Fotografi

The vivid colours of Morocco as seen by master of colour photography Harry Gruyaert. When Harry Gruyaert first visited Morocco in 1972, it was love at first sight. On every return visit, he has tried to relive that initial feeling of enchantment, the splendid harmony between form and colour, people and nature. From the High Atlas mountains to the desert, from rural areas to the bustling streets of Marrakech and Essaouira, Gruyaert¿s photographs take us on a dreamlike cinematic journey through a reality that is nonetheless highly physical, its textures shaped by light and shadow. Each image has its own power and all of them reflect the importance of family, community and faith to the people of Morocco, as well as Gruyaert¿s own innate curiosity and desire to understand different realities.

Die Medizinische Universität Wien zählt mit ihrem Universitätsklinikum, dem AKH Wien, zu den weltweit bekanntesten und traditionsreichsten medizinischen Ausbildungs- und Forschungsstätten. Gemeinsam bilden sie einen eigenen, das Stadtbild bestimmenden Distrikt. Diese gebaute Substanz aus knapp 250 Jahren nahm Stefan Oláh fotografisch in den Blick. Das Buch bietet einen visuellen Parcours durch die Stätten medizinischen Wissens und Wirkens. Auch das, was sonst unsichtbar ist, zeigen die Motive. Diese ästhetisch beeindruckende Diagnose wird durch eine kultur- und wissenschaftshistorische Untersuchung zum Thema ergänzt. Blick hinter die Kulissen des AKH und der MedUni Wien in einer Bildserie von Stefan Oláh Kulturwissenschaftlicher Essay von Ulrike Matzer Operationssäle, Medikamentenroboter, Desinfektionsstraßen, Phantomräume u.v.m.

Seit Januar 2020 hat Nordkorea seine Grenzen für Ausländer geschlossen. Doch schon zuvor war es aufgrund des Verbots unautorisierter Aufnahmen und strenger Kontrollen durch das Regime äußerst schwierig, seine geheimnisvollen Landschaften zu fotografieren. Tariq Zaidi verfügt über ein umfangreiches Archiv von Bildern, die er über zwei Jahre hinweg aufgenommen hat. Sein Buch zeigt eine Auswahl mehr als 100 bemerkenswerter Fotografien, die Einblick in die nordkoreanische Gesellschaft gewähren. Zaidi fängt gekonnt die Resilienz, den Geist und die kulturellen Nuancen des Volkes in seinem Alltag ein. Jedes Foto ist ein Fenster in eine verborgene Realität, enthüllt das komplizierte Wechselspiel zwischen Tradition und Moderne und beleuchtet die komplexe Dynamik einer Nation, die ihren Weg unter den Augen der Weltöffentlichkeit sucht.Nach dem preisgekrönten "Sapeurs. Ladies and Gentlemen of the Congo" ist dies Zaidis zweites Buch im Kehrer Verlag.

John Sanborn became one of the most prominent protagonistsof the American video art scene in the 1970s and1980s. His work ranges from the beginnings of experimentalvideo art to MTV music videos, interactive art, and digitalmedia art. Consulting with Apple and Adobe, he contributedto shaping the possibilities of new image toolsand was instrumental to the dawning of the digital imagerevolution in California.This monograph brings together a collection of works thatspans over four decades of exploring sound, music, culturalidentity, memory, mythologies, and the human compulsionto tell stories. Essays by video art experts, contributions byhis friends and companions, and a conversation betweenSanborn and acclaimed media artist Dara Birnbaumexplore the tension between mass media and contemporaryart. Sanborn himself traces the unique arc of his careerand talks about a journey that took him from museumsand alternative spaces to television networks, Hollywoodand Silicon Valley before returning to the art world. Fewother artists working with media can claim to have delvedinto so many visual territories.JOHN SANBORN (*1954, Huntington, New York) is a key memberof the second wave of American video artists. His body of workspans the early days of experimental video art in the 1970sthrough the heyday of MTV music/videos and interactive artto the digital media art of today. His work has been exhibitedon television, as video installations, video games, Internetexperiences and in live performances such as God in 3 Persons,a collaboration with The Residents, at MoMA in New York (2020).Sanborn lives and works in Berkeley, California.

