Choose Love (Paperback)

Paperback. This book was born from a simple gesture: going out intothe night, looking, meeting. Photographing without knowing,without waiting, without planning. I photograph the nightas a shifting space where strangers briefly becomepresences, appearing at the edge of parties, in suspendedmoments. These images were made in Paris over the pastthree years, moving through all kinds of spaces, fromunderground punk nights to the most mondaine eveningsof fashion week, from sawdust-covered dance floorsto the quiet elegance of art nouveau carpets. Beneath thiswork, a question remains. A generation highly connected,yet increasingly distant from physical contact. Too manyscreens, too much flow, too many possibilities. Attentionscattered, leaving less space for desire, for impulse,for encounter. This work does not document an absence.It looks for what persists. Those who still dare. Those who stillgo out. Those who still meet. Those who, in the night,continue to attempt something. A meeting, a glance, a kiss,a brief story or a longer one. All forms of love. Choose Loveis not a manifesto. It is a belief that even in darkness,something still circulates between us. A raw light.Almost naive. Essential.This book is a time capsule we are part of it. We can seeand almost hear scenes of joie de vivre as though they wereunfolding before us. These images whisper the idealsof a generation trivial, they are not. They are the marksof our brief existence in the chronicles of time.Arthur Samier is a Paris-based fashion journalist andphotographer, born in 2000. In 2023, he joined GQ Franceas a regular contributor to the style section, where hedeveloped a distinctive visual language at the intersectionof documentary and fine art photography, coveringParis Fashion Week for houses including Dior, Balenciaga,and Jean Paul Gaultier. Following this experience,he expanded his collaborations to various internationalpublications such as Unprint Magazine, Sky Blue,and Like Fire. Currently represented by Galerie Jean-MarcHervier La Suite.Pierre A. MPELE, aka PAM BOY, is a Paris-based writer,magazine editor, and consultant. A graduate of Central SaintMartins, he explores the intersection of fashion, media,and digital culture. He is the founder of SCRNSHT,an independent publication tracing contemporary lifethrough its digital imprints Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.