Verso / 遮面
Date of publication: 2022
Co-published by Jiazazhi and RVB
With VERSO, Thomas Sauvin revisits his collection of ID photos amassed in China over the last fifteen years. By exposing them to a strong light source, the characters inscribed on the back of the prints show through by transparency and materialize on unfamiliar faces.
在 VERSO 系列中 Thomas Sauvin 重新审视了过去十五年来他在中国收集的证件照。通过将它们暴露在强光源下印刷品正面的文字以简单的透明度出现并与未知面孔的表面齐平。
On This Day / 在这一天
Date of publication: 2021
Published by B-B-B-Books & Beijing Silvermine
“Silvermine is an archive of half a million negatives salvaged in Beijing”
“Onthisday.com is the world’s largest historical events online database”
“北京银矿是一个由近五十万张拯救于北京的底片组成的档案库”
“Onthisday.com是世界上最大的在线历史事件数据库”
Talk Soon / 回头再聊
Date of publication: 2021
Published by Atelier Éditions
Talk Soon is a visual conversation between Erik Kessels and Thomas Sauvin.
《回头再聊》是一场隔离期间的无声对谈。
17 18 19
Date of publication: November 2019
Published by VOID
The series 17 18 19 is drawn from a bag of negative film salvaged from a recycling plant on the outskirts of Beijing in 2010. The bag contained an archive of over 15,000 scratched black and white negatives, shot at one of the city’s detention centers between 1991 and 1993.
17 18 19系列取材于2010年从北京郊区一回收站发现的一袋底片。袋子里共一万五千多张划痕满布的黑白底片，均摄于1991年至1993年间的北京某拘留所。
Great Leaps Forward / 大跃进
Date of publication: November 2019
Published by Silvermine
”Great Leaps Forward” invites us to contemplate a strangely metaphorical aerial ballet on the margins of history.
“大跃进”邀约我们于历史边缘凝视一场吊诡隐喻的空中芭蕾。
No More No Less / 不多不少
Date of publication: November 2018
Publishers: The (M) éditions, Jiazazhi Press, Skinnerboox
”No More No Less” is a set of 3 books made by 3 publishers. This serie was born from the encounter between Kensuke Koike and Thomas Sauvin, who meticulously explore the possibilities of an image only made up of itself.
《不多不少》是一套由三家出版社制作的三本书。这套丛书诞生于小池健介和苏文的相遇，他们细致地探索着仅由自身构成的图像的可能性。
Xian / 线
Date of publication: 2016
Self-published
"Xian" is a maze of folded paper entirely handmade. Populated with visual curiosities found in China, this publication tells the story of many aspects of Chinese modernity.
《线》是一个纯手工的折纸迷宫。这本装帧在东方视觉奇观里的出版物，叙述着中国现代性的许多方面。
Until Death Do Us Part / 双喜
Date of publication: 2015
Publisher: Jiazazhi
"Until Death Do Us Part" focuses on the unexpected role cigarettes play in Chinese weddings. This publication pays homage to a tradition in which love and death walk hand in hand.
《双喜》聚焦于香烟在中国婚宴上所扮演的令人意想不到的角色。这本出版物向爱与死亡并肩的传统致敬。
METV
Date of publication: November 2013
Self-published
"METV" is publication made as a collaboration between Thomas Sauvin and Erik Kessels in Beijing. Found in a market in Beijing, the images show a woman in her late sixties, always in an identical pose.
《METV》是苏文和Erik Kessels在北京联合出版的一本书。素材淘自北京的一个市集，这些照片的主角是一位年过六旬的中国女性，在镜头前摆着一系列相同的姿势。
Quanshen / 全身
Date of publication: November 2013
Publisher: Archive of Modern conflict
"Quanshen" provides a selection of full-length portraits made in Chinese studios between the 1930s and the 1980s. This serendipitous reunion of 60 anonymous portraits reveals fragments of the history of Chinese society and ideology.
《全身》精选展示了20世纪30年代至80年代拍摄于中国摄影工作室里的全幅肖像。这60幅佚名肖像的偶然重聚，重现了中国社会和意识形态的历史碎片。
Silvermine Albums / 银矿相册
Date of publication: May 2013
Publisher: Archive of Modern conflict
"Silvermine" is a set of five photo albums, which offers a unique photographic portrait of the Chinese capital and the lives of its inhabitants covering a period of 20 years – from 1985 to 2005.
《银矿》是一套五本相册，展示了中国首都及其百姓生活的独特摄影肖像，时间跨度为1985年至2005年的20年。