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Publisher Note

Nicolas Faure has been working on the theme of Swiss landscape since the 1990s, concentrating in particular on the blend between the Traditional and the Modern. The motorway is the meeting point of technology, architecture and a certain concept of Nature, and through his photographs, Faure elicits aspects that characterise Switzerland.
A landscape always has a cultural component and landscape is one of the major concerns of Swiss culture. The motorways, which criss-cross the country virtually, divide it. They constitute a whole “new territory”, enlivened by apparently natural but essentially man-made surroundings. These “natural surroundings” are but illusions. These places are the epitome of paradox: built amidst concrete artefacts, they are not accessible to visitors and almost invisible to motorists.

Publisher
Release Place Göttingen, Germany
Release Date 2006
Credits
Artist: Nicholas Faure
Identifiers
ISBN-13: 9783865212450
Work  
Topics Landscape, Landscape Photography, Switzerland
Methods Photography
Language French
Format Hardcover
Pages 144