Mårten Lange – Ghost Witness

Mårten Lange – Ghost Witness

Robert Rauschenberg, Marten Lange • LOOSE JOINTS

ISBN-10: 1912719207 · ISBN-13: 978‑1912719204 · 2020 · First Edition

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The Actual Book You Will Receive Is Pictured. Why buy when you can't see what you're getting? See my other Rare, Hard-to-Find & Signed Photobooks up now & Bookmark my Store so you don't miss out on my Art & Photography books going up all the time! The Out of Print collection of 128 large, 13.4 by 9.2 inch, black & white photographs by Marten Lange mostly taken at night over 168 pages, OTA bound, published by Loose Joints in the UK in 2020. Nominated for the Svenska Fotobokspriset in 2022. CONDITION DESCRIPTION- Near Fine. Lightly handled and clean inside and out with no marks, writing or damage. Tight binding. Book shows overall light shelf wear. Hardcover without dust jacket as issued. From the publisher- " China has a rich tradition of ghost stories and supernatural beliefs. There are tales of ghosts that can shape-shift, or turn into air, or pure darkness or light. In Ghost Witness, Mårten Lange tells the story of a country rushing towards the future with the past following silently behind, like a spectre in the smog. In his time in China, Lange visited urban metropolises that have expanded rapidly in recent years, as a result of hyper-accelerated growth and development. Walking through these megacities, Lange explores the bleeding edge between rationalised urban planning and messy everyday lives. Ghost Witness engages with the unique quality of light in the urban environment, where the sun filters through the polluted air and the vast arrays of LEDs twinkle in the rain – revealing the world indirectly, like a mirror. The images in Ghost Witness inhabit and replicate the machine-like rational logic of the grid to interrogate overlaps and fissures between architecture, technology, surveillance and the future. Lange’s precise photographs often describe those fissures: indecipherable codes, broken windows, decay and entropy within the order of glass and steel. Suspended in a liminal state between constant construction and expansion, Lange questions what it means for humanity to dwell inside environments that are planned, designed and repeated, with little recourse for history, transition and change. " Please ask all questions before buying. This is a final sale. It has been kept in a smoke free & pet free environment. This item is absolutely genuine in all respects, as is every item I sell. $7 Shipping To The USA. Carefully wrapped & securely packed, as always. Worldwide Shipping Available. (International Customers Please Note- Customs, etc. are the buyer's responsibility, as is eBay's policy.)

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