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"This compendium of images is inspired by the dual principle of common good and necessary evil.
Canadian photographer Guillaume SIMONEAU explores a place far removed from our everyday vanities: the 'Experimental Lakes Area' in the sparsely populated region of northwestern Ontario.
But rather than a book about the 58 pristine lakes that comprise this world-renowned natural laboratory, SIMONEAU’s allusive photographs use the freshwater site as a means to look outwards, to consider a world beyond our own reflections. Unhinged from the moorings of narrative readings, the sequence of images floats between botanic life – aquatic and terrestrial – and hand-made apparatus used by an influential community of international scientists based in the area.
The findings of their research into human impacts on entire ecosystems have significantly influenced the decisions of governments and industries. By testing, for example, the effects in the lakes of new chemical substances, they have been able to inform global environmental policies.
SIMONEAU’s elliptical documentation of their work is punctuated by sublime vistas of calm waters and pine trees, and of remarkable natural phenomena. United by an enigmatic orbital motif, the photographs in photo book 'Experimental Lake' lead us on an illuminating journey." (publisher's note, © Mack Books, 2018)
About the photographer, Guillaume SIMONEAU:
Guillaume SIMONEAU began his independent studies in photography after completing a diploma in applied science.
His renowned body of work 'Love and War' was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago and published by Dewi Lewis Publishing.
The publication was shortlisted for both the First Book Award and European Publishers Award for Photography. His new work entitled 'Experimental Lake' compared an exhibition at the Stephen Bulger Gallery in Canada.
Other books by Guillaume SIMONEAU include:
'Muder', 2019
Canadian photographer Guillaume SIMONEAU explores a place far removed from our everyday vanities: the 'Experimental Lakes Area' in the sparsely populated region of northwestern Ontario.
But rather than a book about the 58 pristine lakes that comprise this world-renowned natural laboratory, SIMONEAU’s allusive photographs use the freshwater site as a means to look outwards, to consider a world beyond our own reflections. Unhinged from the moorings of narrative readings, the sequence of images floats between botanic life – aquatic and terrestrial – and hand-made apparatus used by an influential community of international scientists based in the area.
The findings of their research into human impacts on entire ecosystems have significantly influenced the decisions of governments and industries. By testing, for example, the effects in the lakes of new chemical substances, they have been able to inform global environmental policies.
SIMONEAU’s elliptical documentation of their work is punctuated by sublime vistas of calm waters and pine trees, and of remarkable natural phenomena. United by an enigmatic orbital motif, the photographs in photo book 'Experimental Lake' lead us on an illuminating journey." (publisher's note, © Mack Books, 2018)
About the photographer, Guillaume SIMONEAU:
Guillaume SIMONEAU began his independent studies in photography after completing a diploma in applied science.
His renowned body of work 'Love and War' was exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago and published by Dewi Lewis Publishing.
The publication was shortlisted for both the First Book Award and European Publishers Award for Photography. His new work entitled 'Experimental Lake' compared an exhibition at the Stephen Bulger Gallery in Canada.
Other books by Guillaume SIMONEAU include:
'Muder', 2019
- Format
- Embossed linen bound HC (no dust jacket, as issued) with tipped-in image on back cover, 22 x 29 x 1,5 cm., 80 pp., color ills., text language: