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PublisherHatje Cantz Verlag Gmbh & Co KG

ISBN-103775747710

ISBN-139783775747714

eBay Product ID (ePID)3050400050

Product Key Features

Book TitlePhotography to the Test of Abstraction / La Photo À L'epreuve De L'abstraction (Bilingual Edition)

Number of Pages348 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicIndividual Photographers / Monographs, General

IllustratorYes

GenrePhotography

AuthorVéronique Souben

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight29.7 Oz

Item Length9.8 in

Item Width6.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal779.0922

SynopsisA hardcover compendium of contemporary abstract photography, featuring work from both established and emerging artists Since its invention, photography has been associated with realism: what better medium is there to capture the world "exactly as it appears"? However, artists have long experimented with the camera's ability to produce a less representational style of photography. In this multifaceted collection of both analog and digital images, today's most compelling photographers deploy a variety of techniques to create unexpected nonfigurative works. Established photographers are included alongside emerging artists in this comprehensive survey of abstract photography that speaks to the medium's endless possibilities. Texts and interviews with the individual artists supplement the photography and provide insight into their craft. Artists include : Xavier Antin, Walead Beshty, Juliana Borinski, Stan Douglas, Paul Graham, Barbara Kasten, Anaïs Leu, Catherine Opie, Eileen Quinlan, Thomas Ruff, Laure Tiberghien, Wolfgang Tillmans and James Welling., A hardcover compendium of contemporary abstract photography, featuring work from both established and emerging artists Since its invention, photography has been associated with realism: what better medium is there to capture the world exactly as it appears ? However, artists have long experimented with the camera s ability to produce a less representational style of photography. In this multifaceted collection of both analog and digital images, today s most compelling photographers deploy a variety of techniques to create unexpected nonfigurative works. Established photographers are included alongside emerging artists in this comprehensive survey of abstract photography that speaks to the medium s endless possibilities. Texts and interviews with the individual artists supplement the photography and provide insight into their craft. Artists include : Xavier Antin, Walead Beshty, Juliana Borinski, Stan Douglas, Paul Graham, Barbara Kasten, Anaïs Leu, Catherine Opie, Eileen Quinlan, Thomas Ruff, Laure Tiberghien, Wolfgang Tillmans and James Welling., Photography has been called "nature's pen," for it is incomparable in its ability to capture and keep images of the world on paper. It therefore makes sense to associate this medium mainly with figurative images. Three museums would like to clear up this misunderstanding in this book. At its centre is today's multifaceted, imaginative abstract photography, which fluctuates between analogue and digital images. This publication compiles non-figurative works of photography to create a comprehensive, fundamental survey. Here, famous fine art photographers such as Wolfgang Tillmans and Thomas Ruff meet exciting, newly discovered photographers.

LC Classification NumberTR656

Text bySouben, Véronique, Giraudeau, Nathalie