Founded in 2013 by independent curators and designers Anna Planas and Pierre Hourquet, Temple ran at first as an experimental gallery space in Paris, presenting a new generation of French and international artists.

Temple is now a studio focused on curating exhibitions and designing books related to photography and mixed media, collaborating with a variety of international institutions and artists.

Recent projects include the exhibitions "The Hobbyist" at Fotomuseum Winterthur (2017) ; "Blank Paper, Stories of the Immediate Present" at Les Rencontres d’Arles 2017, the exhibition catalogue "Magnum Analog Recovery" (Le Bal, 2017) or the book, "Provoke" (Steidl, 2016).

03.11.2022

La Devinière - Vincen Beekman

delpire & co
Si tu ne viens pas je te scalpe
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Edited & designed by Temple
18.5 x 25.6 cm
192 pages
Published by delpire & co

Through his collaborative practice of photography, Vincen Beeckman succeeds in abolishing the distance with his subjects and invites us to meet the residents of La Devinière.
This institutional psychotherapy center, founded in 1976 by Michel Hock as an alternative to the psychiatric hospital, was created to accommodate some twenty children with mental disorders and deemed incurable. They still reside there today. Free to move around, the residents organize their days according to their needs with the guidance of an attentive therapeutic team.
La Devinière delivers an intimate and powerful account of the life and different states of mind of this group who have lived together for many years in this place designed for them. True to his committed photography practice, Vincen Beeckman takes the time to build sincere and solid relationships. Every week or so, he goes to the center to meet the “kids” as they are familiarly called by the therapeutic team that has been following them since they were young. He plays chess or Uno with them, participates in parties and birthdays, shares their dramas and anxieties, brings gifts and receives them. He shows them his photographs and keeps a diary which he often writes in their presence.
The book alternates photographic sequences and extracts from Vincen Beeckman’s diary, reproduced in facsimile. The texts answer to the photos in a style style, almost telegraphic, telling the instantaneous, the absurd, the joys, the appeasements, the cries, the tensions, creations, games and loves. Their lives appear as the pages go by with a growing clearness. Raw, sometimes brutal. But subtly they meet the one of the common of mortals: we talk about hairstyles, shoes, confinement parties and vaccines.

17.03.2022

Le Soleil ni la Mort - Stéphanie Solinas

delpire & co
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Edited & designed by Temple
19 x 29 cm
160 pages
Published by delpire & co

Can we avoid death? How can we overcome our finitude? In Le soleil ni la mort, a bilingual book, Stéphanie Solinas questions this possibility from the point of view of cryonics, a scientific process, and the beliefs it carries.
Stéphanie Solinas’ new work unfolds on a futuristic territory, both geographical and spiritual. In Le Soleil ni la mort, whose title is inspired by the maxim of François de La Rochefoucauld “Neither the sun nor death can stare at each other”, the artist questions our quest for immortality through a work juxtaposing a visual experience she had on a plane with her meeting with the leaders Alcor, a cryonics company based on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona, in the United States.
Throughout the pages, the rhythm imparted by the artist can provoke vertigo and surprises. The ineffable poetry of this conversation about mortal refusal slips stealthily into philosophical, ethical and religious questions that encompass the belief in rebirth, the human being of the future, possible eternity, our future identity, what we wish to concede to Silicon Valley science. To these questions, Le Soleil ni la mort does not impose any answer but opens the field of thought and projection.

07.11.2021

ONE ARMED SCISSOR - PAUL GRUND

Serpent Press / Vague
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Edited & designed by Temple
Cover design by Grégoire Grange
19 x 25 cm
262 pages
Co published by Serpent Press / Vague

One Armed Scissor is Paul Grund's first book, made from an archival corpus of thousands of images, taken during his skatetrips in 2017, from Washington to Baltimore, from Philadelphia to Detroit or across the Japan. His images immerse us in an experience mixing personal impressions and the strangeness of everyday life.

The object, edited and sequenced in a collaborative way, was printed in risography in Paris with a screen-printed cover, then each copy assembled by hand in Brussels, marking an attachment to the Do it Yourself (DIY) universe specific to the sub-culture of skateboarding.

