96 Months

Born in 1981, Julien Mignot studied geography before turning to photography. Since the 2000s, he has been developing a body of work that straddles the line between documentary and fiction, in which territories, journeys, and intimate experiences become the building blocks of a visual narrative. His photographs have been published in Le Monde, M Le Monde, Libération, Les Inrockuptibles, and Télérama, among others.

Between 2008 and 2016—for exactly 96 months—Mignot imposed a strict protocol on himself: each month, he would select a single image from among those taken during his wanderings. From this constraint emerged 96 Months, a work constructed over time, in which 96 fragments retrospectively form a faceless self-portrait. Landscapes, bodies, roads, and fleeting scenes compose an intimate geography, without any imposed chronology or narrative. Each photograph seems less to capture a moment than to keep reality in motion. The complete series is on view at the gallery as Fresson and baryta prints.