Depart image
Départ pour l'Image describes itself as an independent publishing house and art book design studio based in Milan, founded by the artist Luca Reffo and the photographer Francesca Todde. The name comes from an inscription on the film of some French movies, which marked the reverse side for reel assembly and projection, and the house takes the same attitude to its editorial line: an inquiry into ways of seeing through images, at the boundary between photography and contemporary art. Editions are printed and bound in Italy with sustainable materials, and the house occasionally curates exhibitions. Its books are placed in bookshops across Europe, the United States, Japan, Australia, Korea and China, and in public libraries.
- Also publishes
- Exhibitions
- Books in Spine Index
- 13, years 2019 – 2026
- Link
- departpourlimage.com
Start with
- Francesca Todde, A Sensitive Education (2020)
- Yelena Yemchuk, Mise en Abyme (2024)
- Luca Reffo, Entr'acte (2026)
- Mathias de Lattre, ZOORAMA (2025)
Latest additions
- Luca Reffo, Entr'acte (2026)
- Maria Siorba, Blank Verse (2025)
- Mathias de Lattre, ZOORAMA (2025)
- James Gallagher, Wild Flowers (2025)
Recurring authors
- Luca Reffo (2)
- Francesca Todde (2)
- Yelena Yemchuk (2)
Shares authors with
- Edition Patrick Frey (1)
- Gost (1)
- Kominek (1)
- Newfave (1)
Books in the archive
- Manon Lanjouère, Demande à la poussière (Ask the Dust) (2020)
- Sébastien Normand, Par delà la nuit (2019)
- Luca Reffo, 444: Celestial Means of Locomotion (2019)
- Francesca Todde, A Sensitive Education (2020)
- Yelena Yemchuk, УYY (2022)
- Vera Muratet, Tout va bien (2023)
- Francesco Merlini, Better in the Dark Than His Rider (2023)
- Francesca Todde, IUZZA: Goliarda Sapienza (2024)
- Yelena Yemchuk, Mise en Abyme (2024)
- James Gallagher, Wild Flowers (2025)
- Mathias de Lattre, ZOORAMA (2025)
- Maria Siorba, Blank Verse (2025)
- Luca Reffo, Entr'acte (2026)
