Sabine (Version française) — Jacob Aue Sobol — Signed, Polka Editions, 2018

This concise French edition of Sabine by Jacob Aue Sobol distills one of the most visceral photographic love stories of the early 2000s into 24 pages of taut, emotional intensity. Released by Polka Editions in 2018 in just 200 copies, and signed by the artist, it offers a rare, bilingual echo of the original 2004 monograph — now iconic among contemporary photobooks.

The images trace Sobol’s life in Tiniteqilaaq, an isolated Greenlandic village where he lived for nearly three years with Sabine, the woman who gave the book its name. Drawn from his early immersion in documentary photography at Fatamorgana and sharpened by cinematic sensibilities from his time at the European Film College, Sobol’s language is unmistakable: grainy, close, and emotionally saturated.

This smaller-format edition doesn’t dilute the impact — if anything, it heightens the sense of compression, like a love story whispered through fog. As a collectible, it’s a rare glimpse into the raw core of a major Magnum photographer’s early vision, rearticulated for a French-speaking public.

Technical Sheet
Title: Sabine (Version française)
Artist / Author: Jacob Aue Sobol
Date: 2018
Edition: Limited edition of 200, signed
Technique / Printing Method: Offset
Medium / Materials: Softcover
Dimensions (cm): 15 × 21
Language: French
Pages: 24
Publisher / Editor: Polka Editions
Condition: New