MONUMENTS
Dublin Core
Title
MONUMENTS
Subject
Documentary
Description
Opencast coal mining has led to the destruction of hundreds of German villages over the last century. Although Germany has promised to phase out coal by 2038, extraction continues and the future of several villages hangs in the balance. 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 two photographers take different approaches to highlighting the erasure of shared history and collective memory. Gignoux’s images document the destruction of houses, gardens, schools, shops, churches, businesses, roads, the infrastructure of entire communities, while Juno’s photographs show us personal objects that recall individual lives.
Designed by Chloe Juno and Emily Macaulay, the spiral-bound book features Gignoux’s landscape photographs presented as generous spreads with Juno’s objects photographs overlaid as inserts of varying sizes. The book includes archival material, including a found German household goods catalogue and Google images showing the creeping expansion of the surface mines.
Monuments comes with two stickers printed with slogans protesting against the mines and a Christmas card with an image of a Christmas stocking taken by Juno as she was walking around the condemned village of Keyenburg.
The two photographers take different approaches to highlighting the erasure of shared history and collective memory. Gignoux’s images document the destruction of houses, gardens, schools, shops, churches, businesses, roads, the infrastructure of entire communities, while Juno’s photographs show us personal objects that recall individual lives.
Designed by Chloe Juno and Emily Macaulay, the spiral-bound book features Gignoux’s landscape photographs presented as generous spreads with Juno’s objects photographs overlaid as inserts of varying sizes. The book includes archival material, including a found German household goods catalogue and Google images showing the creeping expansion of the surface mines.
Monuments comes with two stickers printed with slogans protesting against the mines and a Christmas card with an image of a Christmas stocking taken by Juno as she was walking around the condemned village of Keyenburg.
Creator
Chloe Juno and Alan Gignoux
Publisher
GIGNOUXPHOTOS
Date
2022
Format
Wire bound
80 full sized pages plus 26 smaller pages distributed throughout the book
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
Cover = Colorplan Real Grey 540gsm or 700gsm with Matrix emboss
Foldout page = Colorplan Pale Grey 135gsm
Big pages = Munken Polar Smooth Crisp White 120gsm
Smaller pages = Munken Polar Smooth Crisp White 150gsm
80 full sized pages plus 26 smaller pages distributed throughout the book
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
Cover = Colorplan Real Grey 540gsm or 700gsm with Matrix emboss
Foldout page = Colorplan Pale Grey 135gsm
Big pages = Munken Polar Smooth Crisp White 120gsm
Smaller pages = Munken Polar Smooth Crisp White 150gsm
Book Item Type Metadata
Dimensions
18.9 CM - 25 CM
Number of Pages
96
Number of images
67
Edition Size
150
Place of Publication
Britain
Designer
Emily Macaulay at Stanley James Press and Chloe Juno
Editor
Chloe Juno and Jenny Christensson
Printer
One Digital and Aurofa Foil Blocking
ISBN
ISBN: 978-1-9999610-5-3
Website
www.chloejuno.com www.gignouxphotos.com
URL Link to project
https://gignouxphotos.com/product/monuments/
Where to buy
The Photographers Gallery Bookshop
https://www.chloejuno.com/prints
https://gignouxphotos.com/product/monuments/
https://www.chloejuno.com/prints
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Citation
Chloe Juno, “MONUMENTS ,” Photo Book Cafe Archive, accessed May 3, 2025, https://www.photobookcafe-archive.co.uk/items/show/584.