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HARRY GRUYAERT
Edges
The “edges” that photographer Harry Gruyaert, a member of the preeminent Magnum photo-documentary group, explores in this incredibly lush, full-color book, are the oceans, seas and rivers where humans meet the edge and the water begins. This unusual, oversized volume, which opens from the bottom up, takes the reader to Israel’s Dead Sea, the Mali River in Niger, the North Sea of Iceland, South Korea and Biarritz, as Gruyaert’s sensitive photos record the subtle chromatic vibrations of the edges of the Orient and the Occident. This beautifully produced photographic ‘manifesto’ reveals the profoundly poetic character of Gruyaert’s work, the sensual elegance of his faultless compositions. An exciting book.
104 pp / 50 color
ISBN: 978-90-5330-616-1
Retail Price: $129.95
Add to your orderRobert F. Hammerstiel
Everything in Best Order
This exhibition catalog by Austrian-born Robert F. Hammerstiel is a collection of brightly colored still-life photographs that depict a utopia with a distinct aftertaste of plastic, of artificial colors and flavors that taint normally desirable objects in the Western world. “Questioning the mechanisms underlying our consumer society has always been an important driving force in my work,” said the artist in 2005. From streets lined with identical houses to bountiful spreads of meat and wine, Hammerstiel’s work showcases robust symbols of prosperity, shiny, pretty things that are so out-of-context that they seem somehow dysfunctional. Includes an interview with the photographer and excellent texts by art historians.
Softcover / 8 x 91/2 inches / 200 pp / 176 color
ISBN: 978-3-901756-95-5
Retail Price: $45.00