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Robbert Flick : trajectories
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Robbert Flick's work extends the same visual, philosophical, and theoretically fertile tradition set by the highly influential and iconoclastic Robert Heinecken. But while Heinecken's emphasis can be said to rely on the manner in which images function within the intersection of popular culture and the fine arts, Flick has characteristically concentrated more intently on(...)
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Robbert Flick's work extends the same visual, philosophical, and theoretically fertile tradition set by the highly influential and iconoclastic Robert Heinecken. But while Heinecken's emphasis can be said to rely on the manner in which images function within the intersection of popular culture and the fine arts, Flick has characteristically concentrated more intently on(...)
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Robbert Flick : trajectories
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Robbert Flick's work extends the same visual, philosophical, and theoretically fertile tradition set by the highly influential and iconoclastic Robert Heinecken. But while Heinecken's emphasis can be said to rely on the manner in which images function within the intersection of popular culture and the fine arts, Flick has characteristically concentrated more intently on the artifactual, conceptual, and receptive properties of photography--specifically landscape photography. The distinctive retinal and conceptual strength of Flick's work has been evident since his early essay-format images of the 1960s. In his more recent digital work, he extends his participation in the critical discourse established around the interpretation, evaluation, and assessment of visual constructs related to the landscape. And yet, this movement has only become possible through a conceptual transition from a position of creating unique objects to an emphasis on interactivity and multiple access using still and moving images that allow for the work's insertion into the broader socio-political arena where the application defines the discourse. Trajectories traces the artist's career from the 1970s to the present, providing the opportunity to examine his visual development while also charting the conceptual and philosophical impact of contemporary culture on landscape, cultural geography, and technology. Edited by Tim B. Wride with essays by Michael Dear and David L. Ulin
Robbert Flick : trajectories
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Robbert Flick's work extends the same visual, philosophical, and theoretically fertile tradition set by the highly influential and iconoclastic Robert Heinecken. But while Heinecken's emphasis can be said to rely on the manner in which images function within the intersection of popular culture and the fine arts, Flick has characteristically concentrated more intently on the artifactual, conceptual, and receptive properties of photography--specifically landscape photography. The distinctive retinal and conceptual strength of Flick's work has been evident since his early essay-format images of the 1960s. In his more recent digital work, he extends his participation in the critical discourse established around the interpretation, evaluation, and assessment of visual constructs related to the landscape. And yet, this movement has only become possible through a conceptual transition from a position of creating unique objects to an emphasis on interactivity and multiple access using still and moving images that allow for the work's insertion into the broader socio-political arena where the application defines the discourse. Trajectories traces the artist's career from the 1970s to the present, providing the opportunity to examine his visual development while also charting the conceptual and philosophical impact of contemporary culture on landscape, cultural geography, and technology. Edited by Tim B. Wride with essays by Michael Dear and David L. Ulin
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January 1900, Los Angeles
January 1900, Los Angeles
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Photography monographs
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«…l’angle de vue sous lequel Édith Roux montre les sites révèle un foisonnement doux et divers : utile contrepoint aux uniformes urbains, poétique de la « zone ». Le cadrage et le champ forcent le regard vers ce que l’on méprise habituellement : l’herbe. D’une façon ou d’une autre, par une approche sans rapport avec la démarche scientifique, l’univers visuel abordé ici(...)
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«…l’angle de vue sous lequel Édith Roux montre les sites révèle un foisonnement doux et divers : utile contrepoint aux uniformes urbains, poétique de la « zone ». Le cadrage et le champ forcent le regard vers ce que l’on méprise habituellement : l’herbe. D’une façon ou d’une autre, par une approche sans rapport avec la démarche scientifique, l’univers visuel abordé ici(...)
