Publisher Note english german
album
The brown and slightly greasy patent-leather cover brings back memories of family albums that were antiquated long before we got old. Nowadays such heirlooms end up in the trash, at a flea market, or on eBay—not unlike photobooks or vintage prints, they are coveted by collectors. Volker Renner’s “ALBUM” investigates the various ways in which anonymous private album photographs are presented on these sales platforms. It opens with empty black album pages; only the empty photo corners indicate that something has vanished. Such evanescence and the voids it leaves are a leitmotif throughout the book. Renner employs typical gimmicks people use to gussy up their wares for eBay only to point up their absurdity: spaghetti are stretched across pictures, tourist attractions are blacked out, and semitransparent cover sheets reveal themselves to be the true protagonists. The result is an achingly beautiful hymn to a formerly cherished family treasure stripped of its magic and intimacy by public exposure, demotion to a mere commodity, and—perhaps most grievously—digitization.
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Release Date | 22nd December 2016 |
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Printrun | 500 |
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umbreit:
780385
ISBN-13:
978-3-86485-172-8
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Original Price | 36.00 EUR |
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Subform | Photobook |
Methods | Photography |
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Format | Hardcover |
Binding | Thread bound |
Dimensions | 16.5 × 20.0 cm |
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Pages | 96 |
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