maandag, juni 13, 2005
Tweede deel van Magnum's M magazine nu verkrijgbaar
The 2nd issue of M magazine features work by 17 Magnum photographers that explore the concept of REPETITION in opposition to the “decisive moment”.
The process of repetition can reveal a construction, for instance the symbolic disappearance of Saddam Hussein’s portrait in the series Vanishing Saddam by Abbas, a critical statement such as the political theater in One Vote by Alex Majoli, or sometimes even a narrative like America in mourning in Paul Fusco’s Funeral Train. Repetition is multiple. It functions as the specific rule of the game in each series. It is above all formal: a leitmotiv, a composition, a distance; identical. But it can also be a systematic approach to the subject: Jumpology by Philippe Halsman, a commentary along portraits in Rich and Poor by Jim Goldberg. It can also be of an invisible nature, the photographer's recurring obsession, such as Raymond Depardon's “lost moments” in Errance. The use of a repetitive process is not always a premeditated decision; it sometimes imposes itself in a revealing way like Senator Fred Harris's electoral handshaking by Richard Kalvar. From one work to another, REPETITION is a concept as much as an intuition, a conscious choice as much as inverting a restrictive: it is the expression of debts as as part of the creative process.
Verkijgbaar via Magnum Photos of bij de betere tijdschriftenwinkel à $ 24,50.
Een voorproefje is hier te bekijken.
The process of repetition can reveal a construction, for instance the symbolic disappearance of Saddam Hussein’s portrait in the series Vanishing Saddam by Abbas, a critical statement such as the political theater in One Vote by Alex Majoli, or sometimes even a narrative like America in mourning in Paul Fusco’s Funeral Train. Repetition is multiple. It functions as the specific rule of the game in each series. It is above all formal: a leitmotiv, a composition, a distance; identical. But it can also be a systematic approach to the subject: Jumpology by Philippe Halsman, a commentary along portraits in Rich and Poor by Jim Goldberg. It can also be of an invisible nature, the photographer's recurring obsession, such as Raymond Depardon's “lost moments” in Errance. The use of a repetitive process is not always a premeditated decision; it sometimes imposes itself in a revealing way like Senator Fred Harris's electoral handshaking by Richard Kalvar. From one work to another, REPETITION is a concept as much as an intuition, a conscious choice as much as inverting a restrictive: it is the expression of debts as as part of the creative process.
Verkijgbaar via Magnum Photos of bij de betere tijdschriftenwinkel à $ 24,50.
Een voorproefje is hier te bekijken.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 15:18
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