20.12.2020

SHI NIKKI (PRIVATE DIARY) FOR ROBERT FRANK - NOBUYOSHI ARAKI

delpire & co / Pinault Collection
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Edited & designed by Temple
21 x 18.5 cm
208 pages
Published by delpire & co / Pinault Collection

This book presents an unpublished portfolio of Japanese artist Nobuyoshi Araki, whose work is recognized for being in direct contact with his reality, which he experiences, lives and transforms into “fiction. ”
It brings together 101 black and white photographs dedicated to Robert Frank, a photographer he admired, and is published on the occasion of the exhibition of the photographic series “101 Works For Robert Frank”, presented for the first time at the Bourse du Commerce from December 2021 to March 2022.

Produced by Araki in 1993, three years after the death of his wife, Yoko Aoki, the series “101 Works For Robert Frank” brings together 101 black and white photographs. In the austerity of the studio or in the privacy of the bedroom, the photographer captures the female model in postures of strict frontality, explicit and uncompromising, just as in erotic scenes. These images are interspersed with photographs of the daily life of Araki, now widowed: still lifes, streets and sky of Tokyo, the cat Chiro adopted with his wife… The street photographs echoing the work of Robert Frank (1924-2019), pioneer of American photography, to whom Araki dedicated this series on the occasion of his exhibition at the Yokohama Museum. In this juxtaposition, Araki explores his intimate surroundings and questions his desire as well as the loss of a loved one.delpireandco.com

15.01.2020

LE BOOK CLUB

Fotogalleriet Oslo
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Curated by Temple, Nina Strand and Antonio Cataldo

In five chapters unravelling over five weeks, the exhibition Le Book Club will explore the photobook as an exhibition space. Through the creation of a deconstructed, expanded and experimental display space, we will see and test the photographic image in different ways, attempting to avoid stereotypes and given representations. A key question will be whether the book can be the primary exhibition space.
With works of Zines of the zone, Wolfgang Tillmans, Marie Sjovold, Fin Serk-Hanssen, Carmen Winant, David Horvitz and participation of Christophe Daviet-Théry, Sara R. Yazdani, Nadine Wietlisbach, Julian Baron et librairie Yvon Lambert.

01.10.2019

MAGDALENA LLATSE SASTRE - Manolo Guaus

Ca l'Isidret Edicions
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Designed by Temple
16,5 x 27,5 cm
64 pages
Published by Ca l'Isidret Edicions
ISBN 978-84-121090-1-6

Magdalena Llatse Sastre is a selection of photographs by Manolo Guaus (1910-2006) to his wife, Magdalena Llatse Sastre (1913-2009). With this book, Roger Guaus pays homage to his grandmother. All the photographs were taken during the forties and fifties.

03.07.2019

Temple Arles Books

Rencontres d'Arles
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During opening week of the festival's 50th edition from 3 to 6 July 2019, Temple Arles Books offers a venue where publishers, artists, institutions, freelancers and visitors interact with each other. A transversal program focusing on editorial practices features several events : a book fair, conferences, performances and interactive workshops-reflecting the diversity of contemporary creation.

03.06.2019

Mères, filles, soeurs. - Tom Wood

Textuel
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Edited & designed by Temple
31 x 23 cm
120 pages
Published by Textuel

01.05.2019

The Moment in Space - Barbara Probst

LE BAL / Hartmann Books
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Edited & designed by Temple
23,5 x 30 cm
120 pages
Published by Le Bal / Hartmann Books

06.12.2018

Objets Autonomes - Louis Matton

Poursuite / L'éditeur du dimanche
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Edited & designed by Temple
20 x 26 cm
96 pages
Published by Poursuite / L'éditeur du dimanche

05.11.2018

Photographier Paris

Hotel de Ville de Paris
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Curated by Fannie Escoulen, Pierre Hourquet, Anna Planas

