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438405088-K1E58H0OSH800OO3XN3C/2016-KunstZeugHausRapperwill-07.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Y'a pas le feu au lac" 2016 Kunst(Zeug)Haus Rapperswill Switzerland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438628475-T7SL3RIYVAG04TQA9PCE/2015-FoamTalent-2.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Foam Talent" 2015 Atelier Néerlandais Paris France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588438709391-E0BRT1OB7MPAQS1GU2MW/2015-FoamTalent.jpg SHOWS - Exhibition "Foam Talent" 2015 Atelier Néerlandais Paris France https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588860231627-THTDXN8B5DPBWC1GAYW1/2014-LondonCollegeOfCommunication.jpg SHOWS - LensCulture Exposure Award 2014 London College of Communication London UK https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588860239293-CQ68VYNSHMLYSNRIVZZF/2012-DaeguPhotoBiennale.jpg SHOWS - Daegu Photo Biennale 2012 Daegu South Korea https://www.davidfavrod.com/works daily 1.0 2026-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605886830129-VK1C3VPR8WXXXOZDGNR7/Le-jour-des-incendies.jpg WORKS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1587933706319-D8IETLWD4T37O6BOUWHR/Le+carre%CC%81+rouge.jpg WORKS - Le carré rouge (The red square) 2014 paper size : 63 x 79 cm image size : 59 x 75 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1738160508817-KR40C2TM52HK3EF3AO8M/L-homme-boite.jpg WORKS - L'homme-boîte (The box man) 2024 200 × 160 cm framed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1731444922583-OG8626HTA5PFD4OWOOFN/LeLeverDuSoleil.jpg WORKS - Le lever du soleil 2024 drawing size : 18 x 26 cm paper size : 19 x 27 cm 50 x 50 cm framed https://www.davidfavrod.com/video daily 0.75 2020-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588791662639-IE7XWKPKOJFY0GIYZFAE/image-asset.jpeg VIDEO - "Feuille, caillou, ciseaux, 1, 2, 3" HD, 2 min. loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588791662639-IE7XWKPKOJFY0GIYZFAE/image-asset.jpeg VIDEO - "Feuille, caillou, ciseaux, 1, 2, 3" HD, 2 min. loop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588772769932-O70P7B3OG43ONGIWS44K/image-asset.octet-stream VIDEO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1588772769958-0AH95DIFJ1DN26763P9C/image-asset.jpeg VIDEO - David Favrod - "Feuille, caillou, ciseaux, 1, 2, 3" 2 min. loop https://www.davidfavrod.com/omoide-poroporo daily 0.75 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664279916610-X7VOOB8MZ8LDW4GH8OKB/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Forêt enneigée (Snowy forest) 2010 40 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664279916610-X7VOOB8MZ8LDW4GH8OKB/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Forêt enneigée (Snowy forest) 2010 40 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280005417-QUKLM1V4HF15NOBGDB2A/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Saas-Fee 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280057641-RUIXW3LZQXAD0MFUNR7A/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Sans titre III (Untitled III) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280094954-O9AW8JLMK22E54CQRXHX/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Bleu (Blue) 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280151426-5WPO5WGJJCEZQ0B3PBDU/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Sans titre V (Untitled V) 2010 21 x 21 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280192076-GL0SG6MGAH9FQ42K78ZR/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Leki 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280229794-SBJLWPHCTPRV39IY7QRQ/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Maman devant le Cervin (Mum in front of the Matterhorn) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280270589-7A9YL5G0SKNR46QQ6H6F/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Maman et moi devant le Cervin (Mum and I in front of the Matterhorn) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280399465-ANDPLEYITVFNXR0AVK69/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Les yeux bleus (Blue eyes) 2010 24 x 18 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280463773-AHCMA8F69NDR1MQ2WVIA/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Le château de Chillon (The Chillon castle) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280318523-4OPK8WYZ2F6NSCP19BHB/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Au milieu des cerisiers en fleurs (Among the cherry blossoms) 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280608167-839K7QSWUE5Q8LDF0FA4/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Sans titre IV (Untitled IV) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280663000-UGEXRZ79BCVW1XRNBX0L/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Matterhorn 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280712320-L3QW7CQ7OQB5RDLAWWBK/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Les 75 yeux (The 75 eyes) 2010 30 x 21 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280786417-NCHCLHRQIEZPY2YQCIS0/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Iso onna An iso onna is a yokai from Japanese folklore. They are dangerous vampires from Kyushu and Western Japan looking for fisherman and travellers to feed upon. 2010 40 x 50 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280961148-BSSMAW537WKUG1W0VKXJ/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Des flocons de neige (Snowflakes) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280878270-12DN6DZYOC28AEJNFE92/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Cervin et pont (Matterhorn and bridge) 2010 24 x 18 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664562664224-4KU5PP3R4XLK0T5KY1JM/Autoportrait-en-samourai.