Walter Niedermayr: Titlis - Hardcover
This selection of 40 medium-format color photographs by Walter Niedermayr transports us into the world of perpetual ice--to Mount Titlis, the glacier which rises proudly above the boundaries of space and time, 3,000 meters above sea level in the Swiss Alps. Only the human figures in colorful leisure attire which populate this alpine Shangri-la bear witness to the influence of civilization, transforming the alpine landscape--once the paradigm of an aesthetics of the sublime--into a trivial theme park governed by the laws of consumption. In Titlis, Niedermayr's camera captures the aura of a mountain landscape that is no longer just a mountain landscape but a legend. The alpine setting in which the puppet-like figures of tourists appear are shaped by these clich s and bold idealizations of nature to such a great extent that subjective perception and feelings become mere platitudes. If Jean Baudrillard were a tourist in the Alps with a knack for taking pictures, these are the images he would make.
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- PublisherHatje Cantz
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 3775714057
- ISBN 13 9783775714051
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages96
- EditorCodax
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Book Description Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Neu. Neu Neuware; original eingeschweisst; new item, still sealed; Bestellungen bis 15 Uhr werden am gleichen Werktag verschickt.Auch in seinem neuen Fotoband fängt Walter Niedermayr akribisch, fast archäologisch die Spuren ein, die der Tourismus in die alpine Landschaft eingraviert hat. This selection of forty medium-format color photographs by Walter Niedermayr, who was born in 1952 in Bolzano, transports us into the world of perpetual ice-to Mount Titlis, the glacier which rises proudly above the boundaries of space and time three thousand meters above sea level in the Swiss Alps. Only the human figures in colorful leisure attire which populate this seeming Shangri-la bear witness to the influence of civilization, transforming the alpine landscape-once the paradigm of an aesthetics of the sublime-into a trivial theme park governed by the laws of consumption. Niedermayr's camera captures the aura of a mountain landscape that has become a legend. The alpine setting in which the puppet-like figures of tourists appear are shaped by these clichés and bold idealizations of nature to such a great extent that subjective perception and feelings become mere platitudes. -Auf insgesamt 40 mittelformatigen Farbfotografien schickt uns Walter Niedermayr ( 1952 in Bozen) in die Welt des ewigen Eises: auf den über 3000 m hoch gelegenen Schweizer Titlis-Gletscher, der sich stolz über die Begrenzung von Raum und Zeit erhebt. Nur die Menschen, die sich in bunter Freizeitkleidung in der entrückt wirkenden Landschaft bewegen, zeugen von einem zivilisatorischen Eingriff. Sie transformieren den alpinen Raum - ehemals Paradigma einer Ästhetik des Erhabenen - in einen trivialen Freizeitort, der von den Gesetzen des Konsums bestimmt wird. Niedermayrs Kamera fängt exemplarisch die Aura einer Berglandschaft ein, die zum Mythos verklärt wird. Klischierte Vorstellungen und die plakative Idealisierung der Natur okkupieren den Erlebnisraum der marionettenhaft wirkenden Touristen so sehr, dass subjektives Empfinden und Wahrnehmen zum bloßen Gemeinplatz werden. Once again, Walter Niedermayr has documented the traces of tourism engraved in the alpine landscape with the meticulous precision of the archeologist in this new book of photographs. This selection of forty medium-format color photographs by Walter Niedermayr, who was born in 1952 in Bolzano, transports us into the world of perpetual ice-to Mount Titlis, the glacier which rises proudly above the boundaries of space and time three thousand meters above sea level in the Swiss Alps. Only the human figures in colorful leisure attire which populate this seeming Shangri-la bear witness to the influence of civilization, transforming the alpine landscape-once the paradigm of an aesthetics of the sublime-into a trivial theme park governed by the laws of consumption. Niedermayr's camera captures the aura of a mountain landscape that has become a legend. The alpine setting in which the puppet-like figures of tourists appear are shaped by these clichés and bold idealizations of nature to such a great extent that subjective perception and feelings become mere platitudes. 95 pp. Deutsch. Seller Inventory # INF1000173781
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Silver paper-covered boards with tipped-in four-color plate on cover; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Walter Niedermayr. Text (in German and English) by Martin Prinzhorn. 96 pp., with 40 four-color plates. 13-5/8 x 9-3/4 inches. New in publisher's shrink wrap (slit open for inspection). From the publisher: "This selection of 40 medium-format color photographs by Walter Niedermayr (born 1952) transports us into the world of perpetual ice, to Mount Titlis, the glacier which rises three thousand meters above sea level in the Swiss Alps. Only the human figures in colorful leisure attire which populate this alpine Shangri-la bear witness to the influence of civilization, transforming the alpine landscape into a trivial theme park governed by the laws of consumption. In Titlis, Niedermayr's camera captures the aura of a mountain landscape that is no longer just a mountain landscape but a legend. The alpine setting in which the puppet-like figures of tourists appear are shaped by these clichés and bold idealizations of nature to such a great extent that subjective perception and feelings become mere platitudes.". Seller Inventory # 110362
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