• Cover of Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes, green textured cover with silhouettes of a bird, squirrel, and mouse.
  • Interior spread from Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – raccoon beside pink lilies on a wooden table in a still life setup.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – small bird on a round table next to a white mug, flash-lit against a dark background.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – crow on a patterned tablecloth with fruit plate and a vase of flowers.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – cat walking across a cluttered table with dishes, glasses, and streamers, photographed at night.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – bird on a green table with tulips, a watermelon, and a knife in a nocturnal still life.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – blue-and-yellow bird perched on a shoe beside a bouquet on a reflective foil-covered table.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – two raccoons on a wooden table with a flower vase and cups, photographed at night.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – pigeon on cooking pots covered with cloth on a floral table, flash-lit in darkness.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – crow drinking from a champagne flute beside other glasses on a white tablecloth.
  • Interior spread from Plates I-XXXI – glass with yellow drink, snail on the rim, and a slug on a white tablecloth edge.
  • Interior spread from Plates I-XXXI – black bird holding a cherry beside a wine glass and a plate with cherries.
  • Interior spread from Plates I-XXXI – small bird near a bunch of green grapes on a pink tablecloth.
  • Interior spread from Plates I-XXXI – tabby cat beside a red tablecloth with an empty plate and a small vase.
  • Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes – close-up detail of the green debossed cover and spine on a cork surface.
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Plates I-XXXI

Plates I-XXXI — Lia Darjes (Chose Commune) Photobook

Lia Darjes
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Plates I-XXXI is a Lia Darjes photobook (Chose Commune) presenting 31 colour plates of staged still life photography shaped by motion-triggered encounters with garden visitors.

  • First edition
  • 64 pages, 31 plates
  • 26 × 20.5 cm
  • section-sewn debossed hardcover
  • French/English
  • Publication date June 2024
  • ISBN 979-10-96383-42-9
  • Concept, editing and sequencing: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi
  • Design: Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi with Perrine Serre
  • Shortlisted: 2024 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards (Photobook of the Year)

About Plates I-XXXI

Plates I-XXXI is a silent series in vivid colour by Lia Darjes, published by Chose Commune. The work stages small remnants of a meal in a garden and lets chance complete the scene. A camera is left outside for hours or days, triggered by movement, to record unexpected visitors.

Squirrels, sparrows, slugs, field mice, ants, and other small animals become the protagonists of this still life photography project. The images combine a controlled setup with documentary uncertainty. The result is a precise, contemporary still life study with a quiet narrative edge.

About Lia Darjes

Lia Darjes (born 1984, Berlin) lives and works in Hamburg and Berlin. She studied photography at HAW Hamburg in the class of Ute Mahler and continued at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin (masterclass with Ute Mahler and Ingo Taubhorn). Darjes became widely known for Tempora Morte, a documentary still life study of market stalls. Since 2018, she has taught photography at the Ostkreuzschule and has co-run the institution with photographer Jörg Brüggemann since 2023. She has been represented by Galerie Robert Morat since 2019.

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