The Book of Images: A Dictionary of Visual Experiences
Erik Kessels and Stefano Stoll
Thames & Hudson
English
Hardcover
352 pages
236 x 325 mm
2020
ISBN 3960986491
An alphabetical glossary of contemporary photographic experience from the author of In Almost Every Picture.
Dutch collector and photographer Erik Kessels (born 1966) is well-known for his image anthology series In Almost Every Picture. In the Book of Images, he organises an overview of international contemporary photography, following the Vevey arts biennial. Organized in alphabetical order, it boasts 299 contemporary artists and photographers; 310 stories and legends; 957 color and black-and-white pictures; and 1,215 ideas and concepts. As Kessels writes: “Learn how to look differently and see more, and get inspired by this book on how to SHOW photography.”
Artists include: The Atlas Group, John Baldessari, Lucas Blalock, James Casabere, Matt Collishaw, Cristina de Middel, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Rodney Graham, Graciela Iturbide, JR, Nadav Kander, Henry Leutwyler, Chema Madoz, Christian Marclay, Guido Mocafico, Daido Moriyama, Arnold Odermatt, Martin Parr, Christian Patterson, Maya Rochat, Cindy Sherman, Roman Signer, Laurie Simmons and Penelope Umbrico, as well as Kessels’ own work.
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About the Authors
Erik Kessels (b. 1966) lives and works in Amsterdam. He has presented numerous exhibitions at Fotografia Europea in Reggio Emilia (2015), Centquatre-Paris (2014), Les Rencontres d’Arles (2014), the Victoria and Albert Museum in London (2013), Pier 24 Photography in San Francisco (2014–15) and the Images – Festival des Arts Visuels in Vevey (2014). He might not shoot pictures himself, but the Dutch art director and collector Erik Kessels has certainly changed the way we think about photography. As a curator of amateur photography, he’s elevated discarded images to gallery status, finding beauty and insight in pictures of, say, 20th century German police uniforms, or one woman’s lifelong love of fairground shooting galleries.
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