Johnston, Simon, 1959- photographer.

Meridian / Simon Johnston.

First edition.

Göttingen : Steidl, 2016.
©2016

46 unnumbered pages : all photographs ; 22 x 27 cm

"The Meridian project is a series of large-format black and white photographs taken in England on the line of zero degrees longitude. Using GPS technology to establish accurate locations, Johnston photographed on this line from coast to coast, facing either due north or due south. A vertical fluorescent orange line superimposed on the center of the images represents the line of zero degrees longitude, transgressing the conventional purity of the picture plane, and mirroring how we superimpose a rational grid over the globe to regulate space, time, trade and navigation. Although a prime meridian was established at the Greenwich Observatory in London in the late eighteenth century, many other countries used their own prime meridians, to much confusion, and it was not until an International Meridian Conference in 1884 that Greenwich became the global Prime Meridian."--Publisher's description. https://steidl.de/Books/Meridian-0910122227.html

9783869307817 (paperback)
3869307811 (paperback)

Photography, Artistic 21st century.
Photographie artistique 21e siècle.
Photography, Artistic
Prime Meridian Pictorial works.
England Pictorial works.
Méridien origine Ouvrages illustrés.
Angleterre Ouvrages illustrés.
England
Prime Meridian

Pictorial works

Location: Library main 308780
Call No.: BIB 254111
Status: Available