Walkabout / Man Alone / Botanical Census

Henry Wessel (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

184 Seiten

2025
Steidl Verlag
978-3-95829-570-4 (ISBN)

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This book presents three independent bodies of work by Henry Wessel from the past five decades. Each is a precise sequence recreating the experience of passing through the territory described. "Walkabout" invites the viewer to walk with Wessel through workingclass neighborhoods and bordering urban areas. The photos show sun-soaked homes, cars, bars, alleyways, gas stations and cyclone fences, reminding us that intuition can lead to dramatic possibilities anywhere. Wessel describes his approach: "At the core of this receptivity is a process that might be called soft eyes. It is a physical sensation. You are not looking for something. You are open, receptive. At some point, you are in front of something that you cannot ignore." "Man Alone" comprises photographs Wessel made of men in San Francisco. What at first seems a study of the gesture and gait of the urban man is actually a collection of individuals: each man's singularity is described through the interrelatedness of stride, garb, facial expression and the shape of the photo. Wessel's final series "Botanical Census" meanders through city streets, parks, roadsides and open fields. Images of bushes, succulents, trees, topiary and weeds, rendered by sharp-edged light, reveal the aesthetic possibilities growing all around us.

Born in New Jersey, Henry Wessel (1942–2018) was awarded two Guggenheim fellowships and three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. His work is held in the permanent collections of major American, European and Asian museums, and his solo exhibitions include those at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Steidl has published many of Wessel’s books, including Waikiki (2011) Incidents (2013) and Traffic / Sunset Park / Continental Divide (2016).

Erscheinungsdatum	05.11.2018
Verlagsort	Göttingen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	297 x 290 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
Schlagworte	Amerika • Parks • Schwarzweiß-Fotografie • Städte • Straßen
ISBN-10	3-95829-570-3 / 3958295703
ISBN-13	978-3-95829-570-4 / 9783958295704
Zustand	Neuware