Gignouxphotos Publishing
Photobooks & Zines
Christensson plays a central role in the development of photobooks and zines for Gignouxphotos Publishing, undertaking research, writing, and editorial work across all stages of publication.
Collaborating closely with the studio’s creative team, she contributes to the conceptual framing, narrative sequencing, and critical contextualisation of projects, alongside overseeing aspects of publishing strategy, distribution, and financial planning.
Christensson played a lead role in the development and publication of Russian Rust Belt and You can see me, but I don’t exist, and contributed research, writing, and editorial input to publications including Vancouver Pride, Canadian Rangers, Monuments, The Powers That Be, and Tangier Island.
The Powers That Be (2024)
Inspired by political campaign posters from the Polish 2023 parliamentary elections, The Powers That Be photobook contemplates the links between electioneering and political outcomes.
Edition of 200
• Photographers: Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno
• 210 x 262mm (portrait)
• Wirebound book (white wire)
• 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
• Design by Stanley James Press
Monuments(2022)
Opencast coal mining has destroyed hundreds of German villages. Combining Alan Gignoux’s photographs of abandoned houses and Chloe Juno’s images of the personal belongings left behind by departing families, Monuments documents and commemorates communities in North-Rhine Westphalia earmarked for demolition.
The spiral-bound book presents Gignoux’s landscape photographs as generous spreads with Juno’s objects photographs overlaid as inserts of varying sizes. Includes archival material and Google images showing the creeping expansion of the mines.
Edition of 150
• Photographers: Alan Gignoux and Chloe Juno
• 189 x 250mm
• Wire bound
• 80 full sized pages plus 26 smaller pages
• 67 colour photos in total (excluding covers)
• Foldout page at front and back
• Cover printed on thick board with foil title and de-bossed inset
photo to front and back
• Design by Stanley James Press
Canadian Rangers
Second Edition (2024)
The Canadian Rangers are part-time reservists, taken mainly from the indigenous Inuit population, who provide a military presence in remote coastal communities of Northern Canada. Acting as the “eyes and ears in the North,” they are a vital component of the Canadian Forces in safeguarding national sovereignty.
Edition of 100
• Photographer: Alan Gignoux
• 210 x 140mm
• 52 pages
• 41 photographs
• Perforated postcards on front and back cover
• Hand saddle stitched with red thread
• Design and binding by Stanley James Press
Photos of book front covers by Curtis James
Vancouver Pride (2020)
Celebrates the LGBTQAI2S+ community and their right to be their full selves. Softcover zine, hand stitched, including a postcard on front and back, with perforations at the spine.
Edition of 100
• Photographer: Alan Gignoux
• 210 x 140mm
• 52 pages
• 35 photographs including two detachable postcards
• Perforated postcards on front and back cover
• Hand saddle stitched with neon pink thread
• Design and binding by Stanley James Press
About Gignouxphotos
Gignouxphotos designs and publishes limited edition photobooks, zines, and newspapers whose theme or subject matter reflects the social, political, environmental, or economic issues of our times. Gignouxphotos aims to innovate so that the creative concept, design, and production of the books reflect and embody the thematic content. The team collaborates with researchers, designers, and other artists.
The books they make are often handbound and frequently include a mix of intricate, often hand-made, features, such as foldouts, pockets, hand-printed covers, specially commissioned typography, embossed titles, external sleeves, internal booklets, and/or several paper types in a single publication. They create books that are in themselves artistic objects. The publications are based on the work of Alan Gignoux and his collaborations with other photographers, such as Gignouxphotos Studio member Chloe Juno.