Jean-Christophe Béchet began his travel diaries in 1987. He went to Timbuktu, a city he had dreamed about since childhood because of its name. In 2012, when he decided to return to the bends of the Niger River, northern Mali was at war. Extremist groups were destroying most of the city’s religious buildings. “Today, the image of Timbuktu appears in my memory like a mirage in a sunburnt desert,” writes Béchet. Tombouctou, peut-être… is the fourth installment in his series of travel diaries.
The fifth installment takes us from color to black-and-white, from warm climates to cold ones. Mineral (Altitude) is also a more intimate series. Béchet shares his passion for mountaineering even as he writes: “I’m no mountaineer, just a walker.” The photographs are taken at high altitudes: “I wanted to go where there were no more trees or plants or flowers, only stone, water, snow and wind. Beyond a certain altitude, nature is beyond man’s control.”
Tombouctou, peut-être…, Jean-Christophe Béchet
Afrique de l’Ouest – Paysages et populations – Photographie couleur
Collection « Carnets »
ISBN : 979-10-90371-08-8
Prix : 32 euros
Mineral (Altitude), Jean-Christophe Béchet
Montagne brute- Rochers et vent- Noir et Blanc – Solitude et liberté
Collection « Carnets »
ISBN : 979-10-90371-09-5
Prix : 32 euros
