Départ Pour l'Image is an independent publishing house and art book design studio based in Milan, founded in 2018 by photographer Francesca Todde and artist Luca Reffo. Its name comes from the inscription stamped on the film of some French films useful to indicate their verso for reel-to-reel assembly and cinema projection. The editorial line focuses on the possibilities of seeing by means of the image, on the border between photography and contemporary art. The publications, produced in close collaboration with the artists, arise from ongoing projects and are in editions of between 50 and 1000 copies. Occasionally, Départ Pour L'Image also curates exhibitions.
FAIRS
Polycopies Paris | Sprint Milano | Fiebre Madrid | Arles Photobooks | Rolling Paper Le Bal | PhMuseum Bologna | Temple Arles Books | Cosmos Arles Books | SiFest Savignano | The Art Chapter Milano | RUSH Marseille | MIA | Fotografia Europea Reggio Emilia | Zines @eglise Palermo | Chromie Paris | Torino Photography Festival Exposed
BOOKSHOPS
ITALY
Roma: Leporello
Milano: MiCamera - Spazio B**K
Firenze: Gucci Garden
Venezia: Bruno
Modica: Zazie
Gorizia: StudioFaganel
Torino: Gallerie d’Italia
FRANCE
Paris: Le Bal - Yvon Lambert - Librairie Sans Titre - Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson - Jeu de Paume - La Cométe Picto - MEP Maison Europeenne de la Photographie - La Nouvelle Chambre Claire - L’Inaperçu - Artazart - Le Mont-en-l’air - Librairie Lame - Delpire & co - Fondation Louis Vuitton
Arles: Librairie du Palais - Actes Sud
Bordeaux: L’Ascenseur Végétal
Marseille: Ensemble
Lille: Institut pour la Photographie
BELGIUM
Bruxelles: Tipi Bookshop - L’Enfant Sauvage - Hangar
Antwerp: Boekhandel & Antiquariaat de Slegte
SWITZERLAND
Lausanne: PhotoElysee
Lugano: Artphilein
FINLAND
Helsinki: Hippolyte
SPAIN
Vigo: Lasal Books
PORTUGAL
Lisbon: Photobook Corner
GERMANY
Berlin: Kominek Bookshop
UK
Setanta Books
USA
Photo-Eye Bookstore - Printed Matter - Dashwood Books
JAPAN
Reminders Photography Stronghold - Flotsam Books - Booknerd - IACK
AUSTRALIA
Metropolis Bookshop Melbourne
KOREA
The Reference
CHINA
Jiazazhi
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Watson Library, New York, NY
Syracuse University Libraries, Syracuse, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Stanford University, Green Library, Stanford, CA
Tisch Library, Medford, MA
HOGENT school, Gent, BE
Photo Elysée Library, Lausanne, CH
ECAL Library, Renens, CH
BOOK AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS
Arles Prix du Livre 2019, Paris Photo / Aperture Photobook Awards 2022, PhotoEspana 2023
For enquires and distribution please contact:
Départ Pour l’Image
Corso San Gottardo 37
20136 Milano
Italy
info@departpourlimage.com
FAIRS
Polycopies Paris | Sprint Milano | Fiebre Madrid | Arles Photobooks | Rolling Paper Le Bal | PhMuseum Bologna | Temple Arles Books | Cosmos Arles Books | SiFest Savignano | The Art Chapter Milano | RUSH Marseille | MIA | Fotografia Europea Reggio Emilia | Zines @eglise Palermo | Chromie Paris | Torino Photography Festival Exposed
BOOKSHOPS
ITALY
Roma: Leporello
Milano: MiCamera - Spazio B**K
Firenze: Gucci Garden
Venezia: Bruno
Modica: Zazie
Gorizia: StudioFaganel
Torino: Gallerie d’Italia
FRANCE
Paris: Le Bal - Yvon Lambert - Librairie Sans Titre - Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson - Jeu de Paume - La Cométe Picto - MEP Maison Europeenne de la Photographie - La Nouvelle Chambre Claire - L’Inaperçu - Artazart - Le Mont-en-l’air - Librairie Lame - Delpire & co - Fondation Louis Vuitton
Arles: Librairie du Palais - Actes Sud
Bordeaux: L’Ascenseur Végétal
Marseille: Ensemble
Lille: Institut pour la Photographie
BELGIUM
Bruxelles: Tipi Bookshop - L’Enfant Sauvage - Hangar
Antwerp: Boekhandel & Antiquariaat de Slegte
SWITZERLAND
Lausanne: PhotoElysee
Lugano: Artphilein
FINLAND
Helsinki: Hippolyte
SPAIN
Vigo: Lasal Books
PORTUGAL
Lisbon: Photobook Corner
GERMANY
Berlin: Kominek Bookshop
UK
Setanta Books
USA
Photo-Eye Bookstore - Printed Matter - Dashwood Books
JAPAN
Reminders Photography Stronghold - Flotsam Books - Booknerd - IACK
AUSTRALIA
Metropolis Bookshop Melbourne
KOREA
The Reference
CHINA
Jiazazhi
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York, NY
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Watson Library, New York, NY
Syracuse University Libraries, Syracuse, NY
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
Stanford University, Green Library, Stanford, CA
Tisch Library, Medford, MA
HOGENT school, Gent, BE
Photo Elysée Library, Lausanne, CH
ECAL Library, Renens, CH
BOOK AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS
Arles Prix du Livre 2019, Paris Photo / Aperture Photobook Awards 2022, PhotoEspana 2023
For enquires and distribution please contact:
Départ Pour l’Image
Corso San Gottardo 37
20136 Milano
Italy
info@departpourlimage.com