Background information
"Josef KOUDELKA started using a camera in panoramic format in 1986 while participating in the photographic mission of the DATAR, whose objective was to 'represent the French landscape of the 1980s'. He thus criss-crossed France, then the entire world, to take stock of modern humanity’s influence on landscape. This book, 'Industries', with an original, raw binding and an imposing format, gathers 40 panoramic photographs selected by the artist with the complicity of François Hébel.Content
The images in the photo volume 'Industries' by Josef KOUDELKA bear witness to major human works, ranging from factories to quarries, or enormous mining complexes and abandoned zones. They carry the reader into inaccessible and little-known areas, between sublime and disarray, to witness the imposing reality of industry that we try now to erase. A bilingual text (French/English) by François Hébel gives an overview of the photographic journey of Josef KOUDELKA and his fascination for industrial landscapes over 30 years whereas François Barré’s essay contextualizes this ensemble into the history of landscape." (© Atelier EXB, 2020)
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Francois Barré
- Format
- English ed., spiral bound (no dust jacket, as issued), 42 x 30 cm., 102 pp., 40 b/w ills., text language: English