Paris has never ceased to be an endless source of inspiration for artists, writers, directors and, of course, photographers. A place of effervescent and cosmopolitan life, continuously transformed, but also rooted in its history, Paris nourishes each person’s experiences, encouraging encounters and discoveries. Influenced by fashion, cinema, literature as well as the paroxysms of daily life, how does a new generation of photographers see the City of Light? Has there been a changing of the guard, thereby cultivating the representations of a contemporary Paris through other means? The exhibit "Photographier Paris" attempts to draw a new face on a living and pluralist city, through the perspectives of sixteen artists from all walks of life. In a variety of ways, they have become attached to the City or its borders, in a quirky, unexpected and out-of-the-ordinary manner. All work with this bountiful subject that is represented through the city’s inhabitants, architecture, events and urban aspect. All strive to create an original perspective, humorous or serious, melancholic or colorful, chaotic or silent. From documentary to the intimate, from personal fiction to small insignificants moments from reality, they surpass the anecdotal in order to reveal a new mosaic, an imaginary cartography of a Paris with multiple languages.

With works of Ola Rindal, Yusuf Sevinçli, Stephan Keppel, Paulien Oltheten, Lucile Boiron, Laurent Chardon, Peter Tillessen, Sandra Rocha, Geoffroy Mathieu, Louis Matton, Safouane Ben Slama, Quentin De Briey, Laurent Kronental, Ye Rin Mok, Maxime Verret

14.09.2018

Dialogues with Solitudes - Dave Heath

Steidl / Le Bal
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Designed by Temple
20 x 25,6 cm
184 pages
Published by Steidl / Le Bal
ISBN 978-3-95829-543-8

02.07.2018

The Hobbyist

Rencontres d'Arles
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Curated by Pierre Hourquet, Anna Planas & Thomas Seelig

What happens when photographers and artists incorporate hobbies into their work as a way to challenge artistic practices and hierarchies? How do hobbyists describe their passion photographically, not least today in an era of digital communication and online blogs? The Hobbyist is the first major exhibition to focus on the relationship between photography and hobby culture: photography of hobbies as much as photography as a hobby practice. Designed in five chapters, the exhibition examines what a hobby might be in a context in which the notions of private and public spheres have shifted because of the impact of the Internet. From the avant-gardes to the hippie culture of the 1960s, the DIY craze of the 1980s and today’s “Makers Movement”, the exhibition considers various implications of both the hobby and the hobbyist.

With works of Kenneth Anger, Diane Arbus, Benedikt Bock, Mohamed Bourouissa, Chris Burden, Ricardo Cases, Bruce Davidson, David De Beyter, Jeremy Deller/Alan Kane, Glen Denny, Jeff Divine, Craig Fineman, Robert Frank, Fuzi, Alberto García-Alix, William Gedney, Kirill Golovchenko, Caro Goodden/Gordon Matta-Clark/Tina Girouard/Suzanne Harris/ Rachel Lew, Volker Heinze, Stephanie Kiwitt, Les Krims, Mike Mandel, Ari Marcopo ulos, Eva & Franco Mattes, Hana Miletić, Neozoon, Simone Nieweg, Jenny Odell, Bill Owens, Lotte Reimann, Alexander Remnev, Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone, Eckhard Schaar, Joachim Schmid, Oliver Sieber, Alec Soth and Xiaoxiao Xu.

14.11.2017

Hobbyist - Issue 10

Fotomuseum Winterthur
How to Build a Table
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Edited & designed by Temple
Text & photographs by Pierre Hourquet
15 x 21 cm
16 pages
Published by Fotomuseum Winterthur

09.09.2017

The Hobbyist

Fotomuseum Winterthur
Hobbies, Photography and the Hobby of Photography
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Curated by Pierre Hourquet, Anna Planas & Thomas Seelig.

What happens when photographers and artists incorporate hobbies into their work as a means of challenging artistic practices and hierarchies? How do hobbyists describe their passions photographically, not least today in our era of digital communication and online blogs? The Hobbyist is the first major exhibition to explore the relationship between photography and hobby culture, both in connection to photography of hobbies and also photography as a hobby practice. The exhibition examines, in five chapters, what a hobby might be in an age when our notions of private and social spheres have shifted due to the impact of the Internet.

From the hippie and avantgarde cultures of the 1960s to the DIY craze of the 1980s and today’s maker movement, The Hobbyist reflects on the variety of implications of both the hobby and the hobbyist. The exhibition explores the specific places in which hobbies are pursued, and considers aspects of their commercialization in terms of consumer and lifestyle aspirations.

