L'Autre: 0000 - Softcover

Baudrillard, Jean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071483842X ISBN 13: 9780714838427

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1999

Synopsis

Language: English - 200 pages - - Luc Delahaye - Jean Baudrillard - Bilingual French / English - Bilingue français / anglais.

About this title

Review:

'If you've ever feigned sleep on the Tube to avoid eye contact with other passengers, you will identify with the subjects of L'Autre ... it's a compelling book: the text alone will keep you coming back to it, and the fact that the Metro travellers refuse to look at you just makes you want to stare at them even more.' (Scene)

'Fascinating' (Creative Camera)

Synopsis:

This text contains 100 photographs taken of passengers on the Paris metro between 1995 and 1997. The photographer says he stole these portraits because under French law everyone is the owner of his or her image. However, he also says that our image is nothing more than a worthless alias of ourselves and it is everywhere without us knowing it. Accompanied by a text from cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, this book is an exploration of the relationship between the photographer and his subject, and an investigation into the meaning of the human image.

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 071483842X
• ISBN 13: 9780714838427
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192