Main entry:

Gossage, John R.

Title & Author:

The Auckland project.

Publication:

Santa Fe : Radius Books, ©2011.

Description:

2 volumes : chiefly color illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Spine title.
Second volume consists solely of a poster (69 x 89 cm., folded 23 x 18 cm.), bound within hard covers.
Poster includes 14 images by Alec Soth. Verso is a picture of a girl sitting on a wall.
[V.1]. Southern stars : a guide to the constellations visible in the southern hemisphere / by John Gossage ; with a preface by John Tebbutt -- [v.2]. [without special title].

Summary:

In the Spring of 2009, John Gossage and Alec Soth were invited to photograph in Auckland, New Zealand. For both, it was a trip of departures. Gossage has been working in black and white for over 40 years, and this trip yielded one of the first bodies of work he had ever produced in color. Soth's work with the 8x10 view camera has inspired an entire generation of his contemporaries, and leaving it behind was key to approaching the world from a fresh visual perspective. The results represent a major shift of vision for these two vastly important American photographers. This publication represents the culmination of that trip. Both the concept and the content of the book have been driven by the uniqueness of the "collaboration" and the primacy of the book to the artistic practice of both Soth and Gossage. Essentially two books in one, The Auckland Project showcases a playful attention to materials and presentation that marks all Radius Books projects. Unlike 2007's Obvious & Ordinary, in which Martin Parr (in his signature color) and John Gossage (using black and white) published the results of a road-trip across the American South, this volume presents the two photographers' work separately, creatively combined through the device of the book and its housing.

ISBN:

9781934435267 (hardback)
1934435260 (hardback)

Subject:

Gossage, John R.
Photography, Artistic.
Photographie artistique.
art photography.
Auckland (N.Z.) Pictorial works.
New Zealand Auckland

Form/genre:

Posters.
Illustrated works

Added entries:

Soth, Alec, 1969-

Cover title on vol. 1: Easy guide to southern stars
On title page of vol. 1: Southern stars

Holdings:

Location: Library main m 277129
Call No.: BIB 210814
Copy: slipcase
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 276260
Call No.: BIB 210814
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main m 277128
Call No.: BIB 210814
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available