By way of documents from the early 1970s, the exhibition looks back on the countercultures of that era, the hippiedom and the nascent computer community, which produced the prototypical tools for the future. Within the space of just two generations, the groundbreaking innovations have become an integral part of the individual and collective daily life. The fact that hobbies embody a passionate and ritualized form of enthusiasm is amply illustrated by the content and scope of the photographic works whose creators often operate on the boundary between documentarian and hobbyist, expert and amateur, probing the ways in which photography relates to some very quirky, offbeat and eagerly pursued hobbies.

With works of Kenneth Anger, Diane Arbus, Benedikt Bock, Mohamed Bourouissa, Chris Burden, Ricardo Cases, Bruce Davidson, David De Beyter, Jeremy Deller/Alan Kane, Glen Denny, Jeff Divine, Craig Fineman, Robert Frank, Fuzi, Alberto García-Alix, William Gedney, Kirill Golovchenko, Caro Goodden/Gordon Matta-Clark/Tina Girouard/Suzanne Harris/ Rachel Lew, Volker Heinze, Stephanie Kiwitt, Les Krims, Mike Mandel, Ari Marcopo ulos, Eva & Franco Mattes, Hana Miletić, Neozoon, Simone Nieweg, Jenny Odell, Bill Owens, Lotte Reimann, Alexander Remnev, Cosmos Andrew Sarchiapone, Eckhard Schaar, Joachim Schmid, Oliver Sieber, Alec Soth and Xiaoxiao Xu.

09.09.2017

The Hobbyist

Spector Books
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Designed by Temple
Edited by Thomas Seelig, Olivia Baeriswyl, Doris Gassert, Pierre Hourquet, Anna Planas
21 x 28 cm
102 pages
Published by Spector Books
ISBN 9783959051705

The book, which appears in a magazine format, brings together artist interviews with Jeremy Deller/ Alan Kane and NEOZOON, short anecdotal texts and in-depth essays by Theodor W. Adorno, Olivia Baeriswyl, Doris Gassert, Samuel Herzog, Thilo Koenig, Evgeny Morozov and Therese Steffen. The Hobbyist is published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Fotomuseum Winterthur (9 September 2017 – 28 January 2018).

03.07.2017

Blank Paper

Rencontres d'Arles
Stories of the Immediate Present
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Curated by Sonia Berger, with the collaboration of Joan Fontcuberta, Pierre Hourquet and Anna Planas

At the beginning of the 2000s, a group of photographers established a collective in Madrid in order to develop their work and create a common intellectual space. This was Blank Paper.

Ever since, their photography has continued to develop following a practice that includes collaboration and exchange among its principal characteristics.Far from official institutions and circles, these photographers succeeded in building an independent network of production, exposition, and distribution based on solidarity. This was a risky but necessary venture, as the times brought not only great social change, but also a profound economic crisis.

This exhibition gathers together the most recent works of the Blank Paper collective, along with works of other photographers in their orbit. The mutual confidence and complicity created over years of learning together.

With works of Julián Barón, Ricardo Cases, Federico Clavarino, David Hornillos, Alejandro Marote, Óscar Monzón, Bernardita Morello, Miren Pastor, Michele Tagliaferri, Fosi Vegue, Antonio M. Xoubanova

07.11.2016

L'heure du Tigre - Jonathan Llense

Editions FP&CF
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  • Temple Office L'heure du Tigre Jonathan Llense llense-02
  • Temple Office L'heure du Tigre Jonathan Llense llense-03
  • Temple Office L'heure du Tigre Jonathan Llense llense-04
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  • Temple Office L'heure du Tigre Jonathan Llense llense-06
  • Temple Office L'heure du Tigre Jonathan Llense llense-07

Edited & designed by Temple
22 x 30 cm
36 pages
Published by Editions FP&CF
ISBN 9791091366151

14.09.2016

Provoke

Steidl / Le Bal
Between Protest and Performance
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  • Temple Office Provoke  provoke-booklet-01
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  • Temple Office Provoke  provoke-booklet-09
  • Temple Office Provoke  provoke-booklet-10
  • Temple Office Provoke  provoke-booklet-11