A book recounting the history and marvels of Reschio through an alphabet of stories and pictures of an ancient Italian estate beginning a new life.Reschio Estate sprawls over the hills of Umbria, north of Perugia and not far from Cortona, in the very heart of Italy, with its circular Castello at its highest point. Dating back one thousand years, it was revived when it was bought by Austro-Hungarian expatriate Count Antonio Bolza in the 1980s, and it has now been transformed into a group of villas and a spectacular hotel by his son Count Benedikt, who lives there with his wife Donna Nencia Corsini and their five children.Reschio Estate is every architect’s dream, and a total work of art. It spans nearly 1,330 hectares of land, and today half of the nearly fifty abandoned farmsteads have been transformed into beautiful villas. The 1940s tobacco warehouse has become the Tabaccaia, where the vibrant architectural and design studio brings Benedikt’s designs to life, with furniture and lighting made by local artisans. Ancient forests and meadows have been restored to their wild state, protecting the animals living in their natural habitat.

The first high-end volume published on the traditional costumes of Saudi Arabia, with authentic and previously unpublished artworks and documentation from the acclaimed Darat Safeya Binzagr collection.Considered the “founding mother” of Saudi Arabia’s fine art movement, Safeya Binzagr has forged a precious and unique path of opportunity and creative development for many artists, especially young women who have followed in her footsteps. As a national cultural icon, she is a respected painter, collector, and textile researcher, and one of only two female artists to ever hold an art exhibition in Saudi Arabia in 1968, as well as the very first internationally exhibited Saudi artist.In 2000, Binzagr opened the Darat Safeya Binzagr, which houses the artist’s entire oeuvre as well as her private collection of traditional artifacts, textiles, and costumes, with meticulously documented information accumulated over the decades.Showcasing the colors, bold patterns, and intricately embroidered designs of KSA, the beauty and variety of these Arabian garments and jewelry are undeniable, although they are practically unknown to the Western world. Each headdress, garment, and necklace is an expression of personal and regional identity, incorporating Islamic, Indian, Indonesian, Malay, and Turkish influences that trace back to the legendary world of the ancient Silk Road. Preserving costumes that are no longer worn and celebrating those that remain at the heart of communities and families alike, this lavish book provides invaluable insights and over 300 images showcasing the history and stories of Saudi Arabia through the creative expressions of its oldest inhabitants.

The Ocean Speaks is a fascinating look at the musings and testimonies of more than 45 ocean enthusiasts, all united by a single mission: to give a voice to the ocean.

An exuberant biography of the life of the iconic photographer and naturalist Peter Beard, whose life and work captured the cultural imagination  Peter Beard lived an astonishing life. The artist, wildlife photographer, and bon vivant enthralled and inspired both because of his work and his legendary lifestyle. A scion of American industry turned explorer of Africa and environmental advocate, Beard embodied the extremes of his time: grand adventurer and sexually voracious partier, friend of everyone from the Rolling Stones to Jackie Onassis to Andy Warhol to Karen Blixen. And Beard had a passion-probably more like an obsession-with the faults of the entire human experiment, with the ways in which our consumption of the world's resources have come to consume us all. Beard's outsize life and character-his death-defying documentation of both the endangered wildlife of Africa, and, closer to home, some of the world's most beautiful women for a range of fashion magazines-animate this lively but authoritative biography. The journalist Christopher Wallace, long fascinated by Beard's artistic legacy, adventurous spirit, and hard-partying persona, came to know him well later in Beard's life. Capturing the varied social and cultural scenes that Beard moved through with glamorous ease over five decades, Wallace also makes a powerful case for the lasting impact of his work. In Twentieth-Century Man, Wallace has rendered this towering figure in all of his contradictions and complexities-a deeply romantic and idiosyncratic personality, beloved by so many, whose sensibilities nonetheless remained firmly rooted in an era characterized by racist and colonialist attitudes. Stirring and visceral, Twentieth-Century Man is the definitive portrait of Peter Beard.

Il Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) non nasce tedesco. Il suo nome originale era LT vz. 38, ed era il miglior carro armato cecoslovacco realizzato tra le due guerre. Ebbe però fortuna e sostanziale utilizzo solo in un altro esercito, quello tedesco che ribattezzò il mezzo Pz.Kpfw.38(t). Nella Wehrmacht, questo carro armato divenne uno dei simboli della Blitzkrieg, combattendo nell'avanguardia delle unità corazzate tedesche. Fu quindi così che nella primavera del 1940, i carri armati costruiti a Praga distrussero i veicoli britannici e francesi che due anni prima non erano riusciti a venire in aiuto della Cecoslovacchia...

