Een Liefdesgeschiedenis in Saint Germain des Prés

Photographs of young bohemians in Paris form a fictional narrative centred on Ann and Manuel's unrequited love for her. Set in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the story draws on actual events, but the people photographed become characters with invented names. Existing photographs are arranged into a chronological sequence, bringing documentary material into the structure of a love story. The book follows Ann's bohemian life while recording the emergence of rebellious youth culture in Europe. Its stream-of-consciousness approach connects the characters' experiences with the atmosphere of their surroundings. Jurriaan Schrofer's design shapes the photographic narrative, which developed through successive dummies and experiments with the arrangement of images and text.