The Auguste Rondel Gallery, made by Henri Labrouste, used to be a storehouse for rare books. The Gallery now preserves the works of August Rondel, a famous patron of the arts, in a gallery full of character.

Thibaud Poirier loves libraries and architecture. So he travelled to some of the world’s most beautiful book-lined spaces and photographed them from the centre of the room, to “highlight the symmetry and perspective of the locations” and offer the viewer “a feeling of immersion”. This feeling is emphasised by the lack of human presence in the rooms, “in order to paint surreal and timeless portraits of these monuments.”