
Publisher's description
Publisher’s Description
Photographs of Icelandic landscapes between nature, civilization, and globalization
For over ten years now, Olaf Otto Becker (*1959 in Travemünde, Germany) has traveled the high northern spheres. On a search for the never-before-seen image of primeval landscape, where the eye encounters the boundaries of familiar vision and nature becomes a mirror of the soul, Becker observes distinctive geographic features and waits for the ideal light conditions to manifest. Then, and only then, does he remove his heavy, large-format camera from its case—often in the middle of the night—to capture nuances by weak light, while at the same time generating the maximum possible technical quality. Becker’s deliberately subjective perspective goes beyond the notion of simply reproducing reality, so that his images are of great clarity, breadth, and concentration. This publication contains previously published and new photographs of Iceland that show primordial landscapes alongside traces of civilization and economic crisis.
You can view images from this book on the Hatje Cantz website.
Publisher: Hatje Cantz
Size: 340 x 270 mm
144 pages, 84 colour illustrations
Publisher’s Price: £ 55.00
Specifications
Book title | Under the Nordic Light: Iceland 1999 – 2011 |
---|---|
Photographer | Olaf Otto Becker |
ISBN 10 | 3775731903 / 3-7757-3190-3 |
ISBN 13 | 9783775731904 / 978-3-7757-3190-4 |
Publisher | Hatje Cantz |
Publish date | Jan 2012 |
Publish year | 2011 |
Book format | Hardcover |
Book format details | clothbound |
Language | German, English |
Pages | 160 pages |
Number of photographs | 93 illustrations |
Dimensions | 27,0 x 34,0 cm / 13.5 x 10.5 inches |
Book designer | Olaf Otto Becker |
More books by Olaf Otto Becker
See all books by Olaf Otto BeckerRelated photobooks
If you like the book Under the Nordic Light: Iceland 1999 – 2011, you might also like the following titles.