Addis Ababa

Guillaume Bonn by Clémentine Larroumet

Like a message in a bottle thrown out to sea, Guillaume Bonn sent us a few of the photos he had taken on a trip to Mozambique, between Maputo and Beira. There was no particular connection between us, but Guillaume dreamed of doing a Portraits de Villes on one or both of these towns and we literally fell in love with his pictures. After a first meeting, he told us of his strong link with Africa, his family, a childhood spent in Madagascar and student days in Addis Ababa.

We did not have enough pictures to publish a book on Maputo or Beria and it was difficult to get back to Mozambique but we saw each other often after that, with a common and ongoing desire to publish a book about a city in Africa. The destination had to make sense for him. 

INSTAGRAM @guillaumebonn YEAR OF BIRTH 20th century PLACE OF BIRTH Tananarive, Madagascar EDUCATION Political science and international politics & graduated from the International Center of Photography in New York PROFESSION Visual storyteller FAVORITE MEDIUM Writing PASSION The African continent ROLE MODEL My father FAVORITE ARTIST Dan Eldon

Portraits de Villes is a collection of books, where an artist is given carte blanche to illustrate a city of his / her choice. Each book is a unique journey, guided by the singular gaze of an artist.