Louis Vuitton Travel Book

The Louis Vuitton Travel Book Collection is an invitation to real and virtual voyages. In its pages, the illustrations of renowned artists and promising young talents tell the stories of the cities and countries they have visited, depicting each place’s varied architecture and special light and recording the passing days and the lives of its people. The Travel Book offers a new, contemporary vision of travel, taking in both remote wildernesses...

Illustrator François Schuiten needs no introduction. Writer Sylvain Tesson, born on 26 April 1972 in Paris, is a French travel writer. A geographer by training, he chose at a very young age to undertake journeys and expeditions in often extreme conditions (crossing continents by bicycle or on foot) from which he brought back notebooks or films. Author of travel stories and books of reflection, he is the winner of numerous literary prizes,...

Illustrator François Schuiten needs no introduction. Writer Sylvain Tesson, born on 26 April 1972 in Paris, is a French travel writer. A geographer by training, he chose at a very young age to undertake journeys and expeditions in often extreme conditions (crossing continents by bicycle or on foot) from which he brought back notebooks or films. Author of travel stories and books of reflection, he is the winner of numerous literary prizes,...

Le regard de l'artiste sur Shanghai, une mégalopole dont elle explore le lien à la terre en s'attachant aux parcs, aux jardins et aux minerais millénaires. Se referme par un élastique. Nigerian artist Otobong Nkanga weaves the canvas of humanity, plant life, and minerals in the sprawling metropolis of Shanghai.

Le voyage en Australie de G. Giandelli, durant lequel elle a croqué les espaces sauvages du pays, guidée par ses visions du «Chant des pistes» de Bruce Chatwin. Se referme par un élastique. Italian illustrator Gabriella Giandelli "reinterprets Australia's brilliance in breathtaking colors.

Le regard de l'artiste sur Bruxelles dans un voyage pictural rendant hommage à ses héros (R. Magritte, Hergé, J. Brel, Arno) et à ses lieux favoris tels que l'Atomium, le square Maréchal Montgomery ou encore la villa Empain. Se referme par un élastique.  Belgian Illustrator Ever Meulen visualizes his adopted home of Brussels with wit and verve.

L'artiste français Marc Desgrandchamps révèle les lignes d'une Barcelone évanescente.Quand Marc Desgrandchamps pose son regard sur Barcelone, il débute un travail méthodique, quasiment ethnographique. Il choisit d’évoluer quartier par quartier, avec un appareil photo, afin de mieux saisir la multiplicité de la ville. Dans cette cité active, cosmopolite et vibrante, chaque artère nourrit de nombreuses associations. Ainsi la rue médiévale...

Dzama’s Moroccan sojourn challenged his position as an artist, but also as a tourist dropped into an unfamiliar world. How could this experience be absorbed and interpreted in the truest way possible? With his sketchbook close at hand and his camera slung around his neck, he voluntarily took on the rather kitschy role of the quintessential foreigner, allowing himself to be seduced by the souks, going so far as to be beguiled by the antics of...

St. Petersburg for three weeks in the fall. Without respite, Kelly Beeman roved from theaters to dance schools and candy-colored palaces to golden onion-domed churches. The nostalgic promenades of the Fontanka and the misty canals became favorite stomping grounds during her stay. From the Winter Palace to the Peter and Paul Fortress, she crossed the drawbridges over the Neva and pushed open grand entrance gates, making her way into hidden...