- Hardcover: 189 pages
- Publisher: ABRAMS (April 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0810993090
- ISBN-13: 978-0810993099
- Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 30.9 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,341,856 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Format:Hardcover
Andy is at the vanguard of a new generation of artists working in new media in Cornwall. This sumptuous collection of photographs is thought-provoking, unusual and totally recommended.
Format:Hardcover
i am familiar with andrews work - in fact, i have several of his prints. i cannot wait to see more examples of his interpretation of the sea. The british coastline has never look so good - er, interesting!
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Beach Junk as Modern Art
27 Nov 2011
Format:Hardcover
'Dominant wave theory' is a photographic album that realizes an interesting concept: It is full of photos of debris that has washed onto and litters various beaches in England, Continental Europe and America, taken in such a way that the trash seems unexpectedly alien and, dare we say, even beautiful.
The crisp pictures' usage of lush colors and various photographic techniques give an utterly unexpected perspective to mundane familiar objects that have fulfilled their purpose and now are reduced to detritus. For instance, a technique used in several photographs (including the cover picture) is to allow for the object to take up almost all the central space, thereby conveying the impression that it is much larger than it really is, and also giving one the feeling that it came from outer space. More than once, I was reminded of the monolith scene in the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey'. I don't know if it was the artist's intention but the idea of conveying that this rubbish is alien to nature and the beaches by making it seem like a collection of 'alien' (i.e. outer space) objects strikes me as ingenious.
The album contains several accompanying essays which examine some of the broader context in which pictures were taken, and the environmental problems that the beach offal poses is a dominant reoccurring theme.
The book would make a nice gift for environmentally conscious people who enjoy beach-related activities, or those (like me) who just enjoy being exposed to a novel perspective on familiar items.
The crisp pictures' usage of lush colors and various photographic techniques give an utterly unexpected perspective to mundane familiar objects that have fulfilled their purpose and now are reduced to detritus. For instance, a technique used in several photographs (including the cover picture) is to allow for the object to take up almost all the central space, thereby conveying the impression that it is much larger than it really is, and also giving one the feeling that it came from outer space. More than once, I was reminded of the monolith scene in the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey'. I don't know if it was the artist's intention but the idea of conveying that this rubbish is alien to nature and the beaches by making it seem like a collection of 'alien' (i.e. outer space) objects strikes me as ingenious.
The album contains several accompanying essays which examine some of the broader context in which pictures were taken, and the environmental problems that the beach offal poses is a dominant reoccurring theme.
The book would make a nice gift for environmentally conscious people who enjoy beach-related activities, or those (like me) who just enjoy being exposed to a novel perspective on familiar items.
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