City of Salt

Nicholas Kahn , Richard Selesnick
9781931788779 / 1931788774       
City of Salt

City of Salt

Nicholas Kahn , Richard Selesnick
9781931788779 / 1931788774       
Publisher Aperture 2005
Edition Hardcover , 96 pages
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Panoramic photographs of fantastical landscapes make a bizarre Baedeker to alternative realities in City of Salt, by Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick. The second volume, after Scotlandfuturebog, in an intended trilogy of such otherworldly guides juxtaposes those scenes with similarly inspired texts: Sufi tales, the writings of fabulist Italo Calvino, and parables by the artists themselves. The strange deserts, marshes, sandy shores, villages and fields are often traversed by wandering figures, frequently in peril or precariously alone. Kahn and Selesnick’s process combines sculptural and photographic media. The artists first construct the intricately detailed worlds in three-dimensional miniatures and dioramas, then digitally photograph the scene and populate it with characters in allegorical, though intriguingly puzzling, tableaux.

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Book title City of Salt
Photographer Nicholas Kahn Richard Selesnick
ISBN 10 1931788774        / 1-931788-77-4       
ISBN 13 9781931788779 / 978-1-931788-77-9
Publisher Aperture
Publish date Sep 2005
Publish year 2005
Book format Hardcover
Pages 96 pages
Number of photographs 40 four-color images
Color or b/w photographs col
Dimensions 43,75 x 22,25 cm / 17.25 x 8.75 inches

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