WINTER by Jeffrey Conley [REMASTERED EDITION]
アメリカ人フォトグラファー、ジェフリー・コンリー(Jeffrey Conley)の作品集。本書は2011年に「NAZRAELI PRESS」より刊行された作者にとって初刊行となる同名写真集のリマスター増補版である。当時、刊行と同時に完売し、以降コレクター垂涎の一冊となり、同時に作者は現代で最も熟達した風景写真家のひとりとなった。本新版では、オリジナルに掲載されている42点に18点の作品を追加し、すべて韓国製の自然素材を用いた紙に、前版にも増して美しいデュオトーンで印刷が施されている。
「アメリカ北東部で育った私は、冬の朝に目が覚め、窓の外に広がる幻想的な雪景色を眺めた子供の頃の感覚を鮮明に覚えている。雪が持つ趣ある性質に魅了された。雪がいかにして物質を定義し変容させ、光を反射させ、音を和らげるのか。写真家として長年にわたり、私はシンプルかつ超越的でありながら厳かな冬の風景に魅了され、インスピレーションを受け続けてきた。この写真集を構成する作品群を見ると、その写真たちが表現している場所や個々の体験に立ち戻る。広大な人里離れた場所で写されたものもあれば、様々なユニークなものやインスピレーションを与えてくれる要素が重なったごく普通の場所で撮影された写真もある。結局のところ、この写真たちは私の旅と観察の結果であり、他の人々にも感じてもらいたいと願う強い個人的な平和をもたらしてきたのである。」
- ジェフリー・コンリー
Jeffrey Conley's first monograph, Winter, was published by Nazraeli Press in 2011. It comprised a selection of 42 images of the essence of “winter”, quickly selling out and becoming a highly collectible monograph. Since this first publication, Conley has matured into one of the most accomplished landscape photographers of our time. We are now pleased to announce a new and remastered edition of this important first book, which includes 18 additional images as well as the original 42, all remastered and reproduced to the highest standards on Korean art paper.
Known for his meticulously crafted black and white prints, which have been widely exhibited and collected in the United States and abroad, Conley has been the subject of four monographs and seen his work exhibited and collected by public and private institutions throughout the United States and Europe. Conley lives and works in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
This new and expanded edition of Winter is printed in duotone on natural art paper, bound in linen, and is limited to 1,500 copies.
Having grown up in the northeastern United States, I can vividly remember the childhood feeling of waking up on a Winters’ morning and looking out the window at a magical, snow covered world. I was enthralled with the ethereal qualities of snow; how it defined and transformed objects, reflected light, and how it softened sound. Over the years as a photographer I have continued to be captivated and inspired by the simple, transcendent, yet austere winter landscape. When I look at the collection of photographs that comprise this book, I am brought back to the places and individual experiences they represent. Some of the photographs were made in spectacularly remote places, others in profoundly ordinary locations where a confluence of elements brought about something unique and inspiring. Ultimately, these photographs are the result of my journeys and observations, and have provided an intense personal peace that I hope is felt by others. — Jeffrey Conley