The Panzerkampfwagen 38(t) was not born German. Its original name was LT vz. 38, and was the best Czechoslovak tank made between the wars. However, it only had luck and substantial use in another army, the German army, which renamed the vehicle Pz.Kpfw.38(t). In the Wehrmacht, this tank became one of the symbols of the Blitzkrieg, fighting in the vanguard of the German armoured units. Thus it was that in the spring of 1940, the Prague-built tanks destroyed the British and French vehicles that had failed to come to the aid of Czechoslovakia two years earlier...

Australian Women's Historical Photography: Other Times, Other Views focuses on the works of six Australian women who were working as photographers in the period 1850-1950. It critically examines their works against the historical backdrop of settler violence towards Indigenous Australians, the First Women's Movement, the Great War of 1914-1918, Australia's imperial occupation of New Guinea, the rise of anti-Western sentiment in China and debates about photography's status as an art form.

The book documents, through the interplay of words and images, the life of Palestinian communities of shepherds and farmers under Israeli occupation that threatens their very survival. Years of human rights activism in Palestine have guided the authors in crafting this unique visual and verbal record. 155 b&w illus.

This fully illustrated volume is the first career survey of prolific American photographer Rosalie (Rollie) Thorne McKenna, a sought-after independent architectural and portrait photographer.

A journey into Mous Lamrabat's joyous multicultural world. Encompassing both his iconic fashion imagery and personal work. An object of beauty in linen with a glued-in image, radiating joy.

Guy Ben Ner macht aus wenig viel, indem er sich selbstund sein privates Umfeld radikal in seine künstlerischePraxis mit einbezieht. Die Wohnung seiner Familie in TelAviv dient dem Videokünstler genauso als Drehort wie dieFilialen einer Möbelkette. In diesen oft grotesken Settingsoffenbart sich der Einfluss von Wirtschaft und Politik aufdie intimsten menschlichen Beziehungen.Dabei ist es die Diskrepanz zwischen improvisierten Drehsituationenund der Stringenz der künstlerischen Konzepte,die sein Werk auszeichnen. Im Gespräch mit dem engenFreund und Künstlerkollegen Christian Jankowski gibt BenNer Einblick in den Entstehungsprozess seiner Werke. Dennwas im Video improvisiert und zufällig wirkt, basiert aufmonatelangen Recherchen und gründet in einem umfangreichenfilmhistorischen Wissen. Entlang von Begriffen wie»Ästhetik«, »Fantasie«, »Familie« oder »Zitat« entwickeltKuratorin Fanni Fetzer ein Alphabet des Widerstands in BenNers OEuvre. Die Publikation will die klare politische Haltungdes Künstlers und seine Strategie, spielerisch Widerstandzu leisten, vermitteln. Der Videokünstler GUY BEN NER (*1969, Ramat Gan, Israel) lebt und arbeitet in Tel Aviv. 2003 schloss er sein Studium der bildenden Kunst an der Columbia Universität in New York City ab. 2005 bespielte er an der Biennale Venedig den israelischen Pavillon und wurde 2022 mit einer umfassenden Retrospektive im Tel Aviv Museum of Art geehrt.

Platforms of Reality is a multi-layered analysis and interpretationof Heaven Baek's work, which explores how individualsand society interact both in reality and on stage.It ranges from the artist's early works to her most recentpractice, in which she questions the reality of video timelines,instant realities, and collective memories. Her wellscriptedperformances are spatial visualizations of theflood of real information that has somehow lost its purposeand meaning.The book is divided into four chapters, each exploring adifferent sense of reality and bringing together her artisticapproaches. The metaphor of the platform can beimagined as stages for her work, where trains depart fromdifferent tracks with different destinations, crossing pathsas they meet continuously. Baek attempts to permeatesocial collectives with her research and artistic methods-from drawing to video to installation.HEAVEN BAEK (*1984, Busan, South Korea) studied Media Arts in Melbourne, and received her Master's degree from the Glasgow School of Art. She uses staged reality to bring her videos and installations to fruition, magnifying mechanisms of society and social interaction. She lives and works in Seoul and Berlin.