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January 1900, Paris
January 1900, Paris
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Euroland
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«…l’angle de vue sous lequel Édith Roux montre les sites révèle un foisonnement doux et divers : utile contrepoint aux uniformes urbains, poétique de la « zone ». Le cadrage et le champ forcent le regard vers ce que l’on méprise habituellement : l’herbe. D’une façon ou d’une autre, par une approche sans rapport avec la démarche scientifique, l’univers visuel abordé ici appartient à cet ensemble diffus et fractionné que j’appelle Tiers paysage : fragment indécidé du jardin planétaire. Territoire biologique du futur. Réserve d’inconnu. » [Gilles Clément] Édith Roux regarde ces friches, ces délaissés du territoire urbanisé comme un territoire biologique privilégié, seul refuge de la diversité. Les deux approches, celle du jardinier, celle de la photographe, se retrouvent sur le terrain. Réalisé autour des territoires en friche observés dans de nombreux pays d’Europe, le travail photographique d’Édith Roux est analysé par le paysagiste Gilles Clément, qui développe actuellement une réflexion autour de la notion de Tiers paysage et de la déprise du territoire urbain ou agricole dans les espaces délaissés. Le texte de Guy Tortosa accompagne cette réflexion par un regard sur la dimension poétique de ce travail.
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«…l’angle de vue sous lequel Édith Roux montre les sites révèle un foisonnement doux et divers : utile contrepoint aux uniformes urbains, poétique de la « zone ». Le cadrage et le champ forcent le regard vers ce que l’on méprise habituellement : l’herbe. D’une façon ou d’une autre, par une approche sans rapport avec la démarche scientifique, l’univers visuel abordé ici appartient à cet ensemble diffus et fractionné que j’appelle Tiers paysage : fragment indécidé du jardin planétaire. Territoire biologique du futur. Réserve d’inconnu. » [Gilles Clément] Édith Roux regarde ces friches, ces délaissés du territoire urbanisé comme un territoire biologique privilégié, seul refuge de la diversité. Les deux approches, celle du jardinier, celle de la photographe, se retrouvent sur le terrain. Réalisé autour des territoires en friche observés dans de nombreux pays d’Europe, le travail photographique d’Édith Roux est analysé par le paysagiste Gilles Clément, qui développe actuellement une réflexion autour de la notion de Tiers paysage et de la déprise du territoire urbain ou agricole dans les espaces délaissés. Le texte de Guy Tortosa accompagne cette réflexion par un regard sur la dimension poétique de ce travail.
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January 1900, Paris
January 1900, Paris
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Ratcliffe Power Station
Ratcliffe Power Station
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Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is located in Nottinghamshire, England. Michael Kenna first began photographing the power station in the early 1980s, and over the past several years he has visited the site many times, producing a body of work as ominous as it is beautiful. The Ratcliffe photographs take on the tonal quality of a partially lit ecosphere unique to the(...)
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Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is located in Nottinghamshire, England. Michael Kenna first began photographing the power station in the early 1980s, and over the past several years he has visited the site many times, producing a body of work as ominous as it is beautiful. The Ratcliffe photographs take on the tonal quality of a partially lit ecosphere unique to the(...)
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Ratcliffe Power Station
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Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is located in Nottinghamshire, England. Michael Kenna first began photographing the power station in the early 1980s, and over the past several years he has visited the site many times, producing a body of work as ominous as it is beautiful. The Ratcliffe photographs take on the tonal quality of a partially lit ecosphere unique to the photographer and his subject. A brilliant manipulator of half-light, Kenna’s grainy, spatial topography epitomizes the grey skies of Northern England that were the ubiquitous backdrop to his childhood. Kenna’s Ratcliffe photographs create the impression of an atmospherically foggy day, registering the homeostasis of a mood that is a dominant characteristic of his work. Beautifully printed in duotone on matt art paper, Ratcliffe Power Station is published in a first edition of 3,000 copies.
Ratcliffe Power Station
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Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is located in Nottinghamshire, England. Michael Kenna first began photographing the power station in the early 1980s, and over the past several years he has visited the site many times, producing a body of work as ominous as it is beautiful. The Ratcliffe photographs take on the tonal quality of a partially lit ecosphere unique to the photographer and his subject. A brilliant manipulator of half-light, Kenna’s grainy, spatial topography epitomizes the grey skies of Northern England that were the ubiquitous backdrop to his childhood. Kenna’s Ratcliffe photographs create the impression of an atmospherically foggy day, registering the homeostasis of a mood that is a dominant characteristic of his work. Beautifully printed in duotone on matt art paper, Ratcliffe Power Station is published in a first edition of 3,000 copies.