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - Samouraï (Samourai) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso special edition of 25 + 2 artist’s proofs produced for the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) 16x20 inches chromogenic print signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280826900-ALWRL9IA6G4OAQ0LXCZJ/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Calamard (Squid) 2010 40 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664280917107-AVCBBFAM18QIHN4LYRFT/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Vert (Green) 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664283924446-QFOQ2N1OP2DL9JIMNZ18/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - La moue (The pout) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664281020656-68GU27LZCER95G686CY9/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - La vue du Mont Fuji depuis Vevey (The view of Mount Fuji from Vevey) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284001779-OQUOI9NVTHLHRDWIQ3GL/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Cerisier (Cherry tree) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284071586-55J3XVEV8S5WWU4LHA6J/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - La voiture rouge (The red car) 2010 24 x 18 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284199464-Y84E4MQK7BJWHNZ5JNIL/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Rouge (Red) 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284156755-NMJCS4YW41EG63BPZTYE/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Le souper (The dinner) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284244284-HIDDB0OFDU164FTQES08/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Kiyoshi Portrait of my old grandfather with an Emperor’s medal. 2010 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284314249-TNTYO6XXPF9ODTPYW11T/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Hiroshi et Batien 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284425912-23KGZTTHGBIEY65JHI8F/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Bioman rouge (Red bioman) 2010 40 x 50 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284362290-2VWQDM8JXTVNLU0M5MAD/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Coupe de judo et ikebana (Judo cup and ikebana) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284463539-6SPY1BMM6PH405A5ZY4C/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Un livre, maman et Aki (A book, mum and Aki) 2010 30 x 21 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284735824-47KSMIBLSU9B0O2IEBMW/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - La fondue (The cheese fondue) 2010 30 x 21 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664284774994-556NZ1V14FMKRA8BTIR2/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Jaune (Yellow) 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664285033382-20WQME4DZS8DAGDS8EZE/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Masue et Kiyoshi (Masue and Kiyoshi) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884389279-IYS5LBUSPYMZGDEUI24T/Portrait-de-famille.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - Portrait de famille (Family portrait) 2010 40 x 50 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884416371-52WYPP02HYPVUI028Z4V/Specimens.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - Spécimens (Specimens) The title is a reference to a novel called The Ring Finger by Yoko Ogawa. 2010 40 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1606329136672-971T554104QLYTDVTD2R/DavidFavrod_OMOIDEPOROPORO_01.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664285103862-AFTIF4XVWYTZ4S8EEL3L/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Collier magique (Magic necklace) 2010 30 x 21 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664285150359-BUMMA2EZGJNN3K26EOKY/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Pont rouge (Red bridge) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664285232665-5CAS2LG5D5ZQ4N8GEBIR/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Un alien (An alien) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884589331-LD51TBLJFAHWKMFDB33D/La-course-au-mouton-sauvage.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - La course au monton sauvage (A wild sheep chase) The title is a reference to the book A Wild Sheep Chase written by Haruki Murakami. 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664286055221-OLEL4TLXGTQR9VKZS22V/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Raid 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664286095068-5ETB88V670CQNURA8BUK/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Ceinture noire (Black belt) 2010 24 x 18 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664286168795-55LPJCM3OUSYYVWZ4JP1/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Le club des 4 (The club of 4) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664286243192-TV65K50RGE3R75NVQQ53/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Aska 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664286288036-Q88MCHIBAF7FY7CSP1QS/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Glacier 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664287791631-WLLZJSJA88FGNCZXGKF2/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Nain de jardin (Garden gnome) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664287877761-FKDY2XU1OR65XNY7DG0R/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Le pavillon d'or (The Golden Pavillon) 2010 24 x 18 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664287920820-IVUUF0THNRTMRSMUCDP0/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - La voiture mangeuse d'hommes (The man-eating car) 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664287966706-TGCJND4QEPZPR9VMKKTU/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Papa en militaire et moi (Dad in the military and I) Archive from 17 October 1985. 2010 30 x 21 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664288053993-JFGRA6H0XLHOH2FKCN83/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - B-29 2010 30 x 21cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664288105443-DZF8IEZAWJ052T92UI9B/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Montagne et brouillard (Mountain and fog) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664288505502-SQZKIVWYXPH1GH3K5FHD/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Montagne et brouillard II (Mountain and fog II) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884504112-F1AQR66CQ6IV4W72E2EZ/Un-magnifique-champ-de-fleurs.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - Un magnifique champ de fleurs (A beautiful field of flowers) 2010 40 x 50 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664288568089-NSAT75JE35IB4VWXYG1E/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Paysage brûlé (Burnt landscape) 2010 40 x 50 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664288612757-5CXUU763CZK1T4K1XDC7/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Kabuki I 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664288657983-2R893EGVLFOMTASFT02R/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Kabuki II 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664288691894-7SYBLE7OJVD2WTFOXAP8/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Kabuki III 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664288722983-SL8VX9XUIOCW3AQZW6U0/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Kabuki IV 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884524991-BDQ59D4QTFJ69JCA66N0/Une-averse.