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We infuse the world we encounter with meaning, with social and symbolic significance based on the value we place upon representations we share. This, perhaps, is the irony of our conceptualizations: We make and share images so that we may know the world. But what is the nature of our image representations and what do they offer? With Oculus, photographer Ken Schles brings to us an eloquent follow-up to his last photographic effort, A New History of Photography: The World Outside and the Pictures In Our Heads (White Press, 2009).
Through an integration of text and image, Schles extends his investigation into the connection between image and memory by exploring the agency and nature of the image itself. Images, Schles reminds us, inform our "ways of seeing" and "knowing" on an ongoing transactional basis. They are constructions that stimulate our memories which, in turn, conjure other images and other ideas-reinforcing or challenging what we think or know to be true. Schles connects us to these ideas through his use of the image and via short texts that reference ideas about images, memory and metaphors using light found in literature, philosophy, early writings on psychology and in ancient myth. In the confluence of theses sources we find timeless corollaries to deepen our understanding of what the image may offer.
Spurred on by private upheavals to reassess his understanding of the image and its connection to memory, Ken Schles offers to us in Oculus a haunting search for meaning that takes us outside the noise and quotidian confusion of popular culture. Oculus is a journey that points beyond the shadow-play of images. It is meditation on the nature of perception and existence in the gray light of this world.
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Ken Schles's books have been called "intellectual milestones of photography,"(Süddeutsche Zeitung); "hellishly brilliant," (The New Yorker); and "an object lessonin bookmaking" (European Photography). His first book, Invisible City, was listedin M.+M. Auer's 802 Photo Books, a compilation of the most important books inphotography dating from 1760 onwards. His most recent book, A New Historyof Photography: The World Outside and the Pictures In Our Heads, was a finalistfor the 2009 Les Rencontres d'Arles Photographie Contemporary Book Award.
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"beautifully crafted... deeply satisfying... This fourth book marks Ken Schles as a true master of his art and culture maker of the highest caliber." -- Melanie Light, Le Journal de la Photographie
"...quite simply it's one of the best new photobooks I have seen in years: a towering accomplishment filled with aesthetic beauty and emotional depth. I can assure you this book will be a classic. ...it gave me chills from beginning to end."--Harper Levine, Harper's Books (Jury Selection Committee for Le Prix du Livre Paris Photo 2011)
A Photo-Eye photographic book of the year (2011): "A poignant meditation on images and memory, Schles' book is as evocative as it is beautiful."
"an absolutely drop dead gorgeous, twelve inch by nine inch, ninety-six page book-fetishist's delight" --conveyor magazine
"Oculus is an unusual and uniquely important book, and defies easy categorization. Equal parts philosophical treatise and artist book, Oculus asks profound questions... Viewers willing to spend time with this powerful work will be greatly rewarded." --Adam Bell for Photo-Eye
"...quite simply it's one of the best new photobooks I have seen in years: a towering accomplishment filled with aesthetic beauty and emotional depth. I can assure you this book will be a classic. ...it gave me chills from beginning to end."--Harper Levine, Harper's Books (Jury Selection Committee for Le Prix du Livre Paris Photo 2011)
A Photo-Eye photographic book of the year (2011): "A poignant meditation on images and memory, Schles' book is as evocative as it is beautiful."
"an absolutely drop dead gorgeous, twelve inch by nine inch, ninety-six page book-fetishist's delight" --conveyor magazine
"Oculus is an unusual and uniquely important book, and defies easy categorization. Equal parts philosophical treatise and artist book, Oculus asks profound questions... Viewers willing to spend time with this powerful work will be greatly rewarded." --Adam Bell for Photo-Eye
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- PublisherNoorderlicht (aurora Borealis)
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 9076703450
- ISBN 13 9789076703459
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages96
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Price is net to all; promotional discounts do not apply. SPECIAL ORDER: PRICING & AVAILABILITY SUBJECT TO CHANGE. First edition, first printing. Limited edition of 20 copies, with an original fiber pigment print (8 x 10 inches) on Museo Silver Rag 300gsm 100% cotton archival paper, signed and numbered in the lower margin by Schles. The print and book are contained in a custom, debossed cloth-covered slipcase. Hardcover. Photographically illustrated paper covered boards, quarter-bound in beige linen cloth; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs by Ken Schles. 96 pp., with 35 four-color plates printed on double gatefold matte paper. 12 x 8-3/4 inches. This first edition of the book was limited to 1000 copies. New (from the artist's archive). From the publisher: "We infuse the world we encounter with meaning, with social and symbolic significance based on the value we place upon representations we share. This, perhaps, is the irony of our conceptualizations: We make and share images so that we may know the world. But what is the nature of our image representations and what do they offer? Spurred on by private upheavals to reassess his understanding of the image and its connection to memory, Ken Schles offers to us in Oculus a haunting search for meaning that takes us outside the noise and quotidian confusion of popular culture. Oculus is a journey that points beyond the shadow-play of images. It is meditation on the nature of perception and eistence in the gray light of this world." Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 108599
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