- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd (1 July 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 071483842X
- ISBN-13: 978-0714838427
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 16.8 x 1.9 cm
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- #79 in Books > Art, Architecture & Photography > Subjects within Art > Portraits
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This text contains 100 photographs taken of passengers on the Paris metro between 1995 and 1997. The photographer says he stole these portraits because under French law everyone is the owner of his or her image. However, he also says that our image is nothing more than a worthless alias of ourselves and it is everywhere without us knowing it. Accompanied by a text from cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, this book is an exploration of the relationship between the photographer and his subject, and an investigation into the meaning of the human image.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
A fascinating book
10 Sep 1999
Format:Paperback
Delahaye surreptitiously shot passengers on the Paris metro. His black and white full bleed shots reveal the interior blankness of everyday life distracted, preoccupied, faces staring inwardly, anxious, close-lipped that Baudrillard characterises as "absent from their lives, raised to the tragic impersonal figuration of their destiny". A mute drama.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
A radical concept, a very impressive book.
22 Aug 1999
Format:Paperback
For two years, the author photographed passengers in the Paris metro with a hidden camera. The result is this simple collection of vertical, black and white portraits. Never before such a level of truth was reached in portrait photography.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
baudrillard hurts more than helps
3 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
Delahay's photographs are some of the most mysterious and thought-provoking portraits i have ever seen. There is no doubt, moreover, that Baudrillard belongs here in some manner, but his essay seeks to demystify the thematic mechanisms at work in Delahaye's series and actually works to shape the way we see these pieces. I am completely on board with his ideas with regards to these photographs, but i am not sure if his writing belongs in this book. These pictures need to remain mysterious and should withhold information just as much as Delahaye's subjects.
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