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Nadav Kander (*1961 in Israel) creates images in an age of radical change: in a series awarded the famed Prix Pictet in 2009, he photographed a China in the process of revolution. Traveling along the Yangtze River, he took serene pictures of people haplessly facing overwhelming change. In these pictures, the river China s main artery becomes a metaphor of constant transformation. The tiny figure of a mother with a baby in her arms leans against a huge bridge piling, and one cannot help but wonder what the country will look like when this child is an adult. There are still traces of the old China, for whose spirituality the river was important, but the idyllic old buildings and houseboats have been replaced by colossal new apartment complexes that emulate Western architecture. As Kander himself says: China is a nation that appears to be severing its roots by destroying its past in the wake of the sheer force of its moving forward at such an astounding and unnatural pace. A people scarring their country, and a country scarring its people.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I first became aware of this book when it was selected as one of the "Best Books of 2010" by Photo-eye magazine and I have to admit, it truly is a stunning book, both in regard to the quality of the images and the quality of the printing and design.
Kander is clearly a master photographer who somehow achieves a magical, painterly quality to his photographs (in fact, a friend of mine who saw one of the images at the Hong Kong art fair thought it WAS a painting). The work is exquisite and includes breathtaking remote landscapes, the most beautiful shots of a river dam that I've ever seen and also packed cityscapes that give a true sense of the crowded nature of the Chinese cities. Kander has the rare skill to photograph empty landscapes as well as landscapes that include people and make both equally powerful and evocative. While everything is so perfectly photographed, the overwhelming feeling is a sense of melancholy, loss and despair at the almost unbelievable rate of change this massive and ancient 5,000-year-old country is going through.
The images are all printed fullpage on the right pages of the book while the left pages are blank except for the caption. The cover is a beautiful, grey fabric with a "tipped in" print on it. It really is a very elegantly designed book, both in it's quality and simplicity.
Many photobooks of this nature have the feeling that any photographer who had been in the same location at the same moment could've captured the same images but this isn't one of those. Kander's images are unique, intelligent, timeless and both artfully and technically brilliant. Highly, highly recommended.
Kander is clearly a master photographer who somehow achieves a magical, painterly quality to his photographs (in fact, a friend of mine who saw one of the images at the Hong Kong art fair thought it WAS a painting). The work is exquisite and includes breathtaking remote landscapes, the most beautiful shots of a river dam that I've ever seen and also packed cityscapes that give a true sense of the crowded nature of the Chinese cities. Kander has the rare skill to photograph empty landscapes as well as landscapes that include people and make both equally powerful and evocative. While everything is so perfectly photographed, the overwhelming feeling is a sense of melancholy, loss and despair at the almost unbelievable rate of change this massive and ancient 5,000-year-old country is going through.
The images are all printed fullpage on the right pages of the book while the left pages are blank except for the caption. The cover is a beautiful, grey fabric with a "tipped in" print on it. It really is a very elegantly designed book, both in it's quality and simplicity.
Many photobooks of this nature have the feeling that any photographer who had been in the same location at the same moment could've captured the same images but this isn't one of those. Kander's images are unique, intelligent, timeless and both artfully and technically brilliant. Highly, highly recommended.
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I saw an exhibition of some of Kander's work in London earlier this year and was blown away by it. It has the impact of some of those huge paintings of the Romantics. Kander's images are just so beautiful - and the book does a really good job of representing his work. It is a treasure, sold here at a great price, and delivered with the speed of light!
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Cracking
Lovely book. Lots of nice pictures, really nice quality Images. Bought this on a whim as I'd never seen any of this photographer,'s stuff, glad that I did
Published 14 months ago by Mr. A. Hall
True Grit
Amazingly Kandar has managed to put together an achingly beautiful body of work of a terrifying and sad subject:
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Published 15 months ago by The Spyridon
a beautiful book
this is an extraordinary book, beautifully made and published, and the work presented is magnificent. nadav kander's photography is truly inspiring.
Published 17 months ago by Alexandre Kapellos
Beautiful
I went to see this exhibition as a photography student and it's just beautiful, well worth the money for the book.
Published 19 months ago by Zoe
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