Designed by Temple
19 x 25 cm
682 pages
Published by Steidl / Le Bal
ISBN 9783958291003

01.09.2016

I Wanted to be a Photographer - Roger Guaus

Ca l'Isidret Edicions
  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-02
  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-03
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  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-05
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  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-07
  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-08
  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-09
  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-10
  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-11
  • Temple Office I Wanted to be a Photographer Roger Guaus roger-guauss-01

Designed by Temple & Roger Guaus
12,3 cm x 20,5 cm
770 pages
ISBN 9788494148453

01.01.2016

Moto - Alberto García-Alix

Cabeza de Chorlito
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-01
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-02
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-03
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-04
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-05
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-06
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-07
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-08
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-09
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-10
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-11
  • Temple Office Moto Alberto García-Alix garcia-alix-12

Designed by Temple
28 x 28 cm
192 pages
Published by Cabeza de Chorlito
ISBN 9788493968250

10.09.2015

Empire - Samuel Gratacap

Le Bal / Filigranes Éditions
  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-01
  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-02
  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-03
  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-04
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  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-06
  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-07
  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-08
  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-09
  • Temple Office Empire Samuel Gratacap gratacap-10

Edited and designed by Temple
18 x 29 cm
116 pages
Published by Le Bal & Filigranes Éditions
ISBN 9782350463728

04.09.2015

Uchronia - MacieK Pozoga

Carhartt
The Unequivocal Interpretation of Reality
  • Temple Office Uchronia MacieK Pozoga pozoga-01
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  • Temple Office Uchronia MacieK Pozoga pozoga-07

Edited & designed by Temple
31 x 25,5 cm
60 pages
Published by Carhartt

05.06.2015

Podría Haberse Evitado - Ricardo Cases

Dalpine / Temple
  • Temple Office Podría Haberse Evitado Ricardo Cases dalpine-12
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  • Temple Office Podría Haberse Evitado Ricardo Cases dalpine-14
  • Temple Office Podría Haberse Evitado Ricardo Cases dalpine-15
  • Temple Office Podría Haberse Evitado Ricardo Cases dalpine-16

Edited & designed by Temple
29,7 x 21 cm
44 pages
Co-published by Dalpine & Temple

Hidden in the mountain, a man is watching. A tragedy is unfolding before his eyes. He attentively observes the individuals who are discreetly yet inconspicuously moving around the territory and records all the information. The investigator does not know yet what he is consigning; he’s still missing elements to complete the whole picture, get a sense of what is actually going on at his feet, but he does not want to miss anything. He does not need to move to grasp the whole scene; from his position, everything is available to his gaze: men walking around in open spaces, traffic, transit; men waiting, hideaways and hideouts, furtive conversations, notices and deliveries; open land where no one ever goes, houses under construction, crime scenes; crossroads, cars with open doors, ways to escape.

When suspicion emerges, when trust has been shaken, anything becomes suspicious, forever. From there, the world can no longer be seen through innocent eyes.

10.11.2014

Angkor - Antoine d'Agata

Espace JB / Temple
  • Temple Office Angkor Antoine d'Agata temple-dagata-01
  • Temple Office Angkor Antoine d'Agata temple-dagata-02
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  • Temple Office Angkor Antoine d'Agata temple-dagata-11
  • Temple Office Angkor Antoine d'Agata temple-dagata-12
  • Temple Office Angkor Antoine d'Agata temple-dagata-13

Edited & designed by Temple
13,5 x 18,5 cm
196 pages
Published by Espace JB & Temple

Angkor by Antoine d'Agata is a series made of 73 portraits of prostitutes,
by the river Siem Reap in Angkor, taken in two consecutive nights.

