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Background information
"Guido GUIDI and Gerry JOHANSSON - two grand masters, of the analog photographic tradition of the 20th/21st century - photographed in Castelfranco and surroundings in 2019 as part of the OMNE Project's "Verso Nord" photographic campaign.
Content
Guido GUIDI focused his attention on the historic center of this small town located in the Veneto. He focused on the historical buildings to capture traces of history and time with his detailed photographs. He worked with his large-format camera (8×10") and and used its technical possibilities to shift the image plane or angle of view as a tool to interrogate photographic reality and the codes inherent in photography.
Gerry JOHANSSON moved more in the vast suburbs, where architecture, nature, houses and space have evolved into random, typical of the Veneto, areas, in transition between landscape and city - areas that often bear random to enigmatic features. Gerry Er extracts the essence of the places and situations found during extended, slow car rides and walks with his images taken in traditional, analog black and white medium format technique.
Additional information
The book - a total work of art in terms of design, printing and bookbinding: three-part hardcover with two fold-out Swiss brochures, with blind and color embossing - was produced in cooperation with the photographers, the designer, the publishers and one of the many excellent graphic companies (Grafiche Antiga) in the vicinity of Castelfranco. Double volume of 2 × 48 pages with 79 illustrations in color, duotone and black and white. Texts in Italian and English by Stefania Rössl (ed. with Massimo Sordi), Guido GUIDI and Gerry JOHANSSON. The book design is by Damiano FRACCARO." (© Hartmann Projects, 2021)