Publisher Note
Oblivion contains 15 aerial photographs of Los Angeles, having a post-apocalyptic feeling enhanced by reversed-out tones.
David Maisel uses the term ‘shadowland’ when discussing the Oblivion photographs: when you cast a shadow on a fact, you create doubt; when you shadow someone, you follow them invisibly. Shadowland is what the military calls those blacked-out areas where they wish to operate unseen, whether they are testing an experimental aircraft or interrogating people beyond lawful means. It is a land of spies and spooks, a place where ghosts live, and what Los Angeles looks like in Oblivion. The city is almost recognizable in Maisel’s negative prints and yet not quite, as if we are seeing both more of what we know and less.
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| Release Place | California, United States of America |
| Edition | 1st edition |
| Release Date | 2006 |
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Artist:
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| Printrun | 1000 |
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ISBN-13:
978-84-945096-2-9
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| Topics | Aerial Photographs, Los Angeles |
| Language | English |
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| Format | hardcover |
| Dimensions | 31.4 × 31.0 cm |
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| Pages | 48 |
