Reconstructing the View The Grand Canyon Photographs of Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe |
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Author:
| Senf, Rebecca A. Pyne, Stephen J. |
Contribution by:
| Klett, Mark Wolfe, Byron |
ISBN: | 978-0-520-27390-0 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2012 |
Publisher: | University of California Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $49.95 |
Book Description:
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Using landscape photography to reflect on broader notions of culture, the passage of time, and the construction of perception, photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe spent five years exploring the Grand Canyon for their most recent project,
Reconstructing the View. The team_s landscape photographs are based on the practice of rephotography, in which they identify sites of historic photographs and make new photographs of those precise locations. Klett and Wolfe referenced...
More DescriptionUsing landscape photography to reflect on broader notions of culture, the passage of time, and the construction of perception, photographers Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe spent five years exploring the Grand Canyon for their most recent project, Reconstructing the View. The team_s landscape photographs are based on the practice of rephotography, in which they identify sites of historic photographs and make new photographs of those precise locations. Klett and Wolfe referenced a wealth of images of the canyon, ranging from historical photographs and drawings by William Bell and William Henry Holmes, to well-known artworks by Edward Weston and Ansel Adams, and from souvenir postcards to contemporary digital images drawn from Flickr. The pair then employed digital postproduction methods to bring the original images into dialogue with their own. The result is this stunning volume, illustrated with a wealth of full-color illustrations that attest to the role photographers_both anonymous and great_have played in picturing American places.
Rebecca Senf_s compelling essay traces the photographers_ process and methodology, conveying the complexity of their collaboration. Stephen J. Pyne provides a conceptual framework for understanding the history of the canyon, offering an overview of its discovery by Europeans and its subsequent treatment in writing, photography, and graphic arts.