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January 2004, Tucson
January 2004, Tucson
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Over the last thrity years, Candida Hofer has created meticulously composed images of the interiors of public and institutional spaces-spaces marked with the richness of human activity, yet largely devoid of human presence. "Architecture of absence" examines how Hofer's oeuvre and the relationship to her architecture work to that of the Becher circle-noted students of(...)
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Over the last thrity years, Candida Hofer has created meticulously composed images of the interiors of public and institutional spaces-spaces marked with the richness of human activity, yet largely devoid of human presence. "Architecture of absence" examines how Hofer's oeuvre and the relationship to her architecture work to that of the Becher circle-noted students of(...)
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October 2004, New York
October 2004, New York
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Candida Hofer : architecture of absence
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Over the last thrity years, Candida Hofer has created meticulously composed images of the interiors of public and institutional spaces-spaces marked with the richness of human activity, yet largely devoid of human presence. "Architecture of absence" examines how Hofer's oeuvre and the relationship to her architecture work to that of the Becher circle-noted students of the Dusseldorf Art Academy's renowed professor Bernd Becher, including Thomas Ruff, Thomas Stuth, Andreas Gursky and Axel Hutte.
Candida Hofer : architecture of absence
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Over the last thrity years, Candida Hofer has created meticulously composed images of the interiors of public and institutional spaces-spaces marked with the richness of human activity, yet largely devoid of human presence. "Architecture of absence" examines how Hofer's oeuvre and the relationship to her architecture work to that of the Becher circle-noted students of the Dusseldorf Art Academy's renowed professor Bernd Becher, including Thomas Ruff, Thomas Stuth, Andreas Gursky and Axel Hutte.
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October 2004, New York
October 2004, New York
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Subway Memories
Subway Memories
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This book of photographs showcases over thirty years of New York subway photography by Chilean-born documentary photographer Camilo José Vergara. Thecolor images document the evolution of the city’s neighbourhoods and offer views of stations, tracks, and trains throughout the urban landscape. They chronicle Vergara’s own exploration of his adopted hometown and of the(...)
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This book of photographs showcases over thirty years of New York subway photography by Chilean-born documentary photographer Camilo José Vergara. Thecolor images document the evolution of the city’s neighbourhoods and offer views of stations, tracks, and trains throughout the urban landscape. They chronicle Vergara’s own exploration of his adopted hometown and of the(...)
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Subway Memories
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This book of photographs showcases over thirty years of New York subway photography by Chilean-born documentary photographer Camilo José Vergara. Thecolor images document the evolution of the city’s neighbourhoods and offer views of stations, tracks, and trains throughout the urban landscape. They chronicle Vergara’s own exploration of his adopted hometown and of the subway that became his conduit of discovery. Vergara’s work dramatizes the vital role of New York’s subway in keeping New York neighborhoods alive and flourishing.
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This book of photographs showcases over thirty years of New York subway photography by Chilean-born documentary photographer Camilo José Vergara. Thecolor images document the evolution of the city’s neighbourhoods and offer views of stations, tracks, and trains throughout the urban landscape. They chronicle Vergara’s own exploration of his adopted hometown and of the subway that became his conduit of discovery. Vergara’s work dramatizes the vital role of New York’s subway in keeping New York neighborhoods alive and flourishing.
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October 2004, New York
October 2004, New York
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Alphavilles?
Alphavilles?
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Livre d'architecture sentimentale, de souvenirs d'architecture collectés au gré des voyages. Une collection d'images de villes et d'architecture dans l'ordre alphabétique qui débute avec Acapulco-Agra-Albuquerque... Ce livre d'images est publié à l'occasion de deux expositions qui vont se situer l'une à Antwerpen (De Singel) et l'autre à Zurich (Kunsthalle). Les images(...)
