Staller, Jan, 1952-

On planet Earth : travels in an unfamiliar land / photographs by Jan Staller ; flood plain, an original story by Luc Sante.

1st ed.

New York : Aperture, ©1997.

95 pages : color illustrations ; 27 x 29 cm

On Planet Earth: Travels in an Unfamiliar Land collects Jan Staller's strangely seductive photographs from locations across the United States and around the world.-from abandoned factories to military test sites, from high-tech water-purification plants to heavy machinery that looks like it fell from outer space. Staller's square-format and panoramic photographs reveal bizarre and forgotten constructions of industrial society, set against a symphony of color and light.A sense of mystery pervades Staller's images: ordinary building devices and machine parts take on the aura of Surrealist sculptures, while common construction sites echo the sacred grounds of ancient civilizations. Using long exposures and a combination of light sources-often photographing at dawn or dusk-Staller produces photographs that are breathtakingly rich in color and intensity.Complementing the images in On Planet Earth is a narrative by Luc Sante, who shares Staller's fascination with urban and industrial wastelands, the history they contain, and the mysteries they conceal. Together, Staller's photographs and Sante's text offer a stimulating, Technicolor tour of the unknown at the edge of the contemporary landscape. -- Publisher description.

0893817309
9780893817305

Staller, Jan, 1952-
Staller, Jan.
Photography, Artistic.
Landscape photography.
Photographie artistique.
Photographie de paysages.
art photography.
Fotografie
Foto's.

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 192792
Cote: TR140.S782 (ID:97-B3859)
Statut: Disponible