PHOTOGRAPHY

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Photography and Landscape [ by Rod Giblett and Juha Tolonen, [ Part of the Critical Photography series, editor Alfredo Cramerotti ], 2012, 2012

photography book
230mm x 230mm
Chapter Titles: Juha Tolonen , THE BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY - - - Rod Giblett, 1. The birth of photography, 2. The camera, 3. Landscape, 4. The sublime - - - II THE ESTABLISHED TRADITION OF LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY Rod Giblett, 5. American landscape and wilderness photography, 6. Australian landscape photography, 7. Australian wilderness photography - - - III CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRACTICE IN LANDSCAPE Juha Tolonen, 8. New Topographics: Withholding Judgement, 9. Richard Woldendorp’s Badlands, 10. Wastelands - - - IV CHALLENGES TO THE ESTABLISHED TRADITION Rod Giblett, 11. Nuclear landscapes, 12. Minescapes and disaster zones, 13. Photography for environmental sustainability

Contingency in Madagascar [ by Stephen Muecke and Max Pam, [ Part of the Critical Photography series, editor Alfredo Cramerotti ], 2011, 2011

photography book
230mm x 230mm
As they set off for Madagascar in 2003, photographer Max Pam and writer Stephen Muecke adopted as their guiding principle the idea of contingency—central to which is the conscious embrace of risk and chance. In doing so, they established a new aesthetic in which image and text are inextricably linked to the notion of possibility. This stunning collection of photos and essays is the result of their vision, collectively illustrating the beauty and wisdom on offer in one of the world’s poorest nations. A contribution to the wave of new ethnography exemplified by Michael Taussig and Kathleen Stewart Allen Shelton, these encounters of events, images and experimental writing dramatize thoughts and feelings in the on-going construction of place.

UNTITLED now featuring: Alpine, 2011

blog, photography, text, submission, conversation

UNTITLED is a thematic blog of obsessions (or more professionally said, investigations) into a particular topic, either visual, textual or aural. topics will vary in time but only after thorough research and long-term commitment. (investigation is a serious business, i would never waste my and your time with superficial info. almost.) we kick off with mountains. feel free to share this journey; it’s a mix bag of fun, thoughts and cross-disciplinary communication. most of the material is appropriated from press, broadcast or online sources, some is mine. if I have the source, I’ll tell you, or link. if not, either because i kept the cut-out or clip for too many years, forgot to copy the author’s name, or simply couldn’t find out, i'll leave it blank. if it’s yours, do drop me a line. nothing is immortal anyway.

The Blind [ Part of the Critical Photography series, editor Alfredo Cramerotti ], 2010

photography book
230mm x 230mm
Images of animals are all around us. Yet the visibility offered by wildlife photography can't help but contribute to an image of the animal as fundamentally separate from the human. Yet how can we get closer to animals without making them aware of us or changing their relationship to their environment? 'The Blind' might be the answer. Developed for naturalists by the Institute of Critical Zoologists, the blind is a camouflage cloak that works on the principle that an object vanishes from sight if light rays striking it are not reflected, but are instead forced to flow around as if it were not there. In fifty stunning colour photographs, this volume shows the cloak tested in nature reserves, grasslands, and urban environments. By taking the human out of the picture, The Blind offers an opportunity to explore how we see animals in photography. Furthermore, it offers a compelling debate about the relationship between human and nature and examines in clear terms the role of evolutionary theory in social sciences. - - - - - - - Images by Renhui Zhao and text by Hyacinth Messam Contribution by ICZ Institute of Critical - - - - - - - link: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4717/

Unmapping the City: Perspectives of Flatness [ Part of the Critical Photography series, editor Alfredo Cramerotti ], 2010

Photography Book
230mm x 230mm
Unmapping the City, the ﬁrst title in the new Intellect series Critical Photography, features photographs shot between 2004 and 2008 in fourteen different cities around the world. The images are linked by their shared attempts to deﬁne a two-dimensional approach to a three-dimensional built reality, and to address spatial representation and urbanity through art. In representing the cityscape through a ﬂat texture of lines and minimal colour tones, they draw the reader into a conversation about the interplay between reality and its representation. This volume signiﬁcantly challenges and expands the critical discourse on photography and text and will be of interest to artists, curators, photographers, architects, and critical theorists. - - - - - - - Images by Alfredo Cramerotti and text by Jonathan Willett Middleword by Inês Moreira - - - - - - link: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4700/