Éditions Emile

20/09/2022

Tomorrow we will be launching our fifth issue, ED.EM.05 Agriculture - looking back to go forward during Jersey Festival of Words at Jersey Library between 2-3pm showing a collection of images by Maurice Richardson who donated his archive to the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive upon his death in 2022. The event will include a panel discussion on the past, present and future of agriculture in Jersey, chaired by India Hamilton (Co-founder SCOOP The Sustainable Cooperative and Jersey Food Systems Lab), who also wrote a stellar text to accompany the images in the publication. Deputy Kirsten Morel, (Minister for Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture - Government of Jersey) will be introducing the panel discussion which will include James Godfrey (CEO Royal Jersey Agricultural & Horticultural Society), Aaron Le Couteur (Sheep Farmer and Conservation Grazier) and Kaspar Wimberley (Director and Co-founder SCOOP, The Sustainable Food Cooperative and Curator of The morning boat).

This is a free event and we encourage anyone interested in this subject to attend. You can register a free place via Eventbrite on link below here. There will be an opportunity to buy a copy of ED.EM.05 and past issues at the event. Otherwise copies and a set of Limited Edition Prints can be purchased online at https://www.edem.je or at Société Jersiaise bookshop on 7 Pier Rd, St Helier, Jersey.
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Look back on a photographic history of agriculture in Jersey

18/03/2022

If you want to learn more about the history of Victoria and Albert Piers, go to our website and purchase a copy of ED.EM.04 - Victoria and Albert - on the piers.

https://www.edem.je

WORK BEGINS ON ALBERT PIER

175 years ago, the foundation stone of the Albert Pier was laid. The pier’s construction took six years and was completed in 1853.

During the early 19th century, Jersey’s fishing fleet had started to grow rapidly, especially with the trade in cod caught off the Newfoundland coast, and the Island’s harbour facilities were in desperate need of improvement. Work commenced on a new South Pier in 1841, later being named the Victoria Pier following Queen Victoria’s visit to the Island, which coincided with the completion of the pier in 1846. Work then began on the Albert Pier the following year.



In 1859, renowned local artist Philip John Ouless captured Albert Pier as part of a series of small watercolour paintings of Jersey scenes that we were lucky enough to add to our art collection last year.



Ports of Jersey Société Jersiaise

15/03/2022

Launch of ED.EM.04: Victoria & Albert - on the piers
Fourth issue in a series of photo-zines produced by Éditions Emile – an imprint celebrating the unique collections held in the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive in the island of Jersey.

Issue four considers the development and use of Victoria and Albert Piers. A recent donation to the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive showing work being carried out to the piers between 1929-31 forms the backbone of the zine, with contemporary photographs, produced by four local photographers placing recent construction work to the piers within this historical and social context. Doug Ford, Maritime Historian and former Community Learning Director at Jersey Heritage, has written a new text for this issue; a concise history of the piers up to date, providing the broader context of a working harbour for an island community.

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06/07/2021

When we set out to produce the ED.EM. series we were interested in re-positioning historic collections within contemporary contexts. By bringing Michelle Sank’s work and placing it on the same page as Henry Mullins’ the viewer is asked to consider 165 years of portraiture in Jersey, both within the evolution of the photographic medium itself and as cultural records of islanders posing for the camera. Within that period the island has undergone significant changes socially, politically and economically, and yet, many of the same power structures exist.

In a new text written by Gareth Syvret, who founded Archisle: The Jersey Contemporary Photography Programme in 2011 and spent almost 20 years studying Mullins albums while working as the photo-archivist at the Société Jersiaise (1999-2018), he describes, how the deliberate arrangement of the portraits of Jersey residents on the pages of Mullins albums represents a clear political intention. Syvret writes, ‘while Mullins’ archive of portraits reproduced and reinforced the status of the wealthy and powerful, Sank broadens this social matrix by placing Farmer alongside Financier, or by showing two ways to be outside a home: in the communal garden of a social housing estate or beside a private swimming pool outside a home. The relationship in pose, posture and placement of the hands between Mullins’ and Sank’s subjects proves that certain behaviours and ways of being, bodily, in the world persist inside or out of the photographer’s studio.’

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30/06/2021

First review of ED.EM.03 Henry Mullins / Michelle Sank - On the Social Matrix in the Jersey Evening Post by Rod McLoughlin, former Cultural Development Officer at Government of Jersey and staunch supporter of Photo-Archive Societe-Jersiaise that hosted Archisle - The Jersey Contemporary Photography Programme founded and led by Gareth Syvret (2011-18), of which Michelle Sank was its inaugural International Photographer-in-Residence in 2013.

