Rocks and clouds

Mitch Epstein
9783958291607 / 3958291600
Rocks and clouds

Rocks and clouds

Mitch Epstein
9783958291607 / 3958291600
Publisher Steidl 2017
Edition Hardcover , 160 pages
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Mitch Epstein’s elegant and formally subtle black-and-white photographs of the clouds, skies and rocks that allow New Yorkers to dream of a nature beyond the cityIn his newest series, Mitch Epstein investigates permanence and impermanence by photographing rocks that last millions of years and clouds that evaporate before our eyes. These large-format black-and-white pictures, taken in New York City, examine society’s complex relationship to nature, a theme Epstein has explored in previous work, such as his acclaimed tree pictures. “While laid up with a ruptured Achilles tendon, I wrestled with the passage of time, which suddenly felt palpable; read Robert Smithson; and reconsidered the inextricability of nature and human society,” Epstein notes. “All this led me to photograph rocks and clouds in the city.”The way the sky and ground can mirror one another intrigued ancient Chinese painters, as well as Smithson and the Surrealists, all of whom inspired this project. Here, Epstein draws attention to the sculptural quality of New York City’s clouds, bedrock and architecture–which, at its most elemental, is made from rock. Cloud wedges engulf a cargo ship, buildings recall Constructivist paintings and boulders are imposing elders in the middle of a park or sidewalk. Rocks and Clouds suggests society’s inability to control time and tame nature. While it seems impossible to make a fresh picture of New York, Epstein gives us a surprising portrait of it.A pioneer of 1970s color photography, Mitch Epstein has photographed the human engagement with the landscape for the past 40 years. Epstein has won numerous awards including the Prix Pictet, the Berlin Prize and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has recorded the cultural and physical evolution of the United States from 1973 to the present in his Steidl books Family Business (2003), Recreation (2005) and American Power (2011).

Specifications

Book title Rocks and clouds
Photographer Mitch Epstein
ISBN 10 3958291600 / 3-95829-160-0       
ISBN 13 9783958291607 / 978-3-95829-160-7
Publisher Steidl
Publish date Feb 2018
Publish year 2017
Book format Hardcover
Book format details clothbound hardcover book in slipcase (Four-color process)
Language English
Pages 160 pages
Dimensions 29,5 x 36 cm / 11.5 x 14.25 inches
Weight 2,1 kg

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