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - Une averse (A rain shower) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884444576-IXL60H87S21KQ2I9FGKA/Le_depart.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - Le départ (The departure) This image was taken right after my grandfather decided to return to Kobe to spend the rest of his life there. 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884566434-WZPP1MRZXRZ948OVO8NN/La-Pissevache.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - La Pissevache (The Pissevache) 2010 40 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289062351-RL3D6KWC09HCT5M96L90/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Maman et moi en kimono (Mum and I in kimonos) 2010 24 x 18 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289222623-6ALV4ZMXB6N5Z7EGTTCL/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Fanny et papa en Guillaume Tell (Fanny and dad as William Tell) 2010 24 x 18 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289266580-KCE28UEKINFBPMJDK29H/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Cervin (Matterhorn) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289303281-8LH0LYHZNY9KBX25COM3/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Incendie (Fire) 2010 21 x 30 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289337076-0UUZWQNNX1HZA1RDP47Z/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - L'oiseau sur le fil (The bird on the wire) 2010 40 x 50 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289453773-RVKT6TX1N16VWNC0O7F2/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Vionnaz Vionnaz is a small village in Switzerland where I grew up. 2010 40 x 50 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289758755-8ZKH3B3Y67FOVS0XSXK2/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - L'oiseau dans ma lampe (The bird in my lamp) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289909109-QCJLVCRCPCUD1HAGD0YK/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Soleil levant (Sunrise) 2010 18 x 24 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664289983978-FTYHXY6W33OZ6FXI2ZOJ/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Le miroir de l'ascenseur (The elevator’s mirror) 2010 24 x 18 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664290072020-K5WRPP1VYKCW0GU0IV7I/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Deux oiseaux (Two birds) 2010 30 x 21 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664290118750-P8MOVFK4BY8RY2N6ICW3/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Zone de combat (Combat zone) 2010 64 x 80 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884611928-0HXF9CSVW9SAA3218ZXS/Kobe.jpg OMOIDE POROPORO - Kobé (Kobe) My grandparents lived in Kobe during the WWII. The Bombing of the city on March 16 and 17, 1945 was part of the strategic bombing campaign waged by the USA against military and civilian targets and population centers during the Japan home islands campaign in the closing stages of WWII. The city would be bombed again in later months. 2010 40 x 50 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664290165230-PE4PVYFFS9G5KUK7U8XS/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Première neige (First snow) 2010 30 x 40 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664290280248-XK7G0SMQAXAUNW8S9WY4/image-asset.jpeg OMOIDE POROPORO - Mont Fuji (Mount Fuji) 2010 80 x 100 cm archival pigment print, Canson Platine Fibre Rag 315, mounted, black wood frame with glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://www.davidfavrod.com/hikari daily 0.75 2022-09-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884670454-8T25OLV05VJT84YMC5VA/Almagellhorn.jpg HIKARI - Almagellhorn 2013 paper size : 63 x 79 cm image size : 59 x 75 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, silkscreen, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884670454-8T25OLV05VJT84YMC5VA/Almagellhorn.jpg HIKARI - Almagellhorn 2013 paper size : 63 x 79 cm image size : 59 x 75 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, silkscreen, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664549691385-H4PV2CFCR2GYPULYSVZV/image-asset.jpeg HIKARI - Raid B-29 du 18 juin 1945 sur Kobé (B-29 raid of 18 June 1945 on Kobe) On 18 June 1945, 25 B-29 bombers laid naval mines in waters near Kobe. 2013 paper size : 78 x 98 cm image size : 72,5 x 92,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664549926488-VQAY49ONM0ALAU8WNBX0/Le-Tombeau-des-lucioles.jpg HIKARI - Le tombeau des lucioles (The grave of the fireflies) I was deeply inspired by the movie Grave of the Fireflies, a Japanese animation film written and directed by Isao Takahata and animated by Studio Ghibli. It is based on the 1967 semi-autobiographical novel Grave of the Fireflies by Akiyuki Nosaka. This film reminds me very much of what my grandparents lived through during the war. They lived in the same city – Kobe – as the protagonists and hence experienced the events described in the movie. 2012 paper size : 78 x 98 cm image size : 72,5 x 92,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664554417618-JYMNNYVYFTI5V125NZVF/Batien-et-moi.jpg HIKARI - Batien & moi (Batien and I) 2015 31,5 x 47,5 cm puzzle 500 pieces edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884685162-1SKR0SWB54T1EI0YF523/ARRGH%21.jpg HIKARI - ARRGH ! A lot of the memories of my grandparents during World War II were sounds. During the bombings, they went to underground shelters. It was dark. The memories that remain from these incidents are the sound of explosions, the sound of planes, people crying … So, my question was: how can I introduce sound into my pictures? It’s why I decided to use onomatopoeia (that were found in manga/comics) and to paint them over the prints using acrylic. I started to produce the three images with the onomatopoeia on the black background (‘Viiiuuu, viiiuuu, viiiuuu, viiiuuu’, ‘Tatatatata’ and ‘ARRGH!’). For me it was like this: I took the memories of my grandparents and literally transposed them onto the picture. (The underground shelters where it was very dark – black background with just the sound of people crying, the sound of airplanes, etc. – onomatopoeia). 