Awards
Lucie Photo Book Prize 2018
Finalist in the category Traditional Prize
Vonovia Award 2018
Allemagne mon Amour
Shortlist Beste Fotoserie
Exhibitions
Discovery Awards 2018
Projection, Braga
21. – 23.09.2018
SIPF Open Call Photo Book Showcase 2018
National Design Centre, Singapore
5. – 30.09.2018
National Library Building, Open Plaza, Singapore
5. – 30.10.2018
Wild West
Alp Galleries, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
07.06. – 18.08.2018
PHotoESPAÑA 2018
Kassel Dummy Award | Best of IED Photography, Madrid
21.06. – 20.07.2018
Book Signings
Paris Photo 2018
November 8, 14:00, booth SE06
Joachim Hildebrand Wild West
What better way to approach an American myth than through a road trip? Joachim Hildebrand traveled through the seven states of the American Southwest, in which the Wild West is located both geographically and in our imagination. The title of the book inevitably evokes images full of clichés and stereotypes. Today, where the wilderness has been displaced by civilization, Hildebrand discovers entirely different scenes than those generally associated with the Wild West and the American frontier. He sets his sight on blurred contours, contradictions, borders, and transitions: from architecture to nature, from urbanity to landscape. The archetypes of the American West have become mere platitudes. Here, the myths of the Wild West and the »manifest destiny«, which are so essential for the self-understanding of the USA, are deconstructed. For Joachim Hildebrand, however, the West continues to fascinate as a visual adventure.
Hildebrand studied Fine Art Photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid under, among others, Elger Esser, Joan Fontcuberta, and Martin Parr. His works have been exhibited internationally and honored with awards such as the European Architectural Photography Prize.
Half-cloth hardcover
24 x 32 cm
128 pages
81 color ills.
German, English
Available
ISBN 978-3-86828-866-7
2018
Artists:
Design:
Sascha Fronczek, Joachim Hildebrand, Kehrer Design
Product information "Joachim Hildebrand"
What better way to approach an American myth than through a road trip? Joachim Hildebrand traveled through the seven states of the American Southwest, in which the Wild West is located both geographically and in our imagination. The title of the book inevitably evokes images full of clichés and stereotypes. Today, where the wilderness has been displaced by civilization, Hildebrand discovers entirely different scenes than those generally associated with the Wild West and the American frontier. He sets his sight on blurred contours, contradictions, borders, and transitions: from architecture to nature, from urbanity to landscape. The archetypes of the American West have become mere platitudes. Here, the myths of the Wild West and the »manifest destiny«, which are so essential for the self-understanding of the USA, are deconstructed. For Joachim Hildebrand, however, the West continues to fascinate as a visual adventure.
Hildebrand studied Fine Art Photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Madrid under, among others, Elger Esser, Joan Fontcuberta, and Martin Parr. His works have been exhibited internationally and honored with awards such as the European Architectural Photography Prize.
Half-cloth hardcover
24 x 32 cm
128 pages
81 color ills.
German, English
Available
ISBN 978-3-86828-866-7
2018
Artists:
Design:
Sascha Fronczek, Joachim Hildebrand, Kehrer Design
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