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In their project “Atlas des Régions Naturelles” (ARN), Eric Tabuchi and Nelly Monnier attempt to document the 450 “natural regions” of France. They focus on the vernacular architecture and visual idiosyncrasies that constitute a place’s unique character: the roads, houses, shops, activities, typography and village names. Though the people themselves as well as the social and cultural specialties of each region are mostly absent in their pictures, Tabuchi’s and Monnier still manage to capture the spirit of a certain region and to draw out the differences between various areas.

Divided into 16 chapters (each composed of three regions), this second volume of their ambitious series captures the regions Cambrésis, Chablais, Domfrontais, Buffet à volonté, Haut Agenais, Haute Marche, Langrois, Enseignes-Objets, Médoc, Pays d’Othe, Plateau de Sainte-Maure, Non, Presqu’île guérandaise, Roussillon, Valentinois, and Remises in more than 600 photographs on 384 pages.