Luc Jolivet


Photographer, Taipei / New York.

I’m generally tempted to take photos of things that display an enigmatic or uncanny feature by accident. 
They might eventually echo one another and chain into a cognitive pattern: things that look the same can make a nice book.

Some photos also develop their own graphic or playful aesthetic when framed into a picture, while others are eccentric by-products stratified by our complex ways of living.

Sometimes, photos also show up and take me by chance.



Pirouette

"Pirouette" is not the name of the dog on the cover.
The photos in this book were taken while doing something else: walking to the nearest supermarket, chatting about politics and cute dogs, sweating on a bike near a beach, commuting on the metro and coming back home perfectly tired after a day of fun outside, taking the bus to renew my ID on the most random Tuesday, etc.
They are moments that appeared in front of me like visual pirouettes, and immediately changed my idea of life, or of myself, or of beauty, or of friendship, or of things I had no idea I even had an idea of.

Published by New High Land

Taipei, Taiwan
ISBN 978-626-01-6210-8


150 pages
15 × 10 cm
Offset print
First Edition
2026, April
Printed in Taiwan







Out Of Office

The fate of an office chair is to stay indoor at a desk, partner in boredom to the daily clerical routine. In Taiwan, fortunate office chairs enjoy a better future, outdoors, some are the best friend of a nap in the shade, others gather and share the midday gossip. The harsh sun dims their hyper colors, and the tropical sweats polish their functional curves into the riddles of a life well spent.

Published by nos:books

Taipei, Taiwan
ISBN 978-986-97269-9-3


48 pages, 8.5cm × 6cm
Offset printing.
PVC cover with hotfoil & embossing
Accordion fold
1st ed. Aug 2023/ Cover in Blue/ 800 copies
2nd ed. Jul 2025/ Cover in Orange/ 800 copies3rd ed. Aug 2026/ Cover in Light Blue/ 1000 copies







Far Too Close (Go Too Far)

A poster book that puts you before a difficult choice: keep the book, or destroy it to get posters? The photos and the book itself are a playful dance around the idea of reading signs, hoping for better judgment to guess what the future holds. But the posters are folded, revealing only part of the information...
In Taiwan, everyday life choices and fortunes are swayed by consulting Taoist gods, collecting temple amulets and charms in various shapes and materials - and the wisps of incense smoke.
Useful guides when you feel far too close to the problem and might go too far with an impulsive solution!

Published by nos:books  

Taipei, Taiwan 
ISBN 978-626-97591-2-5


8 Pages with text,
12 Posters in quarto foldBook
size 25.7 x 34.5cm
Poster opens to 48 x 69cm each.
Offset and 3-color risograph and hotfoil printing.
Perfect binding.
Limited 500 copies
First 100 copies include sticker sheet.
November 2024.