Zé Luís (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} belittlepilgrim) wrote,@ 2007-02-05 20:00:00 |
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favourite photography book : 2006
"The photographs in this book were taken in Hackney Wick and later buried there. The amount of time the images were left undergournd varied depending on the amount of rainfall. The depths that pictures were buried at also varied, as did their positioning. Sometimes they were facing each other, sometimes back to back or sometimes buried singly.
When burying my first batch of photographs, a passing man spotted me and asked what I was doing. Not only did I not want to give the location away of some of my buried pictures, but It just sounded a bit weird to say that I was burying photographs so replied that I was looking for newts. As soon as I'd said that I looked down and saw a newt at my feet.
Not knowing what an image would look like once it was dug up introduced an element of chance and surprise that I found appealing. This feeling of letting go and collaborating with place - allowing it also to work on putting the finishing touches to a picture - felt fair. Maybe the spirit of the place can also make its mark." - Stephen Gill
Buried book + Case + Bury your own print et envelope
Stephen Gill's Website
Title: Buried
Publisher: Nobody, London
Pages: 32
Binding: Hardcover
Publication year: 2006
When burying my first batch of photographs, a passing man spotted me and asked what I was doing. Not only did I not want to give the location away of some of my buried pictures, but It just sounded a bit weird to say that I was burying photographs so replied that I was looking for newts. As soon as I'd said that I looked down and saw a newt at my feet.
Not knowing what an image would look like once it was dug up introduced an element of chance and surprise that I found appealing. This feeling of letting go and collaborating with place - allowing it also to work on putting the finishing touches to a picture - felt fair. Maybe the spirit of the place can also make its mark." - Stephen Gill
Title: Buried
Publisher: Nobody, London
Pages: 32
Binding: Hardcover
Publication year: 2006
