MANUEL DE LA PHOTO RATÉE
Thomas Lélu
- 17 x 14 cm
- 112 pages
- Hard cover
- 978-2-492175-73-2
- French edition
- Available on September 21
Manuel de la photo ratée offers a rigorous yet ironically pedagogical reading of the most common analog photographic accidents. Blurs, backlighting, overexposure, accidental framing, awkward compositions, or partially cut figures are all examined with the seriousness of a technical handbook. Conceived as a fake practical guide, the book methodically and humorously analyses the conditions required to reproduce these so-called “mistakes.” Far from treating them as failures, it shows how photographic mishaps can become a form of visual language in their own right. Through this systematic approach, the book reframes error not as absence of control, but as a creative and expressive photographic strategy.