Tirage de tête : Ouessant, Molène, Houat, Bréhat

Bernard Plossu had already roamed, camera in hand, three Breton islands: Houat, Molène and Bréhat. In spring 2025, it was Ouessant that welcomed his footsteps and his gaze.

This book, bringing together the work produced on these four islands, presents over sixty images infused with salty sea spray, Breton light, chiaroscuro effects, and rocks hovering between raw power and figuration. Through the pages, one also encounters laundry hanging in the wind, trees leaning toward the horizon, and lighthouses standing in the distance.

All the poetry of Bernard Plossu emerges from these photographs, in which black and white mingles with a few colour images printed using the Fresson process.

Gwenaëlle Abolivier, an Ouessant native at heart, accompanies these works with her delicate words, allowing readers total immersion in these islands where the world seems suspended, beyond time.