The Résonances documents Baccarat's 262-year crystal-making tradition through the photography of Aliocha Boi and Daphné Lejeune. Created inside the French luxury house's historic manufacture in northeastern France, the publication captures crystal production from raw materials and workshop tools to skilled artisans and finished pieces. Released alongside an exhibition at Fisheye Éditions during the Les Rencontres d'Arles photography festival, the book offers a visual record of the craftsmanship and architecture that define Baccarat's manufacturing legacy.
Boi's photographs are captured in a way that focus on the atmosphere of the workshops, highlighting furnaces, crystal fragments, and the daily work of artisans to contrast the production environment with the refinement of the finished objects. Lejeune explores the material through orange-toned photograms inspired by molten crystal, examining its relationship with light and sound.
Image Credit: Bacarrat, Daphne Lejeune
What Makes This Trend Stand Out
- Artisanal Heritage Storytelling
- Luxury brands are using documentary-style publishing to translate hidden production histories into cultural assets that deepen provenance, desirability, and collector engagement.
- Factory-as-cultural Venue
- Historic manufacturing sites are gaining value as immersive brand environments where craftsmanship, architecture, and process can become exhibition-ready experiences.
- Material-led Visual Media
- Experimental photography centered on light, texture, and transformation is creating new ways for legacy materials to be interpreted across art, design, and brand communication.
Sectors Adopting This
- Luxury Goods
- Heritage maisons can differentiate in crowded premium markets by turning artisanal processes and long-term craft knowledge into collectible media and cultural programming.
- Publishing
- Specialized photo books are becoming prestige objects that merge editorial storytelling, archival documentation, and brand collaboration for niche cultural audiences.
- Museums and Galleries
- Exhibitions built around manufacturing heritage provide institutions with fresh formats for connecting design history, contemporary photography, and experiential luxury.
