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"British photographer Robin MADDOCK’s third book, entitled ‘III’, incorporates three subjects, shot in three cities in the United States.
Shot entirely in black and white, the three monochrome subjects take centre stage; a solitary floating sheet of paper, spilt milk, and a ping-pong ball, dropped casually onto sun-bathed sidewalks. (...)
Photo book ‘III’ is part homage to 20th Century American photography, part response to a country already saturated in documentary images, and a visual history well known to us from the ether of both high and low culture.
These 64 photographs, a pictorial riddle of small interventions, are an attempt to leave this tradition in some small way.
Previously known for his colour documentary photography in Britain, photo book ‘III’ might seem an unusual departure for MADDOCK.
Yet this book is a continuation of his solitary walking, and search for simple, quotidian illuminations.
Photo book ‘III’ reflects a new freedom from a responsibility to represent social specifics. We are invited to see the three elements of traditional reportage; time, subject and place, in playful, vertiginous free fall." (publisher's note, © Trolley, 2014)
Other photo books by Robin MADDOCK are:
The first, a portrait of the social interactions of youth and the law in Hackney, ‘Our Kids are Going To Hell’ (2009) was shortlisted as one of the best photobooks of 2009 by PhotoEspana.
His second, ‘God Forgotten Face’ (2011) is a continuation of his work on aspects of everyday English society in Plymouth.
Both photo books are included in the ‘Photobook History: Volume 3’, edited by Martin PARR and Gerry BADGER.
"British photographer Robin MADDOCK’s third book, entitled ‘III’, incorporates three subjects, shot in three cities in the United States.
Shot entirely in black and white, the three monochrome subjects take centre stage; a solitary floating sheet of paper, spilt milk, and a ping-pong ball, dropped casually onto sun-bathed sidewalks. (...)
Photo book ‘III’ is part homage to 20th Century American photography, part response to a country already saturated in documentary images, and a visual history well known to us from the ether of both high and low culture.
These 64 photographs, a pictorial riddle of small interventions, are an attempt to leave this tradition in some small way.
Previously known for his colour documentary photography in Britain, photo book ‘III’ might seem an unusual departure for MADDOCK.
Yet this book is a continuation of his solitary walking, and search for simple, quotidian illuminations.
Photo book ‘III’ reflects a new freedom from a responsibility to represent social specifics. We are invited to see the three elements of traditional reportage; time, subject and place, in playful, vertiginous free fall." (publisher's note, © Trolley, 2014)
Other photo books by Robin MADDOCK are:
The first, a portrait of the social interactions of youth and the law in Hackney, ‘Our Kids are Going To Hell’ (2009) was shortlisted as one of the best photobooks of 2009 by PhotoEspana.
His second, ‘God Forgotten Face’ (2011) is a continuation of his work on aspects of everyday English society in Plymouth.
Both photo books are included in the ‘Photobook History: Volume 3’, edited by Martin PARR and Gerry BADGER.
- Format
- HC (no dust jacket, as issued), 17 x 25 cm., 96 pp., 64 b/w ills., text language: English