PICTURES by Ken Miller

「画像の全てが写真であるとは言えないが、全ての写真は『PICTURE』である。

今や日常生活においてどこにいても写真をみることができるようになったが、本作では写真というもの自体もまた何にでもなれるということを提示している。写真イメージが伝統的に作り上げられてきた定義に対し挑戦してきた、今の世代を代表するファッションやファインアート界で人気を得ている写真家に焦点を当て、作家たちの抽象的/非具象的な写真作品を紹介する。19世紀に写真が「新たな」メディアとして発見された当初の可能性を享受しながら、色鮮やかでワイルドなイメージを、カメラやプリント、太陽光でさえも利用した実験的な手法で生み出している。それは、我々が一般的に写真として考えてきたものとは全く異なる。このことは、写真とファインアートとの間にあり続けた相互作用を反映しており、そこでは写真がもたらした革新が現代アーティストにも影響を与えてきている。本作は、写真が捉えた被写体を観るのではなく、「写真」とは実際何なのか、ということを問いかけている。先述したようなファッションフォトグラファーや現代アーティストらによる作品を中心に、約50人の作家による200枚以上のイメージを収録。ほかにも冒頭には、マン・レイ(Man Ray)やイモージン・カニンガム(Imogen Cunningham)をはじめとした写真界のレジェンドに加え、ギイ・ブルダン(Guy Bourdin)やソール・ライター(Saul Leiter)の作品も併せて収録。ハーリー・ウィアー(Harley Weir)の作品を使用したポスター付き。

収録作家:ヴォルフガング・ティルマンス(Wolfgang Tillmans)/ 杉本博司(Hiroshi Sugimoto)/ ギィ・ブルダン(Guy Bourdin) / ソール・ライター(Saul Leiter) / バーバラ・カステン(Barbara Kasten)/ マン・レイ(Man Ray)/ マシュー・ストーン(Matthew Stone)/ ジョン・ディヴォラ(John Divola)/ イモージン・カニンガム(Imogen Cunningham)/ デイビッド・ベンジャミン・シェリー(David Benjamin Sherry)/ サム・フォールズ(Sam Falls)/ キャサリン・オーピエ(Catherine Opie)/ 横田大輔(Daisuke Yokota) / サラ・ヴァンダービーク(Sara VanDerBeek)/ トーマス・ルフ(Thomas Ruff)/ ウタ・バース(Uta Barth)/ タウバ・アワーバッハ(Tauba Auerbach)/ マルセロ・ゴメス(Marcelo Gomes)/ マライア・ロバートソン(Mariah Robertson)/ レスリー・ヒューイット(Leslie Hewitt)/ ワリード・ベシュティ(Walead Beshty)/ ハーリー・ウィアー(Harley Weir)/ ラースロー・モホリ=ナジ(László Moholy-Nagy)/ 小山泰介(Taisuke Koyama)/ ジム・マンガン(Jim Mangan)/ ハリー・キャラハン(Harry Callahan)/ レア・コロンボ(Lea Colombo)/ (more.)

“Not all pictures are photographs, but all photographs are PICTURES.”

Today, in our daily lives, photographs can be seen almost anywhere; PICTURES shows that photographs can also be almost anything. PICTURES gathers abstract and non-representational photography, focusing on a current generation of photographers popular in fashion and fine art, who are challenging traditional definitions of the photographic image. Embracing the early potential of photography’s discovery as a ‘new’ medium in the 19th century, they are experimenting with the camera, printing, even sunlight to create wildly colorful images that look nothing like what we have generally come to think of as a photograph. In so doing, they reflect the longstanding interaction between photography and fine art, where innovations in photography have often
influenced contemporary artists. Instead of looking at the subject a photograph captures, PICTURES suggests that we look at what a photograph actually is. PICTURES includes 200+ large photographs from nearly 50 artists. Introductory section includes works by legends of photography such as Man Ray and Imogen Cunningham, plus cult artists Guy Bourdin and Saul Leiter. Main section includes large portfolios by contemporary artists and fashion photographers. The book also comes with a folded poster by photographer Harley Weir.

Wolfgang Tillmans / Hiroshi Sugimoto / Guy Bourdin / Saul Leiter / Barbara Kasten / Man Ray / Matthew Stone / John Divola / Imogen Cunningham / David Benjamin Sherry / Sam Falls / Catherine Opie / Daisuke Yokota / Sara VanDerBeek / Thomas Ruff / Uta Barth / Tauba Auerbach / Marcelo Gomes / Mariah Robertson / Leslie Hewitt / Walead Beshty / Harley Weir / László Moholy-Nagy / Taisuke Koyama / Jim Mangan / Harry Callahan / Lea Colombo / (more.)

by Barbara Kasten , Daisuke Yokota , David Benjamin Sherry , Harley Weir , Jim Mangan , John Divola , Ken Miller , Matthew Stone , Sam Falls , Saul Leiter , Taisuke Koyama , Thomas Ruff , Walead Beshty , Wolfgang Tillmans

REGULAR PRICE ¥7,150  (tax incl.)

hardcover with poster
224 pages
235 × 285 mm
poster: 445 x 558 mm
color
2020

published by THERE.

