One Picture at a Time Photographs, 1952-2008

Smoliansky, Gunnar (Marie Lundquist & Gerry Badger, eds.)

Verlag: Steidl Publishers, Gottingen Germany,, 2008

Beschreibung

Quarto; hardcover, with silver-gilt spine titles; 315pp., with many monochrome illustrations. Very minor wear. Near fine in like dustwrapper professionally protected by superior non-adhesive polypropylene film. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight. "Born on the Swedish island of Gotsby, Smoliansky was obsessed with the camera from the age of eighteen when he bought his own Rolleiflex. Inspired by his homeland, his location was exclusively the subject of his work. Shooting images of everyday objects, gloves suspended from a window, a cloud passing over water, the silhouette of a tree like an ink spill on a white page; his works carry an aesthetic beauty and cinematic suspense. Although Smoliansky's work demonstrates a Swedish melancholy, it is also part of a broader European photojournalistic tradition. Very much like the practice of Andre Kertesz, his eye distils its subject. Form and line are used economically while unorthodox camera angles and aerial views render the subject abstract. In an age of destination photography where the exoticism of the subject often defines the photographer, Smoliansky seeks to find the extraordinary within the everyday."- Saltsjo-Boo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 96193

Bibliografische Details

Titel: One Picture at a Time Photographs, 1952-2008

Verlag: Steidl Publishers, Gottingen Germany,

Erscheinungsdatum: 2008