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Robert Polidori's metropolis
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Not only is he one of the world’s preeminent architecture photographers, Robert Polidori is also--as his popular book Havana proved--a master of urban portraiture. The Montreal-born photographer has made haunting studies of bombed-out buildings in Beirut, decaying New York tenements, Versailles rooms in dusty disarray, Brasilia's paean to spare '50s modernism, and, most(...)
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November 2004, New York
Robert Polidori's metropolis
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Not only is he one of the world’s preeminent architecture photographers, Robert Polidori is also--as his popular book Havana proved--a master of urban portraiture. The Montreal-born photographer has made haunting studies of bombed-out buildings in Beirut, decaying New York tenements, Versailles rooms in dusty disarray, Brasilia's paean to spare '50s modernism, and, most recently, the abandoned, contaminated cities of Chernobyl and Pripyat. Taken together, they add to his ongoing project: the interpretation of the interrupted urban landscape. This new monograph combines the eye of a celebrated photographer with the distinctive voice of an artist and adventurer. Each breathtaking image--meticulously selected by the photographer from his own personal archive--is accompanied by a compelling first person account, based on interviews conducted by Martin C. Pedersen, executive editor of Metropolis magazine. Polidori tells behind-the-scene stories about the making of his photographs, takes us to war-torn Beirut and Brasilia and other world capitals, talks about what makes a building photogenic, how he shoots buildings he doesn’t like, his favorite architects, and his love of mosques. A look at the world’s great cities as seen through the eyes of a sharp social observer
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November 2004, New York
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In "Sticks & Stones", Lee Friedlander offers his view of America as seen through its architecture. In 192 square-format pictures shot over the past 15 years, Friedlander has framed the familiar through his own unique way of seeing the world. Whether he's representing modest vernacular buildings or monumental skyscrapers, Friedlander liberates them from our preconceived(...)
Lee Friedlander : sticks and stones, architectural America
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In "Sticks & Stones", Lee Friedlander offers his view of America as seen through its architecture. In 192 square-format pictures shot over the past 15 years, Friedlander has framed the familiar through his own unique way of seeing the world. Whether he's representing modest vernacular buildings or monumental skyscrapers, Friedlander liberates them from our preconceived notions and gives us a new way of looking at our surrounding environment. Shot during the course of countless trips to urban and rural areas across the country, many of them made by car (the driver's window sometimes providing Friedlander with an extra frame), these pictures capture an America as unblemished by romanticized notions of human nature as it is full of quirky human touches. Nevertheless, man's presence is not at stake here; streets, roads, façades, and buildings offer their own visual intrigue, without reference to their makers. And in the end, it is not even the grand buildings themselves that prick our interest, but rather the forgettable architectural elements--the poles, posts, sidewalks, fences, phone booths, alleys, parked cars--that through photographic juxtaposition with all kinds of buildings help us to discover the spirit of an Architectural America.
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Robert Frank : storylines
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Robert Frank is one of the most influential of all post-war photographers. Pioneering a revolutionary approach to photography and filmmaking, he combines autobiographical and poetic elements to produce straight black-and-white images that transcend the specific. Speaking of universal experience, Frank has said, "I'm trying to forget easy photo, trying to make something(...)
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November 2004, Götingen, Germany
Robert Frank : storylines
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Robert Frank is one of the most influential of all post-war photographers. Pioneering a revolutionary approach to photography and filmmaking, he combines autobiographical and poetic elements to produce straight black-and-white images that transcend the specific. Speaking of universal experience, Frank has said, "I'm trying to forget easy photo, trying to make something from within." He adds, "Time moves on and never stops or waits." Often involving a progression through a series of images, his work is structured like a musical sequence, creating storylines that resonate beyond the frozen moment of any single photograph. "Storylines" accompanies an exhibition highlighting Frank's experimental use of narrative in photography and film. The exhibition consists of his films and photographs, including Polaroids, contact sheets, and recent digital stills. Photographs from locations as diverse as Peru, London, Wales, Coney Island, and Chicago, appear along with several artist's books.
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November 2004, Götingen, Germany
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En 1991, deux ans après la fin de la guerre civile, Gabriele Basilico participe à une mission photographique, consacrée au centre-ville de Beyrouth. Ce territoire, symbole de “l’âge d’or” et de la diversité du Liban, fut pendant près de quinze ans le théâtre de combats rapprochés. Les images montrent des bâtiments criblés d’impacts mais encore debout, comme des(...)
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February 2004, Cherbourg
Gabriele Basilica : Beyrouth 1991 (2003)
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En 1991, deux ans après la fin de la guerre civile, Gabriele Basilico participe à une mission photographique, consacrée au centre-ville de Beyrouth. Ce territoire, symbole de “l’âge d’or” et de la diversité du Liban, fut pendant près de quinze ans le théâtre de combats rapprochés. Les images montrent des bâtiments criblés d’impacts mais encore debout, comme des squelettes, dans un temps suspendu qui n’est plus celui de la guerre et pas encore celui de la paix.Le livre se conclut par une série de photographies en vis-à-vis associant des images réalisées en 1991 et des vues correspondantes en 2003 du centre-ville reconstruit.
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February 2004, Cherbourg
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New connoisseurs take the opportunities offered by the typically Dutch phenomenon of landscape being continuously adapted to changing demands, always with temporary leftovers awaiting their turn for utilitarian recycling. New ways of thinking about landscape design originate from this specialist landscape use. Bas Princen's arguments take the form of superb photography.(...)