01.06.2014

Index - Antoine d'Agata

André Frère Éditions / D.Books
  • Temple Office Index Antoine d'Agata dbooks-01
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  • Temple Office Index Antoine d'Agata dbooks-08
  • Temple Office Index Antoine d'Agata dbooks-09
  • Temple Office Index Antoine d'Agata dbooks-10

Designed by Temple
13,5 x 18 cm
256 pages
ISBN 9791092265255

23.05.2014

Common Objects - Lewis Baltz

Le Bal / Steidl
  • Temple Office Common Objects Lewis Baltz baltz-01
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  • Temple Office Common Objects Lewis Baltz baltz-03
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  • Temple Office Common Objects Lewis Baltz baltz-10
  • Temple Office Common Objects Lewis Baltz baltz-11
  • Temple Office Common Objects Lewis Baltz baltz-12
  • Temple Office Common Objects Lewis Baltz baltz-13
  • Temple Office Common Objects Lewis Baltz baltz-14
  • Temple Office Common Objects Lewis Baltz baltz-15

Designed by Temple
27,5 x 27,5 cm
120 pages
Published by Steidl & LE BAL
ISBN 9783869307855

01.04.2014

Anthropocène - Nicolas Guiraud

Poursuite / Temple
  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-01
  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-02
  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-03
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  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-08
  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-09
  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-10
  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-11
  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-12
  • Temple Office Anthropocène Nicolas Guiraud nicolas-guiraud-13

Edited & designed by Temple
Cover Text by Marie Darrieussecq
19 x 24,5 cm
114 pages

07.02.2014

Standards & Poors - Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques

Standard/Deluxe
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  • Temple Office Standards & Poors Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques yellow-couzinet-jacques-01
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  • Temple Office Standards & Poors Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques yellow-couzinet-jacques-04
  • Temple Office Standards & Poors Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques yellow-couzinet-jacques-05

Concept & design by Temple /
Yellow Magic Books

The installation, in connection to the publication of Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques "Standards & Poors", is a composition of a series of images, reproduced in 10000 copies and made available to the public. Every visitor was offered to edit his own publication. All publications are signed.

11.11.2013

Prince Street Girls - Susan Meiselas

Yellow Magic Books
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-01
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-02
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-03
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-04
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-05
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-07
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-08
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-09
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-10
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-11
  • Temple Office Prince Street Girls Susan Meiselas yellow-meseilas-12

Edited & designed by Temple
22 x 16 cm
26 pages
Printed in risograph
Published by Yellow Magic Books

“In 1975 I was riding a bicycle through my neighborhood in Little Italy when suddenly a blast of light flashed into my eyes, blinding me for a moment. Its source was a group of girls fooling around with a mirror trying to reflect the sun on my face. That was the day I met the Prince Street Girls, the name I gave the group that hung out on the nearby corner almost every day.

The girls were from small Italian-American families and they were almost all related. I was the stranger who didn’t belong. Little Italy was mostly for Italians then. The project Prince Street Girls began as a series of incidental encounters. They’d see me coming and call out, “Take a picture! Take a picture!”. At the beginning I was making pictures just to share with them. If we met in the market or at the pizza parlor, they would reluctantly introduce me to their parents but I was never invited into any of their homes. I was their secret friend, and my loft became a kind of hideaway when they dared to cross the street, which their parents had forbidden.” Susan Meiselas

01.01.2013

Hobbyist - Issues 1 to 6

Self-published
  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-01
  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-02
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  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-10
  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-11
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  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-13
  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-14
  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-15
  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-16
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  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-30
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  • Temple Office Hobbyist Issues 1 to 6 hobbyist-32

Edited & designed by Temple
19 x 29 cm
Self-published

A fanzine collection in which contributing photographers like Nicholas Gottlund, Ye Rin Mok, Jennilee Marigomen and Will Adler document their own practice or other people's hobbies. Each issue comes in a small colour portfolio and focuses on particular hobbies, such as gardening, hiking, surfing, collecting...

01.07.2012

Conflict Resolution - Louis Porter

Twenty Shelves
  • Temple Office Conflict Resolution Louis Porter porter-01
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  • Temple Office Conflict Resolution Louis Porter porter-07
  • Temple Office Conflict Resolution Louis Porter porter-08
  • Temple Office Conflict Resolution Louis Porter porter-09
  • Temple Office Conflict Resolution Louis Porter porter-10

Design by Temple
20 x 27 cm
164 Pages
Published by Twenty Shelves
ISBN: 9780646588186