2013 paper size : 98 x 78 cm image size : 92,5 x 72,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, acrylic paint, mounted, oak frame without glass. unique signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605894467195-50KMSI75Y2S5IFDWM568/Rising-sun.jpg HIKARI - Rising sun The sun rises just above the horizon and the sun’s rays reflect off the water of Lake Geneva. 2013 paper size : 146 x 183,5 cm image size : 137,5 x 175 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884904712-9A3EOA7HAX7QS0L6P77H/Le-bunker.jpg HIKARI - Le bunker (The bunker) A few weeks after the explosion of the atomic bomb, scientists saw that the flash from the bomb had discoloured the walls that were still standing. The bomb had left marks corresponding to projections of objects, bodies and street furniture like a photographic projection. The heat from heat radiation made visible shadows on the ground. The shadows could be a man who was standing at the time of the tragedy and had somehow ‘protected’ the wall from the bomb. It was the same with a ladder, a valve or pylons of a bridge. 2012 paper size : 63 x 79 cm image size : 59 x 75 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884705546-9WL80X86BPRHJ8S6LDZ5/BAOUMMM.jpg HIKARI - BAOUMMM My second experimentation with the idea of sound was with the images (BAOUMMM and Pluie noire). I wanted to see how the onomatopoeia could add something to help understand the picture better or to feel/describe a sensation or a situation. 2013 paper size : 146 x 183,5 cm image size : 137,5 x 175 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, acrylic paint, mounted, oak frame without glass. unique signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884879530-RYAKO1JMMBR4SPZ2YOKH/Jaune-rouge-violet.jpg HIKARI - Jaune : strontium 90, rouge : plutonium 239, violet : césium 137 (Yellow : Strontium 90, red : plutonium 239, purple : caesium 137) Inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams – Mount Fuji in red. A large nuclear power plant near Mount Fuji has begun to melt down; its six reactors explode one by one. The breaches fill the sky with hellish red fumes. After an unspecified amount of time, two men, a woman, and her two small children are seen alone, left behind on land in broad daylight. The older man explains to the younger man that the rest have drowned themselves in the ocean. He then says that the many different colours of the clouds billowing across the post-apocalyptic landscape signify different radioactive isotopes; according to him, red signifies plutonium-239, a tenth of a microgram of which is enough to cause cancer. He elaborates on how other released isotopes cause leukaemia (strontium-90) and birth defects (cesium-137) before wondering at the foolish futility of colour-coding radioactive gases of such lethality. 2014 paper size : 146 x 183,5 cm image size : 137,5 x 175 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884845550-PNTFITD7QOOK5UAXV12O/Jaune-rouge-violet_details.jpg HIKARI - Jaune : strontium 90, rouge : plutonium 239, violet : césium 137 (details) (Yellow : Strontium 90, red : plutonium 239, purple : caesium 137) (details) Inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams – Mount Fuji in red. A large nuclear power plant near Mount Fuji has begun to melt down; its six reactors explode one by one. The breaches fill the sky with hellish red fumes. After an unspecified amount of time, two men, a woman, and her two small children are seen alone, left behind on land in broad daylight. The older man explains to the younger man that the rest have drowned themselves in the ocean. He then says that the many different colours of the clouds billowing across the post-apocalyptic landscape signify different radioactive isotopes; according to him, red signifies plutonium-239, a tenth of a microgram of which is enough to cause cancer. He elaborates on how other released isotopes cause leukaemia (strontium-90) and birth defects (cesium-137) before wondering at the foolish futility of colour-coding radioactive gases of such lethality. 2014 paper size : 146 x 183,5 cm image size : 137,5 x 175 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605885034694-W7HCAPVAT19C9050R5OT/Mishiko.jpg HIKARI - Mishiko Mishiko was the youngest sister of my grandfather. She fell ill during the war, and doctors diagnosed poor hydration. In Japan, watermelon is a very popular fruit and holds a lot of water. So her parents gave it to her regularly. But the diagnosis was wrong; it was a salt deficiency and she died shortly afterwards. 2012 paper size : 146 x 183,5 cm image size : 137,5 x 175 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605885181525-7VH4ZAV5Q6IW6LEHBBHY/Pika-Don.jpg HIKARI - Pikadon My third test with the idea of sound was with the picture ‘Pikadon’. Here I no longer use the onomatopoeia; I just paint the result of the sound/explosion of the image. Pikadon is a word that has been integrated into Japanese vocabulary as a result of the atomic bombs. Translated, pika means the flash (bright light) and don means explosion, representing what was seen and heard when the bombs were detonated. After taking a picture of a flash, I scanned the negative and I destroyed the grain of the image with Photoshop by adding noise. Then I painted the ‘sound/explosion’ result on the print. 2013 paper size : 146 x 183,5 cm image size : 137,5 x 175 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, acrylic, mounted, oak frame without glass. unique signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605894504703-UYZWV0Y09EIYJXHC7T36/Tatatatata.jpg HIKARI - Tatatatata A lot of the memories of my grandparents during World War II were sounds. During the bombings, they went to underground shelters. It was dark. The memories that remain from these incidents are the sound of explosions, the sound of planes, people crying … So, my question was: how can I introduce sound into my pictures? It’s why I decided to use onomatopoeia (that were found in manga/comics) and to paint them over the prints using acrylic.I started to produce the three images with the onomatopoeia on the black background (‘Viiiuuu, viiiuuu, viiiuuu, viiiuuu’, ‘Tatatatata’ and ‘ARRGH!’). For me it was like this: I took the memories of my grandparents and literally transposed them onto the picture. (The underground shelters where it was very dark – black background with just the sound of people crying, the sound of airplanes, etc. – onomatopoeia). 