About the Book
This photo book, from an ongoing related photo and video series made in London, explores these organisms, their everyday yet passed by beauty. Examining their connected whimsical life-force and the atmospheres of the corporate habitats they dwell in.
This is my first solo book project, in previous works, people are often the performative focus, here I wanted the city plants to be the stars. Ever greens in eternal city light.
Please note: an updated edition of this book has now been completed, from an earlier test version that previewed here, and is now available (March 2013).
A.M. Hanson. o/f/f/i/c/e. p/l/a/n/t/s.
(2013. colour photo book. 20x25cm, 102 pages. a UCA project.)
www.alexcalledsimonprojects.com
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art Photography
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Project Option: Standard Portrait, 7.75×9.75 in, 20×25 cm
# of Pages: 96 - Publish Date: Jan 31, 2013
About the Creator
Alex spent several years photographing performance. Work from this period can be seen in art books such as We Love You (Booth Clibborn), Leigh Bowery (Violette Editions) & in periodicals i-D, Dance Theatre Journal, Gazelland, together with widely exhibited work (see link for details). In separate yet connected practice, Hanson developed a series of 'post performance' concept characters, a multi media 'photo related family' (alexcalledsimon projects, including Susan Tripod) for photo series, installations, live events & publications (ongoing). Archive photos (1994,95), alongside interview text, published in Alexander McQueen: Fashion Visionary, by Judith Watt (Goodman Books, 2012). Recent work, from series An Emerge (Office), shown at Galleria Uno+Uno, Milan (Oct 2012). Hanson curated a collective test and display site event for Satellite Festival '12 and an interdisciplinary group show at UCA, he finishes research and studies there in Summer 2013. He is based in London.