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"CHRONOLOGIES"
Photography by Richard Misrach
Published by Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005
Signed First Edition
Richard Misrach is among the most influential, prolific, and
internationally recognized photographers working today. Best known for
his epic ongoing project, Desert Cantos--an extensive and unique
photographic exploration of place--Misrach consistently addresses
political and social issues through the adaptation of different
photographic strategies, even as he expands notions of traditional
landscape practice, and builds a complex and poignant document of
American culture. His subjects have included manmade floods and fires,
military bombing ranges, mass graves of dead animals, sublime night
skies, and details of paintings housed in the museums of the Southwest.
In one recent series, On the Beach--which was inspired by Nevil Shute's
postapocalyptic novel of the 1950s--Misrach's color photographs deal
with the human figure seen at a distance on an unspecified beach or in
the water, observed from an unsettling and difficult-to-identify point
of view located high above. Misrach's newest publication, Chronologies
is a compelling study of the photographer's process over the past 30
years. Stripped of their original context, the photographs--presented
in chronological order--illuminate how the photographer thinks and
works. Through fits and starts, reiterations and detours, the work
evolves and matures, weaving in and out of the series for which Misrach
has become known. Side-by-side, classic images and never-before-seen
pictures flesh out the photographer's logic and complicate it at the
same time. Ultimately, Chronologies is about time: The span of thirty
years, the importance of time in each photograph, the chronology of a
life within its time, and the book itself as a timepiece.
This hardcover with jacket is presented in MINT (NEW) condition, in publisher's shrinkwrap, opened only for signing by Richard Misrach. The book has 280 pages and weighs over 8 pounds. Inside are 125 color reproductions. The book size is over 15 x 12 in. This beautiful book makes an excellent gift.
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