Pauses. Photographs and text by Edouard Boubat. Introduction by Claude Nori. Bookking International/Contrejour, Paris, 1988. Second edition. 175 pp. Text in French. Quarto. Hardbound with photo-illustrated dust jacket. Gravure plates. Biography, bibliography, and captions included as appendices.
"The fundamental mechanism of Edouard Boubat's work is autobiography. For him, strolling in the neighbourhood is as fulfilling as travelling to distant countries...Edouard Boubat seems to me important not just because of his place in the history of photography, but also because, at a time when photography claims its independence and autonomy, he stimulates us, makes us want to wonder, to taste life, to preserve silence around us, so as not to spoil the fragile beauty of the instant--even though this may mean taking photographs."--from Claude Nori's Introduction
"The fundamental mechanism of Edouard Boubat's work is autobiography. For him, strolling in the neighbourhood is as fulfilling as travelling to distant countries...Edouard Boubat seems to me important not just because of his place in the history of photography, but also because, at a time when photography claims its independence and autonomy, he stimulates us, makes us want to wonder, to taste life, to preserve silence around us, so as not to spoil the fragile beauty of the instant--even though this may mean taking photographs."--from Claude Nori's Introduction
