Main entry:

Becker, Olaf Otto, 1959-

Title & Author:

Olaf Otto Becker : under the Nordic light : a journey through time, Iceland 1999-2011 / Olaf Otto Becker ; text by Petra Gilroy-Hirtz = eine Zeitreise, Island 1999-2011 / Olaf Otto Becker ; Text von Petra Gilroy-Hirtz.

Publication:

Ostfildern, Germany : Hatje Cantz, ©2011.

Description:

159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 x 35 cm

Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Stadthaus Ulm, Dec. 11, 2011-March 20, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references.
Nordic light : Olaf Otto Becker's photographs of Iceland = Unter dem Licht des Nordens : Olaf Otto Beckers Fotografien von Island / Petra Giloy-Hirtz -- Plates = Abbildungen -- Olaf Otto Becker -- Notes on the photographs = Anmerkungen zu den fotografien -- Biography, bibliography, and exhibitions = Biografie, publikationen und Ausstellungen.
Text in English and German.

Summary:

For over ten years now, Olaf Otto Becker (b. 1959 in Travemünde, Germany) has traveled the high northern spheres, sparing himself no hardship. On a search for the never-before-seen image of primeval landscape, where the eye encounters the boundaries of familiar vision and nature becomes a mirror of the soul, Becker observes distinctive geographic features and waits for the ideal light conditions to manifest. Then, and only then, does he remove his heavy, large-format camera from its case often in the middle of the night to capture nuances by weak light, while at the same time generating the maximum possible technical quality. Becker's deliberately subjective perspective goes beyond the notion of simply reproducing reality, so that his images are of great clarity, breadth, and concentration. This publication contains previously published and new photographs of Iceland that show primordial landscapes alongside traces of civilization and economic crisis.

ISBN:

9783775731904 (hbk.)
3775731903 (hbk.)

Subject:

Becker, Olaf Otto, 1959- Exhibitions.
Becker, Olaf Otto, 1959-
Becker, Olaf Otto 1959-
Becker, Olaf Otto.
Becker, Olaf Otto 1959- utställningskataloger.
Landscape photography Iceland Exhibitions.
Photographie de paysages Islande Expositions.
Landscape photography.
Landschaftsfotografie
Island
Photographie.
Landschaftsphotographie.
Motiv.
Fotokonst Island 2000-talet.
Fotografer Tyskland 1945-
Iceland Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Iceland.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Giloy-Hirtz, Petra.

Under the Nordic light : a journey through time, Iceland 1999-2011
Zeitreise, Island 1999-2011

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292023
Call No.: BIB 236001
Status: Available