The Desert
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2000.
Format: Book
Description: 236 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm
The desert is a place of silence, mystery, and solitude, a setting and vehicle for dreams and myths, and the ultimate site of illusion and mirage. Europe discovered the desert in the nineteenth century via archaeological and geographical explorations. In that period too, photography was invented, and it went hand in hand with the discovery of the desert. Solitary travelers or members of scientific expeditions, artists, and photographers embarked upon the representation of the desert as a territory to explore and as landscape. Organized around a series of historical and contemporary works, this book examines the ways photography and the movies have represented the desert. Among the artists included are Michael Ashkin, Lee Friedlander, Edward Weston, Wilfred Thesiger, Bill Viola, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Herge (of Tintin fame). Distributed on behalf of the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain. 140 photographs.
Contents:
Deserts, interview / Raymond Depardon -- Visioni del deserto / Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi -- The infinitive image / Mounira Khemir -- Om El Dounia / Lara Baladi -- Deserts of California, Arizona and Utah / William Eggleston -- Riparian desert series / Lee Friedlander -- The twilight of the grounds / Paul Virilio -- Alice to Uluru, January '00 / Beat Streuli -- Titouan Lamazou and Raymond Depardon, Interview / Sir Wilfred Thesiger -- Namibia / Balthasar Burklard -- Pasolina / Andrei Ujica.
ISBN:
0500974918
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ART Photography Landscape Des | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
Published in conjunction with an exhibition presented at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris, June 21-Nov. 5, 2000.
Original French edition published by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris) and Actes Sud (Arles).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234).
Original French edition published by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris) and Actes Sud (Arles).
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-234).