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Background information
One of his last photo book projects Xavier Barral himself ha initiated are the 'Des Oiseaux' (engl.: on Birds) series done by well known international photographers. In this series, 'birds' photographs are published in same sized monographical photo books. The different photographers are showing birds, they photographed in their typical style.
Content
"Created in the space of her personal garden in Washington DC, Terri
WEIFENBACH’s photographs reveal the secret world of nature populated by
birds that nest in urban gardens. Oscillating between fantasy and
reality, her images seem to be taken on the sly when birds race at top
speed, dance, or settle, freeze, and gather in parliaments. The seasons
follow in succession, the colours of the garden vary. Saturated light
and colour, plays on blurred and crystal-clear details, and freeze
frames depict a “supra-reality'. Terri WEIFENBACH immerses us in the
infinitely small, transporting us into a particularly lively and
marvelous world.
Accompanying these photographs, the ornithologist
Guilhem Lesaffre writes a special essay. For this title, he sheds light
on the adaptation of birds in urban environments." (publisher's note, ©
Éditions Barral, 2019)
Variant
Accompanying the release of the photo volume 'Des oiseaux' by Terri WEIFENBACH, we offer a limited edition box set including a copy of the publication and a signed and numbered colour photographic print. Details: Limited edition box set in a slipcase, including the signed book 'Des Oiseaux' with a signed and numbered from 1-30 colour print. Print size: 20 x 25,5 cm.
The participating photographers at the 'Des Oiseaux' photo book project are
- ALBARRÀN CABRERA, Graciela ITURBIDE, Leila JEFFREYS, Rinko KAWAUCHI, Michael KENNA, Byung-Hun MIN, Yoshinori MIZUTANI, Bernard PLOSSU, Pentti SAMMLLAHTI, Terri WEIFENBACH
Phoot books by participating photographers
- Ed(s)/Author(s)
- Guilhem Lesaffre
- Book design
- Xavier BARRAL & Coline AGUETTAZ
- Format
- English ed., linen bound, tipped in HC (no dust jacket, as issied), 20,5 x 26 x 2 cm., 96 pp., 44 color ills., text language: English (French ed. also to pre-order!)