Bas princen: Artificial Arcadia
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New connoisseurs take the opportunities offered by the typically Dutch phenomenon of landscape being continuously adapted to changing demands, always with temporary leftovers awaiting their turn for utilitarian recycling. New ways of thinking about landscape design originate from this specialist landscape use. Bas Princen's arguments take the form of superb photography. The pictures produce awareness about the complex qualities that construct contemporary landscape, such as accessibility, wind direction, water currents and communication networks. In addition the use of certain products, such as kites, mountain bikes and GPS monitors has a bearing on the way in which landscape is understood. Bas Princen enters these landscapes with the slowness, sharpness and precision of a large-format view camera. Although he has a keen eye for user interpretations and has produces over 40 awesome and puzzling pictures, "Artificial Arcadia" is mainly a book about landscape and its design. Texts by Lars Lerup, Bart Lootsma, Wim Cuyvers, Jeff Derksen and Dirk Sijmons reflect on the photographs and present different views on landscapes in transition.
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Thomas Ruff : machines
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For his most recent cycle of works, photographer-artist Thomas Ruff digitally manipulated glass negatives from the 1930s which he had found in the photo archive of a machine and tool factory. This elegantly bound publication presents his machine pictures for the first time in book form.
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January 1900, Ostfildern
Thomas Ruff : machines
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For his most recent cycle of works, photographer-artist Thomas Ruff digitally manipulated glass negatives from the 1930s which he had found in the photo archive of a machine and tool factory. This elegantly bound publication presents his machine pictures for the first time in book form.
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Dans Stèles, la Chine est ressentie d’abord comme le lieu d’un accord unique entre nature et civilisation. Le monumental et l’immémorial s’y confondent, tandis que l’humanité semble happée, invisible mais partout présente, par des forces qui l’excédent. La série mêle ainsi minéraux et végétaux, parfois gigantesques, parfois infimes, avec des paysages urbains où s’ouvrent(...)
Stèles
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Dans Stèles, la Chine est ressentie d’abord comme le lieu d’un accord unique entre nature et civilisation. Le monumental et l’immémorial s’y confondent, tandis que l’humanité semble happée, invisible mais partout présente, par des forces qui l’excédent. La série mêle ainsi minéraux et végétaux, parfois gigantesques, parfois infimes, avec des paysages urbains où s’ouvrent tunnels et portes, des lieux habités qui ignorent l’usage commun. Au fil des pages, des idéogrammes ou des tracés à la peinture apparaissent. Ils figurent avec évidence la cohérence d’une culture, et simultanément, pour la plupart d’entre nous, l’incapacité à en pénétrer le sens.
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Les jardins parisiens de la Belle Epoque offrent aux trois frères Séeberger un cadre privilégié pour répondre à la commande d'un éditeur de cartes postales et pour mettre en scène, dans leurs photographies, l'espace social où se croisent familles élégantes et prolétaires. Décors et saynètes, soigneusement composés, traduisent le récent engouement du bourgeois pour(...)
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March 2004, Paris
Jardins parisiens à la Belle Époque
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Les jardins parisiens de la Belle Epoque offrent aux trois frères Séeberger un cadre privilégié pour répondre à la commande d'un éditeur de cartes postales et pour mettre en scène, dans leurs photographies, l'espace social où se croisent familles élégantes et prolétaires. Décors et saynètes, soigneusement composés, traduisent le récent engouement du bourgeois pour l'esthétique impressioniste et l'ambiance chère à l'univers proustien. Les Séeberger font ici également oeuvre documentaire en fixant sur la pellicule un état des récents travaux d'embellissement décidés par la ville. Introduction par Jean-Paul Brighelli. Iconographie rassemblée par Claude Malécot.
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Depuis les années 80, Normand Rajotte a laissé la pratique de la photographie documentaire pour adopter, par le truchement du paysage, une démarche plus introspective axée sur la conscience de soi et notre rapport à la nature. Ce livre retrace les vingt dernières années du parcours de ce photographe d'exception. Un homme qui entretient un dialogue tout aussi étonnant que(...)
Norman Rajotte : marcher sa trace, photographies 1983 - 2003
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Depuis les années 80, Normand Rajotte a laissé la pratique de la photographie documentaire pour adopter, par le truchement du paysage, une démarche plus introspective axée sur la conscience de soi et notre rapport à la nature. Ce livre retrace les vingt dernières années du parcours de ce photographe d'exception. Un homme qui entretient un dialogue tout aussi étonnant que soutenu avec la nature qu'il photographie. En introduction, la critique d'art Jennifer Couëlle nous présente le travail du photographe.
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Lucien Hervé (b. 1910), one of the great architectural photographers of the twentieth century, collaborated with Le Corbusier from 1949 until the renowned architect died in 1965. Hervé approached his subjects seeking not only to document the buildings he was commissioned to photograph but also, especially, to convey a sense of space, texture, and structure. Through light(...)
Lucien Hervé : building images
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Lucien Hervé (b. 1910), one of the great architectural photographers of the twentieth century, collaborated with Le Corbusier from 1949 until the renowned architect died in 1965. Hervé approached his subjects seeking not only to document the buildings he was commissioned to photograph but also, especially, to convey a sense of space, texture, and structure. Through light and shadow, Hervé defined the dialogue between substance and form. By delineating a strong contrast between light and shadow as well as placing emphasis on building details, the photographer was able to communicate the depth of a room, the surface of a wall, or the strength of a building's framework.
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