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Livre d'architecture sentimentale, de souvenirs d'architecture collectés au gré des voyages. Une collection d'images de villes et d'architecture dans l'ordre alphabétique qui débute avec Acapulco-Agra-Albuquerque... Ce livre d'images est publié à l'occasion de deux expositions qui vont se situer l'une à Antwerpen (De Singel) et l'autre à Zurich (Kunsthalle). Les images(...)
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Alphavilles?
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Livre d'architecture sentimentale, de souvenirs d'architecture collectés au gré des voyages. Une collection d'images de villes et d'architecture dans l'ordre alphabétique qui débute avec Acapulco-Agra-Albuquerque... Ce livre d'images est publié à l'occasion de deux expositions qui vont se situer l'une à Antwerpen (De Singel) et l'autre à Zurich (Kunsthalle). Les images de Zurich sont de Peter Fischli et David Weiss.
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Livre d'architecture sentimentale, de souvenirs d'architecture collectés au gré des voyages. Une collection d'images de villes et d'architecture dans l'ordre alphabétique qui débute avec Acapulco-Agra-Albuquerque... Ce livre d'images est publié à l'occasion de deux expositions qui vont se situer l'une à Antwerpen (De Singel) et l'autre à Zurich (Kunsthalle). Les images de Zurich sont de Peter Fischli et David Weiss.
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June 2004, Dijon
June 2004, Dijon
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The Remembered film
The Remembered film
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Most books about cinema, whether popular or academic, concentrate on what we might call the ‘inside’ of the film: from star performances to narrative structures. The relatively few books about the ‘outside’ of films speak mainly of such aspects of production and reception as the organization of the film industry and the sociology of audiences: the Hollywood studio system,(...)
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Most books about cinema, whether popular or academic, concentrate on what we might call the ‘inside’ of the film: from star performances to narrative structures. The relatively few books about the ‘outside’ of films speak mainly of such aspects of production and reception as the organization of the film industry and the sociology of audiences: the Hollywood studio system,(...)
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The Remembered film
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Most books about cinema, whether popular or academic, concentrate on what we might call the ‘inside’ of the film: from star performances to narrative structures. The relatively few books about the ‘outside’ of films speak mainly of such aspects of production and reception as the organization of the film industry and the sociology of audiences: the Hollywood studio system, for example, or fan clubs. The Remembered Film is unique in addressing a previously overlooked aspect of cinema: the isolated fragments of films, iconic images or scenes, that fleetingly cross our perceptions and thoughts in the course of everyday life. Victor Burgin examines a kaleidescope of film fragments drawn from a variety of media, the internet, memory and fantasy. Among these are sequences of such brevity they might almost be stills. Such ‘sequence-images’, as Burgin calls them, are neither strictly ‘image’ nor ‘image sequence’ and have not been considered before by either film or photography theory. He also considers some typical individual experiences ‘sampled’ from mainstream cinema. He reflects on such disparate occurrences as the association in memory of fragments from otherwise unrelated films, of the relation of a recollected film image to an architectural setting, or of a feeling ‘marked’ by an image remembered from a film. The Remembered Film provides a radical new way of thinking about film outside conventional cinema, and in relation to our everyday lives. It will appeal to a wide audience interested in film and media.
The Remembered film
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Most books about cinema, whether popular or academic, concentrate on what we might call the ‘inside’ of the film: from star performances to narrative structures. The relatively few books about the ‘outside’ of films speak mainly of such aspects of production and reception as the organization of the film industry and the sociology of audiences: the Hollywood studio system, for example, or fan clubs. The Remembered Film is unique in addressing a previously overlooked aspect of cinema: the isolated fragments of films, iconic images or scenes, that fleetingly cross our perceptions and thoughts in the course of everyday life. Victor Burgin examines a kaleidescope of film fragments drawn from a variety of media, the internet, memory and fantasy. Among these are sequences of such brevity they might almost be stills. Such ‘sequence-images’, as Burgin calls them, are neither strictly ‘image’ nor ‘image sequence’ and have not been considered before by either film or photography theory. He also considers some typical individual experiences ‘sampled’ from mainstream cinema. He reflects on such disparate occurrences as the association in memory of fragments from otherwise unrelated films, of the relation of a recollected film image to an architectural setting, or of a feeling ‘marked’ by an image remembered from a film. The Remembered Film provides a radical new way of thinking about film outside conventional cinema, and in relation to our everyday lives. It will appeal to a wide audience interested in film and media.
