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Background information
For his out-of-print photographic volume 'Wolfgang' French photographer David FATHI has used the photographic archives of the CERN-Laboratory and manipulated & recontextualised then pictures to tell us the strange story of the Pauli-Effect. The myth, that Wolfgang Pauli, one of the founders of the quantum mechanics, would just by his presence cause unexplainable failures of equipment and experiments.
Content
The photos in this series show accidents, unexpected surprises and the lingering presence of Wolfgang Pauli, who passed away shortly before the beginning of the archive. Some images are manipulated by the artist, while others are left untouched. Art, photography, history and science collide, blurring science fact and science fiction. The tension and humor arise from the playful games the reader must take part in, to separate myth from reality. As the physicist Richard Feynman once said: 'If you think you understand quantum mechanics, then you don’t understand quantum mechanics.'" (© Skinnerboox, 2016)
Additional information
1st print run
After first print run was shortly out aof print, the publisher Skinnerboox decided to make a second edition.
Variant
Additional to the Trade Edition a Collector's Edition came out in an edition of 55copies with print, housed in a stamped and numbered box which included the book as well as a b/w print (both numbered, the book also signed) - as you can see on the last photo in the description.
About French photographer, David FATHI
Photo books by as well as with works by David FATHI
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Jeffrey Ladd
- Book design
- Ramon PEZ
- Format
- Special Ed. with Print! HC with dust jacket, 16 x 23 x 2 cm., 164 pp., b/w ills., English text (as an inlet), Ltd. to 25 copies (regular ed.: Ltd. to 500 copies)