T&HFL12 After a lifetime of working on a series of
“collective portraits” in far-flung places such as Mexico;
Ghana; Italy; Tir a’Mhurain, Scotland; and his adoptive country,
France, an aging Paul Strand decided to concentrate on still lifes
and the stony beauty of his own garden at Orgeval, France, as a
site in which to distill his discoveries as a photographer. The
work that constitutes The Garden at Orgeval is marked by close and
careful study of the forms and patterns within nature—of tiny
buttonshaped flowers, cascading winter branches, and fierce snarls
of twigs. While the images bear the same directness and precise
vision that is quintessentially Strand, the work also reflects a
growing metaphorical turn. Renowned photographer Joel
Meyerowitz—whose own affinity toward Strand’s Orgeval series
stems from a lifetime of photographing in different genres and
ultimately returning to nature as an enduring subject—will select
the photographs in the book, and respond to them in an accompanying
personal essay, reflecting on issues, including the contemplation
of one’s garden and growing old. Beautifully produced in a modest
size, in the manner of a volume of poems, this book’s task is to
do credit to Strand’s final work, both as an individual and as a
key figure in Modernist photography.
General
| Imprint: |
Aperture
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2012 |
| Firstpublished: |
October 2012 |
| Authors: |
Paul Strand
• Joel Meyerowitz
|
| Dimensions: |
265 x 205 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
96 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-59711-124-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-59711-124-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781597111249 |
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