2013 paper size : 98 x 78 cm image size : 92,5 x 72,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, acrylic paint, mounted, oak frame without glass. unique signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884796669-P4LH2Q0J3PO7KJ9NXDMW/Dommages-et-radiation-maximale.jpg HIKARI - Dommages & radiation maximale de Little Boy (Damages and Little Boy maximum radiation) ‘Little Boy’ was the code name for the type of atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945 during World War II. 2013 paper size : 78 x 98 cm image size : 72,5 x 92,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605894547983-1PN9GV79U2XNFHFCUHX6/Zones-affectees-par-la-Pluie-noire.jpg HIKARI - Zone 1 et 2 affectées par la «Pluie noire» (Zone 1 and 2 affected by the «Black rain») The mixing of enormous amounts of airborne irradiated materials combined with heat and thermal currents from the firestorms led to rainfall in the Hiroshima area within 30–40 minutes of the bombing. As the fallout particles were mixed with carbon residue from citywide fires, the result was the injurious ‘Black rain’. 2014 paper size : 78 x 98 cm image size : 72,5 x 92,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605885118983-3VXITWCZ210XUAICS7YE/Operation-mort.jpg HIKARI - Opération mort (Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths) Archive from my family albums. Soldiers living in Japan. The title is an homage to Shigeru Mizuki’s Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths a semiautobiographical manga account of the desperate final weeks of a Japanese infantry unit at the end of World War II. 2014 paper size : 79 x 63 cm image size : 75 x 59 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664553028587-UYSZSSLBXBZB4XRIDG9E/Neige-frai%CC%82che---Haida-Katsuhiko---Shinsetsu---part1-%28retouches-en-cours%29.jpg HIKARI - Neige fraîche (Haida Katsuhiko, Shinsetsu, 1942, part. 1) (Fresh snow (Haida Katsuhiko, Shinsetsu, 1942, part. 1) Folk song in Japan during the war. 2016 paper size : 78 x 98 cm image size : 72,5 x 92,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. triptych edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664553133132-WIPBFK0YDI9FBR4RJ7MA/image-asset.jpeg HIKARI - Neige fraîche (Haida Katsuhiko, Shinsetsu, 1942, part. 2) (Fresh snow (Haida Katsuhiko, Shinsetsu, 1942, part. 2) Folk song in Japan during the war. 2016 paper size : 78 x 98 cm image size : 72,5 x 92,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. triptych edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664553198566-H65EVPMLV7VZ6J5YW5MC/image-asset.jpeg HIKARI - Neige fraîche (Haida Katsuhiko, Shinsetsu, 1942, part. 3) (Fresh snow (Haida Katsuhiko, Shinsetsu, 1942, part. 3) Folk song in Japan during the war. 2016 paper size : 78 x 98 cm image size : 72,5 x 92,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. triptych edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884781745-Y1F03GRQD5DB6ABKI047/Comment-plier-une-grue.jpg HIKARI - Comment plier une grue (How to fold a crane) 2013 paper size : 79 x 63 cm image size : 75 x 59 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605885211934-CIQVLDA4DBFXZDLSUJ87/Pixel-camouflage.jpg HIKARI - Pixel camouflage In May 1942, to preserve Himeji Castle, its dungeon was camouflaged. In December 1943, its towers and walls followed. 2013 paper size : 63 x 79 cm image size : 59 x 75 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso special edition of 20 produced for the C/O Berlin 30x37,5cm archival pigment print signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884764613-6NMVI1JFABBFM3B1DYE6/Ciel-embrase%CC%81.jpg HIKARI - Ciel embrasé (Blazing sky) 2012 paper size : 78 x 98 cm image size : 72,5 x 92,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605894492817-Y0LDP7UE1WGGIMBHOLRA/Son-magnifique-champ-de-fleurs.jpg HIKARI - Son magnifique champ de fleurs (Her beautiful field of flowers) In 2010 I produced the picture Un magnifique champ de fleurs (A Beautiful Field of Flowers) for the Omoide Poroporo series. When I took this picture, for me it was just a beautiful field of flowers. A few months later, I spoke with my grandparents one night about their experiences during WWII. One of my grandfather’s memories was that one of his older sisters fell ill. And just before she died, the last sentence she said to their mother was: I saw a beautiful field of flowers. So I decided to re-use my image Un magnifique champ de fleurs and to apply a red filter to my picture, creating a new piece Son magnifique champ de fleurs (Her Beautiful Field of Flowers), which could be her beautiful field of flowers as my aunt saw it before she died. 2013 paper size : 113 x 142 cm image size : 106 x 135 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664550906115-9PJLLQGZ9QHSWMGL5PWH/image-asset.jpeg HIKARI - Viiiuuu, viiiuuu, viiiuuu, viiiuuu A lot of the memories of my grandparents during World War II were sounds. During the bombings, they went to underground shelters. It was dark. The memories that remain from these incidents are the sound of explosions, the sound of planes, people crying … So, my question was: how can I introduce sound into my pictures? It’s why I decided to use onomatopoeia (that were found in manga/comics) and to paint them over the prints using acrylic.I started to produce the three images with the onomatopoeia on the black background (‘Viiiuuu, viiiuuu, viiiuuu, viiiuuu’, ‘Tatatatata’ and ‘ARRGH!’). For me it was like this: I took the memories of my grandparents and literally transposed them onto the picture. (The underground shelters where it was very dark – black background with just the sound of people crying, the sound of airplanes, etc. – onomatopoeia). 2013 paper size : 98 x 78 cm image size : 92,5 x 72,5 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, acrylic paint, mounted, oak frame without glass. unique signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605894528432-LPIS5RZ4GXTG6MIAEPLP/Vent-divin.jpg HIKARI - Vent divin (Divine wind = kamikaze in Japanese) The Japanese word kamikaze is usually translated as ‘divine wind’ (kami is the word for ‘God’, ‘spirit’, or ‘divinity’, and kaze for ‘wind’). The word has been used since August 1281 to refer to the major typhoons that dispersed the Mongol fleets that invaded Japan under Kublai Khan in 1274 and 1281, thus saving Japan from foreign conquests. 2013 paper size : 113 x 142 cm image size : 106 x 135 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884746886-6D35V0YZ3IE8VBZPSWGJ/Bombardements.jpg HIKARI - Bombardements (Bombings) My grandparents lived in Kobe during WWII. On 16/17 March 1945, 331 American B-29 bombers launched a firebomb attack against the city of Kobe. The city would be bombed again in later months. 