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In \u003cem data-start=\"217\" data-end=\"224\"\u003eFlash\u003c\/em\u003e, Brian Sergio captures portraits in a split second—inviting his subjects to play, pose or simply exist before the lens. Shot in black and white, the images reject polish in favour of immediacy, exposing unguarded selves through speed and instinct. Published as the 11th issue of The Atelier Risographique collection, this first edition is limited to 150 copies. A concise, raw sequence where spontaneity becomes structure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"949\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003cbr data-start=\"664\" data-end=\"667\"\u003eTitle: Flash\u003cbr data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"682\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Brian Sergio\u003cbr data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"714\"\u003eDate: 2021\u003cbr data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"727\"\u003eEdition: First edition; limited to 150 copies\u003cbr data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"775\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: The Atelier Risographique \/ Editions Bessard\u003cbr data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"842\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003eBinding: Softback\u003cbr data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"862\"\u003ePages: 36\u003cbr data-start=\"871\" data-end=\"874\"\u003eDimensions (cm): 29.5 × 21\u003cbr data-start=\"900\" data-end=\"903\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr data-start=\"920\" data-end=\"923\"\u003eCondition: As new \/ mint\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"1175\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52451205972306,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/BARCELO_8b907cba-4163-4e8b-850d-6456675093d3.jpg?v=1768071157"},{"product_id":"positive-disintegration-tania-franco-klein-collector-s-box-signed-book-2-archival-pigment-prints-2019","title":"Positive Disintegration — Tania Franco Klein — Collector’s Box (signed Book + 2 Archival Pigment Prints), Editions Bessard 2019","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"1045\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"198\"\u003ePositive Disintegration\u003c\/em\u003e is Tania Franco Klein’s breakthrough photobook, published in 2019 by Éditions Bessard, and it belongs in the Darwin archive as a sharp and lucid critique of contemporary consumption, gendered roles, and emotional labour, articulated through the visual language of advertising itself. The book operates from within the codes it seeks to dismantle: high-gloss colour, controlled lighting, seductive compositions, and staged perfection borrowed from commercial imagery and lifestyle branding. Franco Klein turns these tools against their original function. Domestic interiors become closed systems; cleaning products, furniture, and bathrooms turn into constant companions rather than symbols of comfort. The female figure is isolated, looped inside gestures of maintenance, waiting, and self-surveillance, caught between performance and collapse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1047\" data-end=\"1869\"\u003eRather than autobiography, the book constructs a psychological theatre in which repetition replaces narrative and colour becomes pressure. The body is present but rarely empowered, folded into spaces that echo both desire and suffocation. In this sense, \u003cem data-start=\"1301\" data-end=\"1326\"\u003ePositive Disintegration\u003c\/em\u003e resonates strongly with the legacy of Cindy Sherman, particularly in its strategic use of masquerade and cultural codes to expose how femininity is staged, consumed, and disciplined. At the same time, Franco Klein’s work speaks directly to a younger generation of photographers such as Nadia Lee Cohen, who similarly mine advertising, cinema, and pop culture to reflect on identity, spectacle, and control. Yet Franco Klein’s tone remains distinct: colder, more claustrophobic, stripped of irony and held in a state of emotional suspension.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1871\" data-end=\"2327\"\u003eWhile this artist edition includes two archival pigment prints, the heart of the work remains the book itself — its sequencing, its chromatic insistence, and its refusal of resolution. \u003cem data-start=\"2056\" data-end=\"2081\"\u003ePositive Disintegration\u003c\/em\u003e is not a story to follow but a condition to inhabit, a sustained meditation on how contemporary visual culture shapes inner life. 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Through saturated colour and spontaneous encounters, Lin Zhipeng captures bodies, gestures and fragile moments suspended between innocence and erotic tension. Everyday scenes unfold with diaristic immediacy, where skin, fruit and texture become sensorial motifs. Published in 2018 as a first edition hardback, limited to 600 numbered copies with an enclosed signed C-print, the book reflects the artist’s signature vision of freedom, vulnerability and contemporary Chinese youth culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"765\" data-end=\"1143\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003cbr data-start=\"780\" data-end=\"783\"\u003eTitle: Sour Strawberries\u003cbr data-start=\"807\" data-end=\"810\"\u003eArtist \/ Author: Lin Zhipeng\u003cbr data-start=\"838\" data-end=\"841\"\u003eDate: 2018\u003cbr data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"854\"\u003eEdition: First edition; limited edition of 600 numbered copies + signed C-Print\u003cbr data-start=\"933\" data-end=\"936\"\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Editions Bessard\u003cbr data-start=\"972\" data-end=\"975\"\u003eBinding: Hardback with dust jacket\u003cbr data-start=\"1009\" data-end=\"1012\"\u003ePages: 136\u003cbr data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1025\"\u003eDimensions (cm): 26.5 × 21\u003cbr data-start=\"1051\" data-end=\"1054\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1074\"\u003eCondition: As new \/ mint\u003cbr data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1101\"\u003eSpecial Feature: Enclosed signed C-print\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1354\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52660532052306,"sku":null,"price":175.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_copy_copy_2b100546-c198-45f5-801d-f8433e5ebc57.jpg?v=1770579260"},{"product_id":"the-best-of-time-wu-lie-wei-2020-edition-of-500-with-signed-c-type-print","title":"The Best of Time — Wu Lie Wei, 2020, First Edition, Editions Bessard, Limited Edition of 500 + signed original print","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"762\"\u003eA suspended moment between youth and memory. 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