Tennis Courts
Giasco Bertoli
Nieves
Softcover
60 Pages
195 x 255 mm
2009
ISBN 9783905714654
I started photographing empty tennis courts in southern Switzerland in 1999, on the border with Italy. The work came about by chance. Sometime after I’d moved to Paris, I was back in Switzerland, walking in the woods near where I grew up and I came across an abandoned tennis court. I photographed that one, then courts around the neighbourhood where I grew up, and have continued to photograph deserted tennis courts ever since. In general, I think about images from my adolescence and also think of the visual experiences I’ve had with film as an experience of real life.
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About the Artist
Giasco Bertoli is a photographer and filmmaker, working in Paris since 2000. The cultural currency of his work, since the 1990s, has focused on sports, cinema, youth, music, nostalgia, humour, and history. He has published five books and is a regular contributor to various international publications.
giascobertoli.com
(source:https://www.nieves.ch/844/tennis_courts)
About the Publisher
Nieves is a publishing house based in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 2001, Nieves publishes artists’ books and zines.
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