Le Manoir aux Quat'Saisons ─ Thomas Rousset

A photobook exploring Belmond’s Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons through fantasy, theatricality and a heightened attention to light.

Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons is a photobook by French photographer Thomas Rousset, produced as part of Belmond’s ongoing collaboration with leading contemporary photographers. Through Rousset’s distinctive approach, the book explores the special atmosphere of Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Oxfordshire, England, revealing a place suspended somewhere between historical reality and staged fiction.

Set within a fifteenth-century manor house, the images draw on two distinct sources: an imagined aristocratic English way of life, and the unreal, fantastical qualities of rural life found in old British cinema. By placing ordinary objects and figures within strange, dreamlike contexts, Rousset unsettles the viewer’s sense of reality and invites closer reflection on what is being seen. His fairytale-like images do more than present the hotel’s beauty and amenities; they construct an alluring visual narrative that encourages the viewer to project themselves into this luxurious world.

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Title: Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons
Artist: Thomas Rousset
Publisher: RVB Books, 2024
Format: Hardcover, embossed and printed linen hard cover
Size: 240 × 168 mm
Pages: 128
Language: English
Edition: First edition
ISBN: 978-2-492175-51-0