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NOÉMIE GOUDAL

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Southern Light Stations ( 2 Oct 15 – 10 Jan 16)

An atmospheric exhibition on the top floor of the Photographers Gallery presenting works by the French artist Noémie Goudal. Her interests lie in manmade mutations of nature and landscape. For Southern Light Stations she build complex constructions into landscapes and captured them in her photographs. Thereby the line between fiction and reality blurs within the pictures.

My personal highlight were the stereoscopes. The viewing devices from the 19th century view a stereoscopic pair of separate images, depicting left-eye and right-eye views of the same scene, as a single three-dimensional image. Goudal uses the stereoscopes to show clouds with that simple and great 3D effect. Old technique – still fascinating.

Upcoming exhibitions at The Photographers Gallery:

THE EASTER RISING 1916 From Sean Sexton’s photographic collection and curated by Luke Dodd  22 Jan – 3 Apr 2016 

SAUL LEITER Saul Leiter’s pioneering colour photography 22 Jan – 3 Apr 2016

ROSÂNGELA RENNÓ A recent project by the eminent Brazilian artist engaging with archives and vernacular photography 22 Jan – 3 Apr 2016

WOLF SUSCHITZKY’S LONDON Iconic images, vintage prints and previously unseen work 22 Jan – 6 Mar 16

POWERPOINT POLEMICS 21 January – 3 April 2016

Stanger by Olivia Arthur

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Last summer I found this outstanding photobook by Magnum photographer Olivia Arthur at the Magnum archive in London. In her monograph the artist deals with the aftermath of a marine disaster that killed more than 200 people in Dubai in 1961. She observes the city through the perspective of a man, missing since the shipwreck. This offered her the opportunity to look at the rapidly growing city of today aswell as the small village that it was in the past. The photographs are printed on transparent paper so that the single prints coalesce with each other. Thereby the reader can experience the images in a permanently diversifying way. The book was self-published by Olivia Arthur and delights with great photographs and remarkable design.

Get more information about Olivia Arthurs Book in this interview by time.com