Rod also officially opened Michelle's exhibition Insula in St Helier from which a selection of portraits are juxtaposed in this publication with those of Henry Mullins who made over 9000 carte de visite portraits of Jersey's ruling elite and wealthy upper classes in the mid-Victorian period.

In his review, Rod writes 'What might seem an unlikely alliance is one which highlights the way that Jersey has evolved as a community supported primarily by agricultural, maritime and emerging tourism economies into a contemporary international finance centre....Whereas the Mullins albums reflect access to photography which is determined by a commercial relationship between photographer and subject, the work of the photographer-in-residence is not limited in this way, which opens up a range of work that juxtaposes a Lieutenant-Governor and Bailiff with agricultural workers and Islanders photographed outside their own homes'.

Buy ED.EM.03 here!

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24/06/2021

We are excited to launch the third issue of ED.EM.03 - Henry Mullins / Michelle Sank - On the Social Matrix with a new text by Gareth Syvret

Henry Mullins and Michelle Sank represent 165 years of the practice of photographic portraiture in Jersey. That period has seen the island undergo major social and economic changes. Through these photographers’ works, we examine those changes and the power structures that remain in place within this insular society.

ED.EM. is a series of new photo-zines produced by Éditions Emile
– a new imprint celebrating the unique collections held in the
Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive in the island of Jersey.

Get you copy here!

https://www.edem.je

08/05/2021

Tomorrow on 9th May the Bailiwick of Jersey is celebrating 76 years of liberation from N**i occupation during WWII. Again the island will be awash with flags and bunting as a visual signifiers of this momentous event in the public imagination.

Last year we published ED.EM.02 Occupation - at leisure 1940-44 with images held in the Pelz Collection at Photo-Archive Societe-Jersiaise of life during the occupation as seen and experienced from the German Officers stationed here.

In addition we produced a set of 6 Limited Edition Prints presented in a specially designed sleeve referencing early 20th-century packaging of scenic and tourist views.

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19/11/2020

Orders for ED.EM.02 - Occupation at leisure 1940-44 have been shipped today and we thank everyone for the support who purchased our photo-zine. Our business model is not-for-profit and all money raised is used to cover production costs for the following issue.

For each issue of ED.EM. a set of Limited Edition Prints is produced. In Occupation - at leisure 1940-44 a set of 6 Limited Edition Prints are presented in a specially designed sleeve referencing early 20th-century packaging of scenic and tourist views. Print size 8 x 8 cm in an Edition of 50.

We are ready to take your order here: https://www.edem.je

11/11/2020

Today on Armistice Day we are publishing the second issue of ED.EM.02 - Occupation at leisure 1940-44. The occupation and subsequent liberation of Jersey in 1945 are key events in the recent shared history of Islanders. The suffering of locals as well as the military and political prisoners brought to the Island as forced labour is well documented, and it is within that context that we take a look at photographs produced by the Occupiers themselves. A selection of images presented here for the first time are held in the Pelz Collection at Photo-Archive Societe-Jersiaise showing German soldiers at leisure.

We thank everyone who have been involved in making this issue, Alan Allix and Andrew Gilson for their expertise on the subject, sharing their research and agreeing to write a short text. Société Jersiaise Librarian Valérie Noėl for the French translation, digitisation of images by Judy Smith, Alan Richomme, Shannon O'Donnell with assistance from Leah Bohea and Eleanor Gilson, and design by Callum Naden of a set of 6 Limited Edition Prints.

Thanks also to the many people who have supported the production by purchasing pre-orders. We have received 250 copies from our printer Park Communications and are ready to dispatch. You can get your copy here.

https://www.edem.je

06/11/2020

It's been a busy morning taking orders for our new issue of ED.EM.02 after a page spread featured in Jersey Evening Post today. Our print-run is 250 so hurry if you want to reserve a copy for £8.00. A set of 6 Limited Edition Prints are also available through our website for £30.00

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04/11/2020

Great feature in Channel Eye today about our second issue of ED.EM.02. In this publication, we examine the lives of German administrative officers during the Occupation of Jersey. The familiarity and at times banality of the two collections we are looking at is rarely referenced in this historical context. Published next week, you can pre-order a copy here at www.edem.je

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Second issue in a series of new photo-zines produced by Éditions Emile – a new publishing imprint celebrating the unique collections held in the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive. The Occupation and subsequent Liberation of Jersey in 1945 are key events in the recent shared history of Isla...

