The Well
Nigel Shafran
Loose Joints
English
Softcover
376 pages
200 x 267 mm
2022
ISBN 9781912719365
In the world of fashion, ‘The well’ is industry terminology for the main image section of a magazine. For influential British photographer Nigel Shafran, this space has served as a place for unexpected creativity, subversive critique and wry commentary.
Shafran’s relationship with the world of commercial photography begins in the mid-1980s as a teenager, continuing through to the iconic magazine years of i-D and The Face, and into a recent resurgence in his idiosyncratic, unpretentious approach to the fashion shoot within the pages of Vogue and more. Only recently did Shafran — who is known for his delicate, personal approach of weaving together converging photographic narratives — begin to understand his continuous engagement with the commercial world as a project in itself. The Well is a space to critique and reflect the worlds of fashion from the inside, bringing his trademark simplicity and capacity to disarm the viewer into this charged, complicated world.
This landmark publication, edited and designed by Linda van Deursen, chronicles Shafran’s commercial and un-commercial approach to photography, with interviews and reflections between Shafran and his peers threaded throughout.
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About the Artist
Nigel Shafran (b. 1964) became known for radicalizing fashion photography in the 1980’s. His current work focuses on the still life details of everyday living scenarios that are drawn from domestic spaces and the mundane world. Shafran’s Charity Shops series is part of an ongoing exploration of this ‘ordinary London’. The high production values of this work together with the artist’s deep interest in the commonplace has led to the creation of melancholic portraits of people and place.
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About the Publisher
Loose Joints is an award-winning independent publishing house based in London, UK and Marseille, France, founded by Sarah Piegay Espenon and Lewis Chaplin in 2014. They collaborate with leading and emerging artists on contemporary approaches to photography in book form. Loose Joints circulates new visual perspectives through a dedicated list seeking to elevate underrepresented voices in photographic discourse.
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