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The Powers That Be

The Powers That Be

Alan Gignoux & Chloe Juno

Inspired by political campaign posters from the 2023 Polish parliamentary elections, The Powers That Be looks at the visual language of electioneering and the real-world outcomes shaped by political power.

While travelling through Poland to research coal mining, Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno were struck by the faces of politicians appearing on colourful campaign banners across the country. Using Fuji Instax Wide Film, they photographed these posters in close-up, isolating features such as eyes, mouths and skin to create a strange and unsettling portrait of political advertising.

These images are shown alongside Gignoux’s photographs of Polish coal mines, whose futures would be affected by the election results. The book brings the two subjects together through bold design, placing cut-out Instax images over the mining photographs to create sharp, awkward juxtapositions between political promise and industrial reality.

Tucked into a glassine pocket at the end of the book is a printed fortune teller game using politicians’ features, offering a playful but pointed final comment on political choice and consequence.

This title is a limited edition of just 200 copies.

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DETAILS: Edition of 200

Type: Wirebound

Publication Includes:

- 78 pages printed on 200gsm Gloss FSC paper

- Glassine pocket bound into the back containing a folded ‘fortune teller’ measuring 210x210mm when unfolded. Printed on Recycled Matt paper 120gsm

- 450gsm Glossy Card Cover, printed on FSC paper

Year: 2024

Pages: 78 pages

ISBN: 978-1-9999610-9-1

Size: 186 x 277 mm

Alan Gignoux

Alan Gignoux is an award-winning documentary photographer and founder of Gignoux Photos, which produces documentary photography and film projects focussing on socio-political and environmental issues around the world.

Chloe Juno

Chloe Juno is a Creative consultant, Visual Artist, Curator, and Co-Lead Documenting Britain, with a real love of photography and life stories. Their primary focus is documentary photography with 15 years of experience as a photo editor and project manager editing award-winning photography.
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