John Gossage: The Pond - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 1597111325 ISBN 13 : 9781597111324

Editeur : Aperture, 2010

Synopsis

Considered a groundbreaking book when first published in 1985, John Gossage's The Pond remains one of the most important photobooks of the medium. As Gerry Badger, coauthor of The Photobook: A History, Volumes I and II, asserts, "Adams, Shore, Baltz--all the New Topographics photographers made great books, but none are better than The Pond." Consisting of photographs taken around and away from a pond situated in an unkempt wooded area at the edge of a city, the volume presents a considered foil to Henry Thoreau's stay at Walden. The photographs in The Pond do not aspire to the "beauty" of classical landscapes in the tradition of Ansel Adams. Instead, they reveal a subtle vision of reality on the border between man and nature. Gossage depicts nature in full splendor, yet at odds with both itself and man, but his tone is ambiguous and evocative rather than didactic. Robert Adams described the work as "believable because it includes evidence of man's darkness of spirit, memorable because...

A propos du livre

About the Author :

John Gossage is known for his artist s books and photographic publications. He studied briefly with Lisette Model and Alexey Brodovitch in the 1960s and has exhibited worldwide. He has produced seventeen books and boxes on specific bodies of work and his photographs are held in numerous private and public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Aperture
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1597111325
• ISBN 13: 9781597111324
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 108