No books
Nobody Believes That I'm Alive
979-1094060094
New
Presentation by Gwinzegal: [translation L'Ascenseur Végétal]
"In this work, Alexandra Catiere confronts absence, and a presence that can no longer be, in a state of unstability where different times are placed on top of each other, merge and get mixed together.
Her photographs do not have a present, they invite us to put our daily life at a distance and it suddenly becomes insignificant and too conventional. And, what is beyond our certainties, reaffirmed day after day in our well-organized worlds, suddenly takes the appearance of a humanity that is bothering because it is repressed.
Day after day « we go on our way », so that we do not allow ourselves being « corrupted » by what is beyond our understanding. Until chance, fate, or impromptu events come and puts down our beautiful constructions. Then our eyes can perceive again the complexity, the precariousness, the fragility of what makes us exist.
The strength in Alexandra Catiere's work is to put us in front of our selves, in front of the other, in an alterity that is neither commanding or peremptory. She entrusts us with her perception, like an invitation to never look away again."
NB : This title is long sold out at the publisher's
96 pages - Softcover
Gwinzegal, 2015
Format : 22 x 31.7 cm
New - Mint condition
This book is no longer in stock
Catiere, Alexandra
Alexandra Catiere is a photographer from Belarus, based in Paris. She studied photography at the ICP, New York. The website of the Prix de l'Élysée indicatges: « Reviving the humanist tradition, her images portray sensations, atmospheres that she manages to capture. Without limiting herself exclusively to the genres of portraiture and reportage, Alexandra Catière considers the camera to be the instrument of her empathy for human nature and life. » She has published, among other photobooks, "Nobody Believes That I'm Alive" following a long-term residency at the Centre d'Art Gwinzegal in Brittany, France (Gwinzegal, 2015) and "Behind the Glass" (Chose Commune, 2018). © Portrait by François GoizéPrésentation by GwinZegal: [translation by L'Ascenseur Végétal] " Eyes closed, she is looking at us. We are listening to her. The silence of Alexandra's images. Which words does she want to whisper to us, are they made of the same wind that blows over the landscapes? Of the same oxygen exhaled by the plants? Eyelids open or closed, these faces that we are...
25,00 €In Stock
Présentation by GwinZegal: [translation by L'Ascenseur Végétal] " Eyes closed, she is looking at us. We are listening to her. The silence of Alexandra's images. Which words does she want to whisper to us, are they made of the same wind that blows over the landscapes? Of the same oxygen exhaled by the plants? Eyelids open or closed, these faces that we are...
25,00 €In StockPublisher's presentation: "In April 2016, when Pino Musi embarked upon a photographic series in Côtes-d’Armor, that geographical area was a terra incognita for him. At the invitation of the GwinZegal Art Centre in Guingamp, which was involved in the promotion of photography in that predominantly rural area, the Paris-based Italian photographer would, for...
35,00 €Out of stockPublisher's presentation: "À travers ses photographies, Claude Batho (1935-1981) s’est attachée aux objets les plus simples qui constituaient son quotidien, aux paysages familiers, à son proche entourage. La simplicité apparente des représentations cède la place à la sensibilité, à une beauté silencieuse, souvent associées aux tirages argentiques en noir...
30,00 €Out of stock
