I want to Live Innocent

Rodland, Torbjorn

ISBN 10: 386521617X / ISBN 13: 9783865216175

Published by Mack Books, 0, 2008

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With I Want to Live Innocent, Torbjà rn Rà dland takes a break from the nomadic lifestyle reflected in his first book and returns to Stavanger, the city he grew up in. He doesn't revisit old haunts and the images aren't dominated by the geography of the region but Stavanger becomes a generous theatre for Rà dlands exploration of the incongruous complexities both of his own mind and that of our culture. The centre of Norways oil industry, this Protestant coastal city has seen a tremendous economic growth since the late 1960s and Rà dland utilises a diverse array of pictorial languages to reflect on the paradoxes which arise with the addition of newfound wealth and materialism.\n\nTorbjà rn Rà dland was born in 1970 in Stavanger, Norway. Since the mid-90s his photographs and experimental video works have been exhibited extensively. Rà dlands White Planet Black Heart was released in 2006 by SteidlMack. I Want to Live Innocent is co-produced by Stavanger2008 European Capital of Culture. \n\n \n\nEmbossed linen hardcover\n25 x 20 cm, 144 pages\n83 plates\n\nISBN: 9783865216175.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I want to Live Innocent
• Publisher: Mack Books, 0
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 386521617X
• ISBN 13: 9783865216175
• Binding: Hard cover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photographic Books

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With I Want to Live Innocent, Torbjørn Rødland takes a break from the nomadic lifestyle reflected in his first book and returns to Stavanger, the city he grew up in. He doesnt revisit old haunts and the images arent dominated by the geography of the region but Stavanger becomes a generous theatre for Rødlands exploration of the incongruous complexities both of his own mind and that of our culture. The centre of Norways oil industry, this Protestant coastal city has seen a tremendous economic growth since the late 1960s and Rødland utilises a diverse array of pictorial languages to reflect on the paradoxes which arise with the addition of newfound wealth and materialism. Torbjørn Rødland was born in 1970 in Stavanger, Norway. Since the mid-90s his photographs and experimental video works have been exhibited extensively. Rødlands White Planet Black Heart was released in 2006 by SteidlMack. I Want to Live Innocent is co-produced by Stavanger2008 European Capital of Culture. Tøbjorn Rødland