dumas·salchli editions (Arles, France) announced their latest zine: “Renée Jacobs – In Italy.” This bespoke selection of Jacobs’ work follows in the tradition of her previous best-selling books such as “Renée Jacobs’ PARIS” and “POLAROIDS”, both photo-eye bestsellers and now on their second editions.
“In Italy” gives us a seductive glimpse into the photographer’s signature style of empowered women exploring their sensuality and eroticism without judgment or compromise. Jacobs says about this collection of work: “As always, I’m so honored that women trust me to celebrate these secret parts of their lives. It was a particular treat to photograph women in Italy—surrounded by Renaissance dreams and fantasies. Italy is unique in the world as a setting to appreciate the timeless beauty of women.”
As author and philosopher Véronique Bergen writes in her introduction:
“In this work titled “In Italy”, in scenes of night and day, the quintessence of desire ignites upon landscapes of breathtaking beauty. The splendor of womanly bodies, affirming their mystery, marries that of architecture and nature. Enlaced girls kissing in a bathtub, a languorous and sensual kiss shared between two women in a gondola in Venice, a blonde mermaid on a roof in Florence, a mysterious stranger seeking adventure in the City of the Doges, wearing a mask, a cape, underwear, or even the interaction between the vestiges of Pompeii and a female body lying in the nakedness of her desires and the nakedness of the centuries … Sophistication and simplicity, naughty elegance and erotic thirst are woven together in a scenography devoted to the contrasts and echoes between skin, clothes and stone or water … The journey of the senses to which Renée Jacobs invites us makes us plunge into the spray of dreamlike poetry, pulsed by an erotic fire.”
“Renée Jacobs: In Italy.” – 32 pages, silkscreen cover, 250 numbered copies. Each zine contains an original 10x15cm Picto photograph signed by Renée Jacobs. Introduction text is by Véronique Bergen (French/English). Available for €29.
A special edition is also available in a limited, numbered edition of 10 with an additional 15x18cm print for €275.
“Renée Jacobs: In Italy” can be ordered here: https://dumassalchli.com/
Renée Jacobs is one of the most celebrated photographers of the female nude of our time. Two-time recipient of the prestigious International Photography Award for Fine Art Nude, her work has been exhibited and published around the world.
Monographs of her work include Werkdruck (2012/Editions Galerie Vevais); Renée Jacobs’ PARIS (2013/Editions Galerie Vevais) and Rêves de Femmes, which photo-eye named a Book of the Year (2014/Editions Bessard). Her book POLAROIDS (2023/Editions Galerie Vevais) was awarded the International Photography Award for Fine Art Book, was a #1 bestseller on photo-eye, quickly sold out and was released in a second edition. In 2023, the second edition of the previously sold out Renée Jacobs’ PARIS was also released and was a top #5 photo-eye bestseller.
dumas·salchli editions is a new publishing house founded by Corinne Dumas and Kurt Salchli. Based in Arles, “In Italy” is their 4th zine. They have previously published zines from Jessica Backhaus, Bernard Plossu and Antoine d’Agata.