2012 paper size : 146 x 183,5 cm image size : 137,5 x 175 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884928411-B6PWBN8P08KRLOTUSLF6/Le-carre%CC%81-rouge.jpg HIKARI - Le carré rouge (The red square) 2014 paper size : 63 x 79 cm image size : 59 x 75 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605885239413-OJ3V96G4MLD1E2EDR1GE/Pluie-noire.jpg HIKARI - Pluie noire (Black rain) The ‘black rain’ reached ground level as sticky, dark, dangerously radioactive water. It not only stained skin, clothing, and buildings, but also was ingested through breathing and consumption of contaminated food or water, causing radiation poisoning. 2014 paper size : 147 x 117 cm image size : 140 x 110 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, acrylic paint, mounted, oak frame without glass. unique signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1606327106411-KDYN6FD88JYFHPAC2IS4/%28A-rescanner%29-La-ou-vivent-les-corbeaux.jpg HIKARI - Là, où vivent les corbeaux (Where the crows live) 2012 paper size : 113 x 142 cm image size : 106 x 135 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605885267311-O3X8EJICYBTP1J0JG85P/Pour-Sadako.jpg HIKARI - Pour Sadako (For Sadako) Sadako was two years old and two kilometres away from the atomic bomb when it was dropped on Hiroshima. She was healthy growing up, but ten years after the bombing she was suddenly hospitalised. The diagnosis was leukaemia. During Sadako’s stay in the hospital, her best friend, Chizuko, came to visit her. Chizuko brought some origami (folding paper) and told Sadako of a legend. She explained that the crane, a sacred bird in Japan, lives for a hundred years, and if a sick person folds 1,000 paper cranes, then that person would soon get well. After hearing the legend, Sadako decided to fold 1,000 cranes. A popular version of the story is that Sasaki fell short of her goal of folding 1,000 cranes, having folded only 644 before her death and that her friends completed the 1,000 and buried them all with her. 2012 paper size : 63 x 79 cm image size : 59 x 75 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605884810328-HPLYGPW0JAJ1U8GQFPJM/Fuji-VS-Catogne.jpg HIKARI - Fuji VS Catogne 2012 paper size : 113 x 142 cm image size : 106 x 135 cm archival pigment print, FA Hahnemühle Baryta 325, mounted, oak frame without glass. edition of 3 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://www.davidfavrod.com/gaijin daily 0.75 2022-09-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605882601957-C1OFOGGI8XLMJH3KY6D7/Sadako.jpg GAIJIN - Sadako 2009 80 x 100 cm digital C-print, mounted signed, dated and numbered verso edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605882601957-C1OFOGGI8XLMJH3KY6D7/Sadako.jpg GAIJIN - Sadako 2009 80 x 100 cm digital C-print, mounted signed, dated and numbered verso edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605882637077-WIV0BRFMXVELRGZ8W4YT/Autoportrait-en-poulpe.jpg GAIJIN - Autoportrait en poulpe (Self-portrait as an octopus) 2009 64 x 80 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605882660410-5ZT60U6M53PH2T1BLBMI/Untitled-I-%28Noville%29.jpg GAIJIN - Noville 2009 48 x 60 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605882943021-2PQN9583Y9LBBMK1C06T/Untitled-II-%28Fanny-Geisha%29.jpg GAIJIN - Sans titre I (Untitled I) 2009 64 x 80 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605882989130-8NLD2V3UI1CDZ05DRXOO/L-envolee-des-poussins.jpg GAIJIN - L’envolée de poussins (The flight of chicks) 2009 80x64cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso special edition of 25 + 2 artist’s proofs produced for the Aperture Foundation New-York 60x48cm digital C-print signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883013632-QRWJLL1EQ0CPJNZ77ER6/Hayate.jpg GAIJIN - Hayate 2009 64 x 80cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605882965974-SIGGP79Y9BKX8RM2NXG8/L%27ombre-de-Godzilla.jpg GAIJIN - L’ombre de Godzilla (The shadow of Godzilla) 2009 48x60cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883023976-X49IHWTRVS0LSJJ8I1JS/Churchill-et-Roosevelt.jpg GAIJIN - Churchill et Roosevelt (Churchill and Roosevelt) 2009 64 x 80 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883414736-L3PKADDXV7IJP1WZKT6T/Autoportrait-en-Kabuki.jpg GAIJIN - Kabuki V 2009 60 x 48 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883189746-EISL0Z08HDJ9LM6JNJ9F/Tanuki.jpg GAIJIN - Tanuki 2009 80 x 100 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883113914-KXXOR0VJKV2VUOSUHFWV/Himeji.jpg GAIJIN - Himeji 2009 48 x 60 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664272127311-8VE85OSWH7S533DLN7LJ/Ditien-Batien-et-maman.jpg GAIJIN - Ditien, Batien et maman (Ditien, Batien and mum) 2009 80 x 100 cm digital C-print, mountedsigned, dated and numbered verso edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1664273127129-3A3PBSR91OTH2T5M2NEL/Ditien-Batien-et-moi.jpg GAIJIN - Ditien, Batien et moi (Ditien, Batien and I) 2009 80 x 100 cm digital C-print, mounted signed, dated and numbered verso edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883356534-YUWCA3XAEDM1HHD9CXFT/Untitled-III.jpg GAIJIN - Sans titre II (Untitled II) 2009 80 x 100 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883315266-ZH58H6ST1QCFBGF93T7Q/Batien-et-Ditien.jpg GAIJIN - Batien et Ditien (Batien and Ditien) 2009 80 x 100 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883300313-BICFZQIG7UD9XRFUK3M0/Le-Dome.jpg GAIJIN - Le Dôme (The Dome) 2009 116 x 145 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883055923-L869SABEDWH9ESTL3UST/Autoportrait.jpg GAIJIN - Poisson (Fish) 2009 64 x 80 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883169660-HZY8O7KKBXUIJ9X0X2WS/Rikishi.jpg GAIJIN - Rikishi 2009 64 x 80 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883143355-HL3RVGEL0D0JBSJ23EYO/Godzilla.jpg GAIJIN - Godzilla 2009 64 x 80 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883378179-ZR4YUTRLIOZ5C61WT1XP/Un-paysage-bleu.jpg GAIJIN - Un paysage bleu (A blue landscape) 2009 116 x 145 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883405562-TJGO1CD4F3JLSBKA0QXH/La-femme-du-pecheur.jpg GAIJIN - La femme du pêcheur (The fisherman's wife) 2009 100 x 80 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605883397508-W8UEIDEUG3DMKG5KE2A8/Poulpe.jpg GAIJIN - Poulpe (Octopus) 2009 48 x 60 cm digital C-print, mounted edition of 7 + 2 artist’s proofs signed, dated and numbered verso https://www.davidfavrod.