03/11/2020

In the past few months we have been working behind the scenes on editing a set of images from the Pelz collection at SJPA for our second issue of ED.EM.02 - a series of new photo-zines produced by Éditions Emile – a new publishing imprint celebrating the unique collections held in the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive.

In this issue, we examine the lives of German administrative officers during the Occupation of Jersey. The familiarity and at times banality of the two collections we are looking at is rarely referenced in this historical context. Many of these images are attributed to Major Hans Egon Pelz, though as he himself appears in many, it makes specific attribution difficult.

To help us identify military personnel we enlisted the expertise of Alan Allix, who is a founder member of the Channel Island Occupation Society and Andrew Gilson a local historian who is nearing the completion of a new book on agriculture during the occupation. Both have visited Germany and met with some of German officers and their families. We are indebted to them both for their assistance and very pleased too that they also agreed to write a short text with references from their long-standing research and interest in Field Command 515 who were the civil administration in Jersey during the occupation.

Printing of ED.EM.02 is currently underway, so please stay tuned for the launch and publication date of Occupation – at leisure 1940-44 next week. You can pre-order a copy here.

https://www.edem.je

20/03/2020

For each new issue of ED.EM. a text produced by an expert on the subject is commissioned For the La Cotte edition Dr Matt Pope, one of the archaeologists leading the La Manche Prehistoric research group working at La Cotte, has reflected on some of the images held in the Société Jersiaise, published here for the first time. Acknowledging their historical value as well as paying homage to some of his professional forebears, who conducted some of the important archaeological excavations in the 20th century,

Dr Matt Pope explains: ‘I have spent a long time with the shadows of my predecessors at the site. Some, such as Professor Charles McBurney and Paul Callow have memories kept alive by many surviving family and contemporaries, while others such as Father Christian Burdo and Professor Robert Marret kept diaries and journals which give us enough to catch rounded glimpses of the people revealed through their professional correspondence. In the case of Marret we also have an autobiography which provides wonderful insights into the La Cotte excavations during the first quarter of the 20th century. But for many involved with this site, it has always been the case that our most powerful gateway to understanding and connecting with those archaeologists who worked there in earlier times is through the photographic archive of the Société Jeriaise.’
If you are restricted by the Corona Virus you can order the first issue from home and read Matt’s text in full, safely in your own company. BUY ED.EM.01 here:

https://www.edem.je/editions/ed-em-01

Photo-Archive Societe-Jersiaise Jersey Heritage

12/03/2020

It’s been almost two weeks since we launched Éditions Emile at the CCA Galleries International and now that the dust has settled from the very successful evening we wanted to take a moment to focus on the work produced by giving you a closer look at our our first publication: ED.EM.01. La Cotte de Saint Brélade at work 1910 -2019.

As a new imprint of the Photo-Archive Societe-Jersiaise, we want ED.EM. to re-contextualise the collections held by the Société. The Archive collections highlight our islands rich history in archaeology, geology, natural history and antiquities and through each issue of ED.EM we want to celebrate this heritage and create zines that present the work in a new light.

In the case of ED.EM.01, the first in our photo-zine series, we look at the famed neanderthal site La Cotte de Saint-Brélade that the Société Jersiaise has been involved with for over a century.

The zine looks at the changing nature of the archaeological work at the site by publishing images produced by Emile Guiton and others, alongside contemporary work of Martin Toft that is held in the collections of the Photographic Archive. For this edition we used digital scans of newly discovered images in our collection and in doing so we have been able to show a much broader selection of Guiton’s images from La Cotte.

These new images add to the legacy of Emile Guiton as the founder of the Archive. His images are exceptional both technically and aesthetically and are very valuable in aiding our historical understanding of La Cotte and the evolving photographic recordings of current archaeological work.

In addition to printing a selection of the La Cotte images held by the Photographic Archive in ED.EM.01, we commissioned Dr.Matt Pope to produce a text to publish alongside the pictures as he is one of the archaeologists leading the La Manche Prehistoric research group working at the site.

In the text, Pope acknowledges the historical value of the images explaining that “for many involved with this site, it has always been the case that our most powerful gateway to understanding and connecting with those archaeologists who worked there in earlier times is through the Photographic Archive of the Société Jeriaise.”

Together, the text from Dr. Matt Pope and the images from the Archive that are published in ED.EM.01 reframe the important work that has been carried out at La Cotte for over a century and recorded by the Société. As a zine, ED.EM.01 offers a new chance for people to engage with the collection and the history it represents - keeping the work alive for people in Jersey and further afield to enjoy.

ED.EM.01 is the first in a series of zines that will look at specific collections from the Archive. This first issue was produced with the generous financial support of Mr Stuart Weaving and we are looking for sponsorship for future editions to enable the production and printing of the zine.

