“This encyclopedia will, in one book, make this architecture a part of industrial heritage, so that my photographs become historical documents and a reference for a wider audience,” said the Brittany-based artist.
He has documented feed mill buildings in places as far apart as Australia, the US, Japan, Brazil, Turkey, Russia. But he has also worked extensively in Europe, capturing feed mill designs in Poland, Germany, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Austria, France, The Netherlands, Italy, the UK, Denmark and in Switzerland as well.
As the encyclopedia will not be published until 2021, he is seeking further commissions. With more than 250 sites photographed around the world to date, Bellec said that international feed mills, regardless of their location, can liaise with him to have a picture of their factory included in the book.
As part of that photo deal, the photographer said a feed company would receive three to five images of its mill for its own use and two copies of the encyclopedia.
Participating mills also have the option to purchase a space within the book for their company logo and to have three to four pages within the encyclopedia with which to describe their professional activities, he added.
For industry players who prefer to buy the encyclopedia only, they can purchase it now and up until January 1, 2020 for 100€ instead of 180€, the price per copy when released.
Send an email to laurentbellec@art-feedmanufacture.com for further details.
Click through our gallery to view some of the international feed mill construction Bellec has snapped over the years.
Laucke Mills is a family owned stock feed and pet food manufacturer situated in South Australia's Barossa Valley.
Garant, in business for 60 years, is one of the largest compound feed producers in Austria. This mill site is in Aschach on the Danube, a town on the edge of the Eferding basin.
Deutsch Tiernhrung Cremer (DTC) is one of the leading animal feed producers in Germany. Photographed is its Deuka brand feed mill in Bramsche, which is in the Lower Saxony region of the country.
Veronesi, one of the main Italian feed players, has been in business for over 60 years. Its feed mill in San Pietro In Gu, near Venice, is one of seven feed manufacturing plants the company has throughout Italy.
Tokachi Shiryo's feed mill is located in Obihiro, a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido.
With over 50 years of experience in the animal nutrition market in Portugal, Provimi is currently part of the Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health platform. The mill in the Ovar region is one of two plants that Provimi operates in Portugal. The other mill is located in the Lisbon region.
Agrobalt Trade is one of Russia's leading manufacturer of premixes, protein-vitamin concentrates, feed additives, starters and prestarters for livestock and poultry.
The group includes production facilities for premixes and feed, a certified laboratory, a consulting group, trade and logistics companies.
The production site is located outside St Petersburg.
Mühle Burgholz is a feed producer located in the Bern region of Switzerland.
Pictured is a feed plant run by Turkish feed group, Optima. It is located in Gönen, a district in the Balıkesir province of Turkey, the region located near the southern part of the Marmara Sea. The company said the mill was established in 1987; the mill's total feed production capacity is 65,000 tons per year.
AG Partners has feed mills located throughout northwest and central Iowa, USA. The one photographed is located in Ellsworth, Iowa.
