Vestiges d’empire presents a journey back in time to discover the ruins of French colonial architecture in numerous destinations around the world. Alongside architecture, history and politics are the other two pillars of Thomas Jorion’s work. His 180 previously unpublished photographs bear witness to a recognizable aestheticism despite their geographical distance. With its dehumanizing architecture, the human figure is almost totally absent, even though it was the first to take up residence here. Despite the variety and geographical remoteness of the subjects, the reported images sometimes hint at an architectural similarity, where no nostalgia inhabits this series.