Visit https://www.edem.je to buy ED.EM.01, Limited Edition Prints and pre-order future editions.

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For over a century the Société Jersiaise has been involved with the archaeological excavations at La Cotte de Saint-Brélade. In this issue,…

12/03/2020

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For over a century the Société Jersiaise has been involved with the archaeological excavations at La Cotte de Saint-Brélade. In this issue, we take a look at the changing nature of work at the site through archive images produced by Emile Guiton and others, alongside contemporary work by Martin T...

27/02/2020

The launch of Éditions Emile as an imprint of the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive has been a long time in the making. We wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that came out to our launch last night at CCA Galleries International.
You can read all about the evening here: https://www.edem.je/news/were-launched-a-thank-you-note-from-editions-emile

The launch of Editions Emile as an imprint of the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive has been a long time in the making and to receive such enthusiastic interest about our first edition, ED.EM.01, has been incredible. We wanted to take a moment to thank everyone that came out to our launch las...

26/02/2020

We’re officially open for business with our launch event at CCA Galleries International tonight! If you can’t join us at the gallery tonight but want to know more about our new publishing venture head to https://www.edem.je

26/02/2020

Ahead of the launch for Éditions Emile tonight, our editors, Patrick Cahill and Martin Toft, have been busy behind the scenes setting up for the event at the CCA Galleries InternationalGalleries.

Tonight will be a celebration of the launch of Éditions Emile, a new imprint of the Société Jersiaise and our publication of ED.EM.01, the first issue from a series of photo-zines that dive into and explore different collections from the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive.

Take a look behind the scenes and find out more here: https://www.edem.je/news/preparing-for-our-launch

Ahead of the launch for Éditions Emile tonight, our editors, Patrick Cahill and Martin Toft, have been busy behind the scenes setting up for the event at the CCA Galleries. We will be celebrating the launch of Éditions Emile, a new imprint of the Société Jersiaise and our publication of ED.EM.01...

26/02/2020

TONIGHT: Join us for the launch of Éditions Emile, a new publishing imprint celebrating the unique collections held in the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive - Wednesday 26th February, 5:30 pm-7:30 pm at the CCA Galleries International.

There will be a drinks reception featuring a preview of the first issue from the photobook series ‘ED.EM.’ and an official opening by Olga Finch, Curator of Archaeology at Jersey Heritage.

Issues of ED.EM.01 will be on sale at the event alongside a selection of limited edition prints and special edition prints only available to purchase tonight.

Find out more about the new publishing imprint below: https://www.edem.je/news/youre-invited-news-from-editions-emile

Join us for the launch of a new publishing imprint celebrating the unique collections held in the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive; Éditions Emile. ED.EM. is the first in the series of photo-zines that aim to re-contextualise specific collections from the Photographic Archive, keeping the w...

19/02/2020

Welcome to Éditions Emile – a new imprint of the Photo-Archive Societe-Jersiaise.

The Société Jersiaise holds a unique collection of photographic materials dating from the 1840s to the present day. The quality and breadth of the collection is in a large part thanks to the work of Emile F. Guiton, contributing not only his life’s work photographing Jersey’s heritage but also playing an instrumental role in the collecting and cataloguing of photographs by other photographers.

For over a century the Société Jersiaise has been involved with the archaeological excavations at La Cotte de Saint-Brélade. Emile F. Guiton was the principal photographer at La Cotte and the new imprint is named in honour of his legacy. In the first issue of ED.EM.01 we take a look at the changing nature of work at the site through his archive images alongside contemporary work by Martin Toft. A new commissioned text by Dr Matt Pope, one of the archaeologists leading the La Manche Prehistoric research group working at La Cotte, reflects on the historical value of images from the past and the work carried out by some of his professional forebears at Jersey's world-class Neanderthal site.

The first set of publications will be a series of small photo-zines comprising of 48 pages with an average of 30-40 images and a short text providing further context. Publishing three new editions annually and prized at £8.00 each the photo-zine will be affordable for everyone with an interest in Jersey’s rich cultural heritage and photographic collections held in the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive.

Please join us for drinks reception at CCA Galleries International on Wed 26 Feb 5:30-7:30pm where Éditions Emile will be launched with an official opening by Olga Finch, Curator of Archaeology at Jersey Heritage. There will be an opportunity to purchase copies of the first issue, a set of six Limited Edition Prints, as well as five Special Prints available only at the launch.

For all enquiries and online purchases please visit.

www.edem.je

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Patrick Cahill & Martin Toft
Editors

18/02/2020