Picturing Eden - Hardcover

Anthony Bannon; Deborah Klochko

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3865212077 ISBN 13: 9783865212078

Publisher: Steidl, 2006

Synopsis

Eden or paradise, that place of perfect happiness, is an ideal that resonates across times and cultures. Picturing Eden assembles the work of contemporary photographers looking for their own paradises, some from a place of contemplation and restoration, some from a place of loneliness and despair. The differences between the heavens they seek and the comparatively dark, messy earth they are limited to charge their work with both political and environmental concerns--this is no heaven. And yet sometimes they make it seem so. By looking at the notion of paradise and the garden through the photographic lens, the book highlights the original lost innocence and the ongoing significance of a humanistic environment, and considers paradise's place in the history of art. Picturing Eden includes work from Adam Fuss, Alec Soth, Doug and Mike Starn and Sally Mann among others.

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Synopsis:

Eden or Paradise, that place of great or perfect happiness and satisfaction, is an ideal that is still sought today. It resonates across time and cultures, charged with both political and environmental concerns. "Picturing Eden" offers a rare opportunity to view the work of contemporary photographers who examine the many facets of paradise, from a place of contemplation and restoration, to a site of loneliness and despair. Organized in four sections - Paradise Lost, Paradise Reconstructed, Despairing of Paradise, and Paradise Anew - "Picturing Eden" explores the development and changing styles of the garden and concepts of paradise. By looking at the notion of paradise and the garden through the photographic lens, the book highlights the original lost innocence, the ongoing significance of a humanistic, culturally charged environment, and its place in the history of art.

"Picturing Eden" includes selections of the work of Greta Anderson, Wayne Barrar, Jayne Hinds Bidaut, Binh Danh, Ed Dimsdale, Ruud van Empel, Adam Fuss, Sally Gall, Lyle Gomes, Gavin Hipkins, Matthias Hoch, Simen Johan, Izima Kaoru, Michael Kenna, Mark Kessell, Sally Mann, Lori Nix, Han Nyugen, Michael Parekowhai, John Pfahl, J. John Priola, Michael Rauner, David Robinson, Liz Ridel, Josephine Scabo, Vincent Serbin, Jiri Sigut, Camille Solyagua, Alec Soth, Mike and Doug Starn, Hongbin Sun, Maggie Taylor, JoAnn Verburg, Terri Weifenbach, Jo Whaley and Masao Yamamoto.

About this edition

• Publisher: Steidl
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 3865212077
• ISBN 13: 9783865212078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192