Title: Besides Faith
Artist: Louis De Belle
Designer: Giacomo Traldi (cover), Magdalena Wysocka (binding)
Editor: Louis De Belle
Printer: Magentur, Berlin, Germany
Publication date and place: January 2016 / Berlin, Germany
Edition: 50
Format, binding: hand-bound paperback
Size: 28 x 20 cm
Number of pages and images: 40 pages / 26 images
Type of printing and paper: HP Indigo / Majestic Gold 125gsm and 250gsm
Retail price: 25€
Book Description: Every two years, the members of the religious industry and representatives of the clergy meet in the North East of Italy for the World Fair for Church supplies, liturgical and ecclesiastical art. Through the photographic series “Besides Faith”, Louis De Belle creates a visual compendium focusing on the unusual placement of religious items within the trade fair setting. The book is entirely printed on golden paper and hand bound with golden thread, referring to the symbolic nature of gold in religious contexts.
Book Soundtrack: Ave Mria / Gregorian Chant
- Title: Besides Faith