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Dirk Braeckman is one of Belgium s leading artistic photographers. In each of his monumental photographic works, he creates an enclosed, isolated world that appears endless in its tactility, while at the same time gives short shrift to the illusions of the medium. These images do not aim to convey anything and yet they are suggestive of complete narratives. Braeckman in the introduction of the book: (...) we discovered a large number of 'new' images - images that had never been printed. Detached from the context in which I had made them, they could be viewed anew and forge new connections. A number of these discoveries are included in this publication. From a physical perspective, they have yet to achieve definitive form. Ordinarily, the work exists first, and is published at a later date. Here, the reverse is true in some cases. Certain works exist only on the pages of this book, untitled, without dimensions - I may produce them as prints at some point in the future. This publication is, therefore, an autonomous instrument. It presents a state of affairs: extant and unprinted works, in whatever form, without conventional themes, periods or sequences. As such, this publication is a cross between an artist's book and a survey publication. And I feel right at home with this synthesized form. With essays in English and Dutch by Martin Germann and Dirk Lauwaert.

Dirk Braeckman is one of Belgium’s leading artistic photographers. In each of his monumental photographic works, he creates an enclosed, isolated world that appears endless in its tactility, while at the same time gives short shrift to the illusions of the medium. These images do not aim to convey anything and yet they are suggestive of complete narratives.

Artists’ Book

Dirk Braeckman

by Dirk Braeckman

Publisher
Release Place Amsterdam, Netherlands
Edition 1st edition
Release Date 2011
Credits
Designer: Kim Beirnaert
Artist: Dirk Braeckman
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 978-90-77459-67-6
Original Price 56.56 EUR
Work  
Subform Photobook
Topics Photography Narrativa
Methods Photography
Language Dutch, English
Format Hardcover
Dimensions 25.0 × 29.0 cm
Pages 383

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