Topologies

Edgar Martins
9781597110570 / 1597110574       
Topologies

Topologies

Edgar Martins
9781597110570 / 1597110574       
Publisher Aperture 2008
Edition Hardcover , 127 pages
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With artful composition and controlled framing–but no digital manipulation–Edgar Martins creates sublimely beautiful views of often unbeautiful sites. Minimalist nighttime beaches, forests ravaged by fires and Iceland’s stark terrain have all served as subjects for his large-scale color photographs. He also explores the unexpected impact of Modernism on the landscape, including startlingly graphic airport runways and colorful highway barriers that, at first glance, read like abstract murals. Certain themes recur throughout Martins’ work. A sense of place and alienation from it. A sense of mystery-vividly embodied in scenes such as a woman with a bouquet of balloons on a deserted shore. And a sense that something unsettling has just happened or is about to happen–a fire, an accident, a close encounter with some unspecified danger. As John Beardsley notes, “Some images are what we habitually expect photography to be–evidence of the world as we think we know it–while others obscure their subjects through an illusionism that borders on magic.”

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Book title Topologies
Photographer Edgar Martins
ISBN 10 1597110574        / 1-59711-057-4       
ISBN 13 9781597110570 / 978-1-59711-057-0
Publisher Aperture
Publish date Apr 2008
Publish year 2008
Book format Hardcover
Pages 127 pages
Dimensions 28 x 23,5 cm / 11.2 x 9.55 x 0.68 inches

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