Exhibitions
"Europäischer Architekturfotografie-Preis 2009, Deutsches
Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt/Main
25.04. – 30.06.2009
Not Niigata, European Eyes on Japan Festival, CAC,
Vilnius
14.07. – 16.08.2009
Galerie der Stadt Wels
Sept. – Oct. 2009
Higley, Norton Gallery, Phoenix Art Museum
06.03. – 27.06.2010
Not Niigata, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg
May 2010
Andrew Phelps Not Niigata
"When traveling in a foreign place, I tend to be fascinated with both the exotic and the mundane. The two are often one and the same, especially in a place where the gap between old and new is astronomical. But what does it mean to photograph with the pretense of documentation? I find it is easy to get caught up in chasing an illusion of what I think a place should look like; preconceptions are powerful and the quest to understand a place often leads to a greater misunderstanding. The best I can do is tell the story of my traveling and responding visually to a place I don't necessarily understand. It is the story of not understanding Niigata." Earlier this year, Andrew Phelps was comissioned to take photographs in Japan's Niigata Prefecture for the "European Eyes on Japan Festival." The volume Not Niigata presents the artist's selection from the hundreds of images he brought back from his trip. Phelps (*1967 in Mesa, Arizona, USA) works as a freelance artist in Salzburg, Austria, and is member of the Galerie Fotohof. He has published several photo books (Nature de Luxe, 2004; Higley, 2007; Baghdad Suite, 2008) and has shown his works in numerous solo- and group exhibitions.
Hardcover
28,5 x 28,5 cm
72 pages
36 color illustrations
English, Japanese
Available
ISBN 978-3-86828-081-4
2009
Artists:
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"When traveling in a foreign place, I tend to be fascinated with both the exotic and the mundane. The two are often one and the same, especially in a place where the gap between old and new is astronomical. But what does it mean to photograph with the pretense of documentation? I find it is easy to get caught up in chasing an illusion of what I think a place should look like; preconceptions are powerful and the quest to understand a place often leads to a greater misunderstanding. The best I can do is tell the story of my traveling and responding visually to a place I don't necessarily understand. It is the story of not understanding Niigata." Earlier this year, Andrew Phelps was comissioned to take photographs in Japan's Niigata Prefecture for the "European Eyes on Japan Festival." The volume Not Niigata presents the artist's selection from the hundreds of images he brought back from his trip. Phelps (*1967 in Mesa, Arizona, USA) works as a freelance artist in Salzburg, Austria, and is member of the Galerie Fotohof. He has published several photo books (Nature de Luxe, 2004; Higley, 2007; Baghdad Suite, 2008) and has shown his works in numerous solo- and group exhibitions.
Hardcover
28,5 x 28,5 cm
72 pages
36 color illustrations
English, Japanese
Available
ISBN 978-3-86828-081-4
2009
Artists:
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