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October 2004, London
October 2004, London
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Despite Bill Brandt’s fame and considerable influence on the development of modern photography, the photographs in this book are a little known body of work. The work was carried out between 1939 and 1943 when Brandt worked on a commercial assignment for the Bournville Village Trust. The prints and negatives have been with BVT for some 60 years and the work has never(...)
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Despite Bill Brandt’s fame and considerable influence on the development of modern photography, the photographs in this book are a little known body of work. The work was carried out between 1939 and 1943 when Brandt worked on a commercial assignment for the Bournville Village Trust. The prints and negatives have been with BVT for some 60 years and the work has never(...)
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November 2004, Birmingham
November 2004, Birmingham
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Homes fit for heroes : photographs by Bill Brandt, 1939-1943
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Despite Bill Brandt’s fame and considerable influence on the development of modern photography, the photographs in this book are a little known body of work. The work was carried out between 1939 and 1943 when Brandt worked on a commercial assignment for the Bournville Village Trust. The prints and negatives have been with BVT for some 60 years and the work has never been previously published. The photographs illustrate the living conditions in a range of housing types. For example, the back-to-back slums built in the nineteenth century through to modern municipal housing built in the 1930s. The majority of the photographs were taken in Birmingham but also some in London where he looked at ‘old residential’ properties near to his own home in Camden Hill. London was undoubtedly one of Brandt’s favourite subjects and these photographs, taken around 1943, are amongst a much larger body of work Brandt shot in the capital city during the war-years. The Bourneville Village Trust was set up by George Cadbury in 1900 to manage the Bournville Estate, the model housing development which he created near his factory on the outskirts of Birmingham. The objects of the trust included: “the amelioration of the conditions of the working class population of Birmingham and elsewhere in Great Britain”. Many books and articles published around this time sought to address the issue of the living conditions of the working classes and photography played a key role. The images form distinct picture stories where direct contrasts are made between slum and municipal housing. Brandt also uses light very carefully within these images to emphasise these contrasts. A number of the stories follow a distinct narrative sequence – through the idea of ‘a day in the life’ – a device frequently used in the influential magazine, "Picture Post", for which Brandt often worked.
Homes fit for heroes : photographs by Bill Brandt, 1939-1943
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Despite Bill Brandt’s fame and considerable influence on the development of modern photography, the photographs in this book are a little known body of work. The work was carried out between 1939 and 1943 when Brandt worked on a commercial assignment for the Bournville Village Trust. The prints and negatives have been with BVT for some 60 years and the work has never been previously published. The photographs illustrate the living conditions in a range of housing types. For example, the back-to-back slums built in the nineteenth century through to modern municipal housing built in the 1930s. The majority of the photographs were taken in Birmingham but also some in London where he looked at ‘old residential’ properties near to his own home in Camden Hill. London was undoubtedly one of Brandt’s favourite subjects and these photographs, taken around 1943, are amongst a much larger body of work Brandt shot in the capital city during the war-years. The Bourneville Village Trust was set up by George Cadbury in 1900 to manage the Bournville Estate, the model housing development which he created near his factory on the outskirts of Birmingham. The objects of the trust included: “the amelioration of the conditions of the working class population of Birmingham and elsewhere in Great Britain”. Many books and articles published around this time sought to address the issue of the living conditions of the working classes and photography played a key role. The images form distinct picture stories where direct contrasts are made between slum and municipal housing. Brandt also uses light very carefully within these images to emphasise these contrasts. A number of the stories follow a distinct narrative sequence – through the idea of ‘a day in the life’ – a device frequently used in the influential magazine, "Picture Post", for which Brandt often worked.
