Background information
"'Showcaller' is the first book to explore the work of the emerging artist Talia CHETRIT. It brings together a wide range of her work from 1994 to 2018 and is linked to a retrospective museum exhibition at Kölnischer Kunstverein in early 2018. The title 'Showcaller' is a theatrical term that addresses the performative aspects of Talia CHETRIT's work, the power dynamics between subject and photographer, and ultimately between photographer and audience. The earliest works were created when Talia CHETRIT was a teenager, and she deftly collapses and mixes images spanning 24 years, neutralizing the space between family portraits, teenage friends, intimate sex images, self-portraits, staged murder images, still lifes, and street photographs, to name just a few of the subjects and genres her work occupies. Regardless of the subject or technique used to create the image, her focus is on exploring and revealing the fundamental social, conceptual and technical conditions of the genre of photography. Talia CHETRIT's work is filled with a desire to control the physical and historical limits of the camera, to pursue its potential for manipulation, and to question the relationship between photographer and subject. (© Mack Books, 2019)
In the press
"In an age of passive image consumption, the artist reminds us that photographs demand our full attention." (freely translated, © L'Officiel USA)
"Talia CHETRIT's images raise questions of self-reliance, autonomy, artificiality, performance, and subjectivity." (freely translated, © Photo Eye)
"Talia CHETRIT shows the seductive power of photography in candid images that confront the viewer." (freely translated, © Elephant)
About British photo artist Talia CHETRIT
Photo books by Talia CHETRIT
- Format
- OTA bound paperback with flaps, 22 x 29 x 1,5 cm., 138 pp., color ills., text language: English