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-11-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/ff2a68f2-99ab-4cc3-9274-622c3c39556b/Contact2.jpg CONTACT https://www.davidfavrod.com/about daily 0.75 2025-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/972e1ab1-62b0-4935-aa3f-f07c624d793c/Contact.jpg ABOUT https://www.davidfavrod.com/press daily 0.75 2023-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/c373b2c8-8552-47a0-a24f-c291fb853388/Mostbeautifulswissbooks.jpg PRESS - The Most Beautiful Swiss Books of the year 2022 (awarded in 2023). On the recommendation of an expert international jury, the Federal Office of Culture (FOC) has named the winners in the Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition ! The FOC organises the Most Beautiful Swiss Books competition every year. The award recognises excellence in book design and production and turns the spotlight on especially remarkable and contemporary books. The 20 outstanding books that were selected in 2022 from the 400 put forward for consideration were judged by the jury to demonstrate exceptional boldness and ambition. The jury was chaired by Sereina Rothenberger (graphic designer) and consisted of Gina Bucher (author and editor), Gregor Huber (graphic designer and editor), Silas Munro (graphic designer and author) and Kajsa Ståhl (graphic designer and editor). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/eacc2bee-433d-4c1b-b649-24f8b9b0e713/Conscientious-mag.jpg PRESS - Conscientious Magazine Imagine inheriting part of the collective trauma of a country — only to find that that very country rejects you, not seeing you as one of their own. by Jörg Colberg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590574772780-HHBU5A0A9IBWI6H76BFM/The-Guardian.jpg PRESS - The Guardian Incorporating camera-less photogram techniques and embroidery as well as Photoshop and video art, these eye-catching highlights from the eighth annual photography fair find artists testing the boundaries of the medium. by Arnel Hecimovic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590572770675-QAM35DGCBRYD4KCUPR48/Pen-Magazine.jpg PRESS - Pen Magazine In a tireless quest for identity, the Swiss-Japanese photographer David Favrod portrays his Japanese and Swiss roots in stories of photographic fictions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590573104925-2Q05UYGARW45751C7R8P/Fisheye-Magazine.jpg PRESS - FISHEYE Magazine Photographe d’origine japonaise, David Favrod signe Hikari, un projet singulier dédié à ses grands-parents, survivants de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Une série poignante, mêlant onomatopées, mémoire et histoire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1591898035929-FYYA533IHI5CJZCDN8N2/GarageRotterdam.jpg PRESS - GARAGE Rotterdam In his first book, Omoide poroporo, he speaks of his continued struggle with the paradoxes surrounding the question ‘Who am I?’. Favrod doesn't feel at home anywhere. In Omoide poroporo, he tries, step by step, to disentangle and to feed his memory, using his own memories of Japan, intermingled with his mother's stories and those of his grandparents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590578198859-Q7K6V41N7Q3VNJSE5RD5/COBerlin.jpg PRESS - C/O Berlin BAOUMMM, ratatatata, viiuuu. The sounds of air raids on Kobe, Japan. In the last seven months of the Second World War, half of the city was destroyed. Incendiary and cluster bombs wreaked untold damage and claimed thousands of civilian lives. Food, water, and energy supplies dwindled and social life collapsed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590579319088-3DADVD1W462GMNOK2V3E/GUP-Magazine.jpg PRESS - GUP Magazine GUP has turned 10! We’ve worked with a lot of great photographers over the years since we got started on the magazine, and our anniversary is the perfect time to look back on how things have developed. In this series of interviews, we asked ten photographers that GUP has had the pleasure of working with to reflect with us on changes in their own careers, and in photography at large. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590576413686-7QRVKD4GT04CVIUG7HT0/MOCA-Toronto.jpg PRESS - MOCA Toronto Shaped by ancestry, society, and history, material belongings and body embellishments have always served to communicate an individual’s sense of self; clothing and possessions are the fundamental elements through which self-image is expressed. As an outward expression of one’s inner most sensibilities and subjectivities, people perform their identities and position themselves in relation to the world around them. Influencing how the self is represented and seen, photography plays a significant role in the social and cultural construction of identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590573559156-ESLG8QTO7T0SZAF0IV68/Time-Lightbox.jpg PRESS - Time Lightbox David Favrod, whose work was also featured in a primary exhibition at the 2014 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival in Toronto, Canada, bring his work to Voies-Off this year. Inspired by history and informed by his Swiss-Japanese ancestry, his photographs are an attempt to recreate ephemeral memories from his own hazy recollections of childhood, and the vivid but detached memories of his grandparents as they witnessed World War II. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590575036893-XOC59QSQ9XW9ORFGFI5P/Liberation.jpg PRESS - Libération Magazine Le jeune photographe helvético-japonais expose à Paris son projet «Gaijin», quête identitaire d’un artiste façonné par deux cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590578621621-LYHO493U8OZY5BJ6COCM/Photoparley.jpg PRESS - PHOTOPARLEY In his series Hikari, David Favrod visits an important time in Japanese history, and its impact on him and his family, through memories. The result is a poignant and compelling narrative positioned somewhere between the personal and the universal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590574211698-HE5TO4DNQ4GWZQYR82CT/Vogue---Photovogue.jpg PRESS - VOGUE PhotoVogue Born in Japan and now living and working in Switzerland and Spain, artist David Favrod creates photographs, videos, and installations that combine elements of multiple cultures and genres—he often portrays his personal struggle with conflicting aspects of his bicultural identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590574508731-HG2WPQ3T9OW11EKO6OG3/The-Image-Flow.jpg PRESS - The Artifice of Photography The Image Flow’s Nathan Lomas writes about three contemporary photographers who have embraced the nature of photography as a medium but are not bound by its reality. Instead, they use the artifice of photography to reveal their own truths. