Le Val Nord by Gilles Larvor

Revers Editions: indie-documentaries from around France

Max Zhiltsov
The Phooks
2 min readOct 8, 2020

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I’m excited about the whole concept of Revers Editions ran by Elsa Seignol since the moment I’ve seen them for the first time about a year ago. And I must finally share my thoughts on this.

Revers build a highly interesting series of publications about France, printed zines. Small, “individual” documentaries, based on photos both from now and the past. A sort of independent historical archive of worthy, but previously unpublished, unseen works.

Le Val Nord by Gilles Larvor

Great work, I find a lot of value in it. For me — an inspiring example of meaningful, beautiful indie publications.

And the format, design worth a word: as simple as possible, but absolutely recognizable, perfectly branded. The whole attention, all the space is given to photographs, while the text and visual identity elements are still visible with this cover peeping from inside. It has everything to be a highly desirable, collectible thing.

I hope to see more from them and believe they could be a great type of publication for monthly or quarterly subscriptions. Right now we have three titles in stock:

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Max Zhiltsov
The Phooks

Photography enthusiast, Product & Marketing strategist. Founder of ThePhooks.com & mnngful.com. Partner at ClaritySupply.co