Henry Leutwyler: Document

ISBN-13: 9783869309699 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 208 str.

Henry Leutwyler

Opis

New York-based photographer Henry Leutwyler's new book Document examines humble objects from iconic moments such as the first moonwalk, political assassinations or episodes in the lives of musicians, artists and athletes. Ten years in the making, Document is essentially a collection of portraits of things: Mahatma Gandhi's sandal, Alan Shepard's golf club, Janis Joplin's acoustic guitar, Jack Ruby's handgun. Leutwyler shows us these objects close up--straight on and without backdrop--in a style that is equal parts still life, portraiture and crime-scene photography.
Though isolated from their contexts and owners, these objects are the testaments of bodily histories, the traces of personalities and the stuff of our collective memory. Document invites us to engage with our -icons- in wholly new ways, and to see our history differently, through the unexpected emotional charge of singular objects.

O autorze

Born in Switzerland in 1961 Henry Leutwyler lived and worked inParis for a decade before moving to New York City in 1995, wherehe established his reputation as a portrait photographer. Steidlpublished Leutwyler's first book, Neverland Lost: A Portrait ofMichael Jackson in 2010, followed by Ballet, A Portrait of The New York City Ballet in 2012. Document is Leutwyler's third book. The images from Neverland Lost and Ballet have been shown in solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York City, Moscow, Madrid, Paris and Zurich.