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Title: Bill Henson: Lux et Nox by Bill Henson, Dennis Cooper ISBN: 3-908247-55-1 Publisher: Scalo Verlag Ac Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $95.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Splendid book that frames a master of photography
Comment: Bill Henson is, to my mind, one of the most suggestive and enigmatic photographers of his time. Interestingly he has not selected many of his pictures for this volume. All of them belong to the 1997-2002 period and this tells us of his painful effort to "forget" and renounce to his previous and doubtlessly excellent work. The photos depict landscapes (if possible to call them so...) and portraits with a superb reproduction quality, very akin to his original and fragile C-type prints.
Henson is a manierist as Caravaggio, Murnau or Lynch are. Their "marks" and mise-en-scène are self-evident on their works. Henson is a master of light but, rather than light, of darkness. Cinema and painting are Henson's sources. Critics talk of transition, metamorphosis, disappearance, birth. Henson's nox (night) has the fullest meaning possible and that is because darkness has an entity on its own: a fifth element. Poetically speaking, darkness shines in the same paradoxical way as a black hole devours light. Darkness made tangible. Darkness as a symbol of the mysterious unseen, of the unknown.
Some people are afraid of the dark and fear kills their human nature. Others look into the dark with eyes wide open, full of hope and emotion. If you see yourself in the latter, do not miss this sublime book. Images talk for themselves so no essays are added. [...]
Rating: 5
Summary: Top 10 photo book of all time
Comment: As someone fortunate enough to actually own several of Bill Henson's photographs (measuring appx. 6 feet by 5 feet) I was a bit skeptical that his work would translate well in book form. I was dead wrong ~ and more than impressed with the publisher for getting it right. A large book, with few words ~ one has to let the work speak for itself ~ and does it ever. I have collected hundreds of photography books in my lifetime and consider Lux et Nox in the top 10. A must have for anyone who enjoys moody, mysterious, exquisitely beautiful,large scale photographic work. Bill Henson is a master printer, and someone who deserves a lot more attention in the American market than he has received.
Rating: 5
Summary: Drawing from twenty-five years of photographic efforts
Comment: Bill Henson is an Australian artist with a well-earned reputation as a passionate and visionary photographer. His images explore the twilight zones separating day and night, nature and civilization, youth and adulthood, male and female. His use of light and composition transform photography into a genuine art form while providing the viewer with insights and memorable impressions beyond the boundaries of static rationalism. Drawing from twenty-five years of photographic efforts, Lux Et Nox showcases the best of this master photographer's work to date. Lux et Nox is very highly recommended for students of photography and an invaluable addition to professional and academic Photography collections.
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Title: A Story Book Life by Philip-Lorca diCorcia ISBN: 1931885230 Publisher: Twin Palms Pub Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $80.00 |
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Title: Diane Arbus Revelations by DOON ARBUS ISBN: 0375506209 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 30 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $100.00 |
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Title: Los Alamos: Los Alamos by William Eggleston, Walter Hopes, Thomas Weski ISBN: 3908247691 Publisher: Scalo Verlag Ac Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Philip-Lorca diCorcia by Philip-Lorca Dicorcia, Peter Galassi ISBN: 0870701452 Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Cindy Sherman: Film Stills by Cindy Sherman, Peter Galassi ISBN: 0870705075 Publisher: Museum of Modern Art, New York Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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