Eden Éditions
The iconic book
of your house.
Eden creates, for the most beautiful houses of the South of France, collector books in 100 to 200 numbered copies — photographed on Leica monochrom, edited entirely in-house.
The principle
« A house tells itself better in a book than in a brochure. »
Eden Éditions deploys five years of editorial expertise in service of a single place — yours. Photography, history, architecture, lineage : everything is gathered in an object designed to outlast the season, to outlast the trend, to outlast a decade. The kind of book one keeps in a suite, offers to a few clients, places on the shelf among the books one wants to be remembered for.
The visual signature
Photographed
on Leica.
All Eden Éditions images are taken on Leica monochrom — by the magazine's photographers or by Olivier himself. The choice is not technical : it is a slow camera, a witnessing camera, a camera that demands one wait for the light.
It is the camera one chooses when one wants the photograph to last as long as the place.
Leica M Monochrom
Each image, an act of attention.
The three editions
Three thresholds. One signature.
Each house chooses the level of object that suits its history.
Édition
25 000 €
100 numbered copies
24 × 32 cm · 128 p.
- ●Cream linen cover
- ●Title stamped in sepia ink
- ●Munken Pure paper, 150g/m²
- ●Leica monochrom photography
- ●FR / EN parallel sections
- ●7 months gestation
« The dignified entry. For houses that want their book without engaging in 50 K€. »
Collection
35 000 €
150 numbered copies
28 × 38 cm · 160 p.
- ●Linen cover, blind-stamped title
- ●Natural cardboard slipcase
- ●Deckle-edge pages on three sides
- ●3 hand-tipped photographic plates
- ●Card signed by photographer
- ●8 months gestation
« The Eden Éditions standard. The book that truly inhabits the category. »
Auteur
50 000 €
200 numbered + 20 artist's proofs
28 × 38 cm · 192 p.
- ●Premium linen, blind-stamp + gold foil
- ●Matched linen slipcase, magnetic clasp
- ●Munken Pure paper, 170g/m²
- ●7 hand-tipped plates with crystal sheets
- ●Inner pocket : signed card + object of the place
- ●9–10 months gestation
« The collector's piece. For the houses that want THE reference book on their place. »
The making
Nine months of gestation.
The exact time it takes to inhabit a place, photograph its seasons, write its history.
Brief
Brief signed with the house. Editorial scope, format, tier chosen.
Research
Historical research on site. Family archives, deeds, photographs of the place across decades.
Photography
Three to six Leica sessions across the seasons. Light at dawn, light at noon, light at dusk.
Writing
Olivier writes. The owners read. Adjustments, calibrations, the right balance between history and breath.
Layout
Design and typography. Hand-drawn maps, family trees, plans of the building.
Bon à tirer
Final proofs. Last reading. Approval signed.
Printing & binding
Printing in Switzerland or Italy. Hand-binding. Slipcase fabrication.
Delivery
Numbered, signed, delivered to the house. The artist's proofs to the owners and to Olivier.
First book in gestation
Les Bories
« An entire life of dry stone. The first volume of Collection Eden tells the story of Les Bories — these stones gathered, fitted, placed by generations of shepherds, then restored to receive guests. The book of stone, of light, of patience. »
Collection Eden · 150 copies · 28 × 38 cm
Available in 2027
For whom
Houses that deserve a book.
i.
Grand hotels and palaces
Properties whose architecture, history, and clientele justify a collector object placed in suites and offered to long-time guests.
ii.
Family houses
Domains, mas, bastides whose history goes back several generations — and whose lineage deserves to be told before it is forgotten.
iii.
Houses of patrimony
Châteaux, abbeys, manors — places that exist not only as a business, but as a piece of inhabited heritage.
To begin
A conversation
with Olivier.
Each book begins with a visit. The exchange is private, slow, without commitment. A coffee in your gardens, a walk through the rooms, a question : « what should one keep, of all this ? »
Write to Olivier