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November 2004, Birmingham
November 2004, Birmingham
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Ces photographies, couvrant plus de dix ans d'activités de l'artiste à Paris, Berlin, Séoul, Pékin ou San Diego, expérimentent une mise en forme spécifique du chaos visuel. A partir de sa formation en photographie d'architecture, il en transcende les thèmes et les motifs par la maîtrise de la composition, de la couleur et du format qui sont proches d'une esthétique picturale.
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Ces photographies, couvrant plus de dix ans d'activités de l'artiste à Paris, Berlin, Séoul, Pékin ou San Diego, expérimentent une mise en forme spécifique du chaos visuel. A partir de sa formation en photographie d'architecture, il en transcende les thèmes et les motifs par la maîtrise de la composition, de la couleur et du format qui sont proches d'une esthétique picturale.
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Stéphane Couturier : mutations
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Ces photographies, couvrant plus de dix ans d'activités de l'artiste à Paris, Berlin, Séoul, Pékin ou San Diego, expérimentent une mise en forme spécifique du chaos visuel. A partir de sa formation en photographie d'architecture, il en transcende les thèmes et les motifs par la maîtrise de la composition, de la couleur et du format qui sont proches d'une esthétique picturale.
Stéphane Couturier : mutations
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Ces photographies, couvrant plus de dix ans d'activités de l'artiste à Paris, Berlin, Séoul, Pékin ou San Diego, expérimentent une mise en forme spécifique du chaos visuel. A partir de sa formation en photographie d'architecture, il en transcende les thèmes et les motifs par la maîtrise de la composition, de la couleur et du format qui sont proches d'une esthétique picturale.
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June 2004, Paris
June 2004, Paris
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A shard is a fragment of broken pottery, often used by archaeologists to reconstruct objects from past civilizations. In "Shards of America", Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has gathered richly detailed images from neglected corners of American’s towns and small cities, and created a fascinating mosaic. Businesses, religious sects, and community groups announce their(...)
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A shard is a fragment of broken pottery, often used by archaeologists to reconstruct objects from past civilizations. In "Shards of America", Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has gathered richly detailed images from neglected corners of American’s towns and small cities, and created a fascinating mosaic. Businesses, religious sects, and community groups announce their(...)
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Phil Bergerson : shards of America
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A shard is a fragment of broken pottery, often used by archaeologists to reconstruct objects from past civilizations. In "Shards of America", Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has gathered richly detailed images from neglected corners of American’s towns and small cities, and created a fascinating mosaic. Businesses, religious sects, and community groups announce their presence, offer their services, and pitch their messages, while commercial signs, graffiti, posters, and public notices blanket the surfaces of buildings and public spaces. Paintings and movie posters, dime-store novels and daily newspapers, figurines and mannequins, decals and stenciled graffiti, and children’s letters and drawings are laid out as artifacts of a greater whole. Patriotism, consumerism, censorship, nostalgia for a simpler past coupled with a desire for a less complicated present. Touching on all these themes, Bergerson’s quietly ironic but empathetic tone encourages the reader to imagine how our own ordinary world might appear to viewers in a hundred or more years’ time. An essay by photographic historian David Harris illuminates the work.
Phil Bergerson : shards of America
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A shard is a fragment of broken pottery, often used by archaeologists to reconstruct objects from past civilizations. In "Shards of America", Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson has gathered richly detailed images from neglected corners of American’s towns and small cities, and created a fascinating mosaic. Businesses, religious sects, and community groups announce their presence, offer their services, and pitch their messages, while commercial signs, graffiti, posters, and public notices blanket the surfaces of buildings and public spaces. Paintings and movie posters, dime-store novels and daily newspapers, figurines and mannequins, decals and stenciled graffiti, and children’s letters and drawings are laid out as artifacts of a greater whole. Patriotism, consumerism, censorship, nostalgia for a simpler past coupled with a desire for a less complicated present. Touching on all these themes, Bergerson’s quietly ironic but empathetic tone encourages the reader to imagine how our own ordinary world might appear to viewers in a hundred or more years’ time. An essay by photographic historian David Harris illuminates the work.
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September 2004, New York
September 2004, New York
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