Shortlisted for the 2025 Dummy Award

Shortlisted for the 2024 Paris Photo – Aperture PhotoBook Awards

‘Claire Cocano’s Rue Désiré Chevalier is a tender rumination on family, migration, and heritage. In the 1960s, Cocano’s grandparents migrated from Yugoslavia to France, settling permanently in an apartment where, more than forty years later, they would witness the dissolution of their home country. Throughout the softcover volume, Cocano weaves together her own images with a mix of family photos, journal entries, letters and identity cards. These visuals are punctuated with two contrasting items: records of an employment rights agreement between Yugoslavia and France printed on translucent paper, and a series of fabric blueprints that unfurl to reveal recreations of Cocano’s grandmother’s embroideries. “The book design feels very intentional, unique,” notes juror Negar Azimi. “As if you’re entering an intimate zone—a familial and spiritual excavation at once.’

Artist book limited edition of 65 copies numbered and signed – Available at Reminders Photography Project