This limited edition includes a signed copy of the book Seed Stories accompanied by a colour archival pigment print of Thierry Ardouin, on Hahnemülhe Fine Art paper: SAPINDACEAE – Majidea Zanguebarica J.Kirk Ex Oliv., Mgambo black-pearl tree. The photographic print, signed by the artist and numbered from 1 to 15, is produced by Frédéric Jourda of the Picto laboratory in Paris.


A second limited edition includes the following print: ASTERACEAE – Calendula Officinalis L., Common marigold

Based on an original idea by Xavier Barral, and the result of a long term collective work, Seed Stories explores the importance of diversity and interrogates the connection with our roots. The seed is a marvel of appearance, a perfection of form and colour. It possesses a morphology that is both necessary and strange, capable of arousing astonishment, questioning or contemplation. Chosen, lit and framed with the greatest care, the seeds photographed by Thierry Ardouin disturb our subjectivity as spectators : they become symbols which, far from being generic images, question our relationship to origin.

Link to the book page