La Vie Impossible J and L books In Plein Soleil

In Plein Soleil

It was around the time when I closed down the private gallery that I had been running on Miyamasuzaka in Shibuya

from child to adult—faces

and an experiment in countercultural values

After that

La Vie Impossible J and L books In Plein SoleilFirst edition, first impression of La Vie Impossible by Christian Boltanski. Medium format hardback in fine condition. About As much artist's book as catalogue, La Vie Impossible is unusual for its physical construction alone: its text is printed on black paper, with the images on alternating vellum, so that at each turn of the page one can see through the photographic image to the next black page (or look back at the previous text). The texts are