Aliocha Boi - Midnight Sun (signed)

Aliocha Boi
Midnight Sun

Published by Collapse Books, 2025
Size: 24 x 16.5 cm
180 pages
Softcover, matte white screen printing on glossy cover
Languages: English and French
First edition of 500 copies

In Midnight Sun, Aliocha Boi immerses us in the heart of the Arctic, where time seems to stretch into infinity, where the summer sun never sets and where it tirelessly accompanies us throughout the story in ever-changing forms. The result of an artistic residency, this visual journey from Svalbard to the North Pole explores the raw and ever-changing beauty of the Far North, capturing the fleeting magic of a landscape bathed in light. Between dazzling moments and scenes veiled in mist, each image invites deep contemplation and a reflection on our relationship with the landscape, whether familiar or unfamiliar.

The book does not follow a linear narrative but rather presents a series of visual impressions, where colors and light intertwine in a play of shadows and reflections. Midnight Sun immerses us in an atmosphere of mystery and disorientation, leaving us at the mercy of the elements and their unpredictability. The series is marked by an intense use of color and dramatic contrasts, carefully crafted to recreate the photographer's sense of loss of bearings.

It is an invitation to let go and experience nature in all its silent power. Time flows through the pages, without a fixed point for the reader. It offers a pause, a space to escape the urgency of everyday life, allowing the reader to forge an intimate connection with a world often inaccessible, but here sublimated by the singular and poetic vision of Aliocha Boi. With a preface written by Alizé Carrère, Ph.D. Scientist, filmmaker, and National Geographic explorer.