WORKS by Barbara Kasten
SOLD OUT 3AM by AM projects [SIGNED BY DAISUKE YOKOTA & HIROSHI TAKIZAWA]
SOLD OUT BERLIN by Daisuke Yokota [SPECIAL EDITION]
SOLD OUT BERLIN by Daisuke Yokota [SIGNED]
SOLD OUT 100 BILDER by Daisuke Yokota, Hiroshi Takizawa & Yoshi Kametani [SIGNED]
POSTERS UNTITLED, 2014 by Daisuke Yokota [EXCLUSIVE]
SOLD OUT TARATINE by Daisuke Yokota
SOLD OUT ABSTRACTS by AM projects
SOLD OUT ABSTRACTS by AM projects [SIGNED BY ALL 5 PHOTOGRAPHERS]
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SOLD OUT CELL TYPE A by Daisuke Yokota
SOLD OUT CELL TYPE B by Daisuke Yokota
SOLD OUT CELL TYPE C by Daisuke Yokota
SOLD OUT CELL TYPE D by Daisuke Yokota
PINK GENESIS by David Benjamin Sherry
SOLD OUT EARTH CHANGES by David Benjamin Sherry
SOLD OUT BEAUTY PAPERS by Harley Weir
SOLD OUT 2020
SOLD OUT 25 YEARS OF ARENA HOMME + (ALL KILLER, NO FILLER)
SOLD OUT HOMES by Harley Weir
SOLD OUT PAINTINGS by Harley Weir
SOLD OUT TIME OF NOTHING by Jim Mangan
SPECIAL EDITION ONE PICTURE BOOK #81: SUPERMARKET by John Divola
SIGNED TERMINUS by John Divola [SIGNED]
SOLD OUT CHROMA by John Divola
SIGNED VANDALISM by John Divola [SIGNED]
SOLD OUT A HANDFUL OF DUST by David Campany [SECOND EDITION]
SOLD OUT PICTURES FROM MOVING CARS by Joel Meyerowitz, Daido Moriyama, John Divola
SOLD OUT THE BODY BEYOND by Matthew Stone
SOLD OUT PROBLEMS WITH DECOMPOSITION by Sam Falls
SIGNED PROBLEMS WITH DECOMPOSITION by Sam Falls [SIGNED]
SOLD OUT EAST 10TH STREET by Saul Leiter
SOLD OUT HERE'S MORE, WHY NOT by Saul Leiter
SOLD OUT PHOTOGRAPHS AND WORKS ON PAPER by Saul Leiter
SOLD OUT PAINTED NUDES by Saul Leiter
SOLD OUT VESSEL - XYZXY by Taisuke Koyama [SIGNED]
SOLD OUT THOMAS RUFF by Thomas Ruff
SOLD OUT TABLEAUX CHINOIS by Thomas Ruff [SPECIAL EDITION (FLIEGER)]
SOLD OUT TABLEAUX CHINOIS by Thomas Ruff [SPECIAL EDITION (SEEROSE)]
TABLEAUX CHINOIS by Thomas Ruff
SOLD OUT NATURE MORTE by Thomas Ruff
SOLD OUT STERNE by Thomas Ruff
ADDENDA TO A SEQUENCE OF APPEARANCES by Walead Beshty
SOLD OUT PROCEDURALS by Walead Beshty
INDUSTRIAL PORTRAITS - VOLUME ONE (2008-2012) by Walead Beshty
NATURAL HISTORIES by Walead Beshty
WORKS IN EXHIBITION 2011-2020 by Walead Beshty
CONCORDE by Wolfgang Tillmans
CONOR DONLON by Wolfgang Tillmans
TO LOOK WITHOUT FEAR by Wolfgang Tillmans
A READER by Wolfgang Tillmans
SOLD OUT SOUND IS LIQUID by Wolfgang Tillmans
SOLD OUT WHAT'S WRONG WITH REDISTRIBUTION? by Wolfgang Tillmans
FREEDOM FROM THE KNOWN by Wolfgang Tillmans
SATURATED LIGHT by Wolfgang Tillmans
SOLD OUT STILL LIFE (BÜHNENBILD) by Wolfgang Tillmans
SOLD OUT TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY by Wolfgang Tillmans
POSTERS IT’S ONLY LOVE GIVE IT AWAY, 2005 by Wolfgang Tillmans
SOLD OUT KAISERRINGTRÄGER DER STADT GOSLAR 2018 by Wolfgang Tillmans
SOLD OUT FRAGILE by Wolfgang Tillmans
SOLD OUT WOLFGANG TILLMANS by Wolfgang Tillmans
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