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590579014884-O3LO5Y7QRWISZ87VEF65/TokyoPhotographyFestival.jpg PRESS - Tokyo International Photography Festival My grandparents witnessed the war; survivors who finally passed away and whose memories will soon be a part of history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590579786771-O17JM5EFKKJ0O4XK8KQ7/LeTemps.jpg PRESS - LE TEMPS Une nuit seulement, le Suisso-Japonais David Favrod a évoqué la guerre avec ses grands-parents, les souvenirs enfouis et douloureux. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590575507247-X0NOGCPLKG10GEEXJYAN/Aint-bad.jpg PRESS - AINT-BAD David «Takashi» Favrod is a Swiss-Japanese photographer, living and working in Switzerland. He graduated from École cantonale d’art de Lausanne with a master’s degree in art direction and a bachelor’s degree in photography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590573972817-PBKUYYZASN160BO1BNBX/Arcademi.jpg PRESS - Arcademi ”GAIJIN is a japanese word meaning «the foreigner» My name is David «Takashi» Favrod. I was born on the 2nd of July 1982 in Kobe, Japan, of a Japanese mother and a Swiss father. When I was 6 months old, my parents decided to come and live in Switzerland, more precisely in Vionnaz, a little village in lower Valais. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590577224689-J7QD2Q0KDXPHKYD478LK/LeMonde-ReGeneration.jpg PRESS - Le Monde C'est dans ce domaine autobiographique qu'on trouve les travaux les moins désincarnés, les plus touchants. Le Suisse David Favrod, d'origine japonaise, a composé des mises en scène mystérieuses avec l'aide de ses grands-parents dans une usine désaffectée. Inspiré des récits de guerre de ses aïeuls, de la culture populaire japonaise et de la littérature, il a ainsi créé un pays de nulle part, son "Japon personnel" - un lieu d'autant plus imaginaire que la double nationalité lui a été refusée. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590575930961-RF6G49IHBVI8NV4CR3LF/Prixsuissessdelaculture.jpg PRESS - Swiss Design Award Les pho­tos ex­pres­sives de David Fa­vrod sont les té­moins de sa re­cherche d'iden­tité; elles puisent dans ses sou­ve­nirs d'en­fance, dans les ré­cits de ses an­cêtres, mais aussi dans la culture po­pu­laire et tra­di­tion­nelle du Japon. Le pho­to­graphe ra­conte, en quelques mises en scène in­gé­nieuses, des his­toires dans les­quelles il in­sère tous ces élé­ments. Avec poé­sie, quel­que­fois avec iro­nie, ses pho­tos re­flètent un monde em­preint de cli­chés et de mo­tifs ex­pli­ci­te­ment ja­po­nais. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1591898427938-WAKD2D303M0BN2Z9OCYY/Vertiefung.jpg PRESS - Vertiefung Fotografie In his first publication, Omoide Poroporo, Favrod creates a playful and poetic correspondence between these two cultures. “Omoide Poroporo” refers to a Japanese proverb, which describes the slow dispersion of memory. Favrod constructs a juxtaposition of flashbacks and fantasies and therefore intensifies the initial multi-cultural confusion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1590575297422-AUSYA3O7HPVUYFLFCBKB/Swissinfo.jpg PRESS - Swissinfo.ch David «Takashi» Favrod, de Kobe au Valais https://www.davidfavrod.com/shop daily 0.75 2023-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/5820968e-a30e-4619-a472-355c32d267e6/GaijinOmoidePoroporoHikari.jpg SHOP - GAIJIN OMOIDE POROPORO HIKARI Text by David Favrod, English, 21 × 23.5 cm, 344 pages, 128 color and black & white plates, softcover Kodoji Press, Baden 2022, ISBN 978-3-03747-110-4 This publication brings together a tripartite series by Swiss-Japanese artist David Favrod in which he examines and invents his binational identity. The three elements of the series are Gaijin (Japanese for foreigner), Omoide Poroporo (a Japanese expression meaning ‘memories like falling rain’) and Hikari (which means light). As an 18-year-old man Favrod, whose mother is Japanese, requested Japanese dual nationality but did not meet the bureaucratic requirements. Since then, through his photographic practice, he has staged his own Japan in Switzerland in the series Gaijin; considered his own identity, and the challenge of objective self-portrayal, in Omoide Poroporo; and reflected on how other people’s memories, particularly family memories, influenced him in Hikari. The works are a mixture of found images, documentary and staged shots, and digitally reworked and collaged files. Favrod’s works are presented with their titles across the image, akin to film subtitles, another echo of culture in translation. At the back of the book, supplementary information regarding the images is printed in reverse; it can be read through the page, echoing what is called ‘Japanese binding’ where the paper front edges remain closed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/86b700e3-5aa5-4f5e-ae9d-830ee708e480/Pixel-camouflage.jpg SHOP - PIXEL CAMOUFLAGE Special edition, C/O Berlin Talents 2013 37,5 x 30 cm Archival pigment print Edition of 20 Signed and numbered https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/db930a0e-c022-493c-99cf-aadf1a980a8a/Omoide-Poroporo.jpg SHOP - OMOIDE POROPORO Self published by David Favrod / ECAL Distributed by Kodoji Press First edition of 100 21,5 x 24,5 cm, 50 pages Japanese binding with loose leaf metal fasteners Signed and numbered, 1 unbund photograph 2010 ISBN 978–3–03747–019–0 Sold out https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/5dbb57a1-c76e-40a0-9cd4-36c7774c691d/L-envolee-des-poussins.jpg SHOP - L’ENVOLEE DE POUSSINS Special edition, Aperture Foundation NY 2010 Image Size: 23 3/5 x 18 9/10 inches Paper Size: 27 3/5 x 23 3/5 inches C-print Edition of 25 and 2 artist's proofs Signed and numbered https://www.davidfavrod.com/projects daily 0.75 2022-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605886364980-28EO70PZMLZIVWA9ANU0/Rising-sun.jpg PROJECTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/ca9e84f3-41f3-48ce-9979-e792206548ee/Une-pluie-de-sardines.jpg PROJECTS Une pluie de sardines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605882162913-76Z7HD7HOCHCP3GIO0FF/Mishiko.jpg PROJECTS Mishiko https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/6207a04b-d7cc-44b0-a0c4-abead387bbd7/Portrait-de-famille.jpg PROJECTS Portrait de famille https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea5719cb74c384692dc3682/1605881840341-HJV2281LCZTJC1A17ZM6/Autoportrait-en-poulpe.jpg PROJECTS Autoportrait en poulpe