Observation is a constant that underlies all approaches

CAD 56.00

Observation is a constant that underlies all approaches

CAD 56.00

In this collection of Phyllis Lambert’s personal photographs taken over several decades during her daily routines, her travels, or at work, observation turns into a quest to understand and reveal what might otherwise remain overlooked.

 

“Many persuasive reasons to be involved with photography come to mind. Surely, observation is the constant that underlies all approaches, all levels of interest, and all fascination with the medium. And from observation grows a deepening understanding of the complex interactions between art and the many diverse fields of human knowledge. My own use of the camera dates back to 1954, as I started to think about what a new building in New York—the Seagram building – could be. While in Rome during Easter that year, I began to look more closely at buildings through the lens of a camera I had barely used, observing their qualities, how they sat on the land, their form and articulation, their materials, how architectural details related to a building as a whole, and how the building related to the urban fabric and space of the city.”

 

 

Dans ce recueil de photographies personnelles de Phyllis Lambert prises sur plusieurs décennies au cours de ses activités quotidiennes, de ses voyages ou de son travail, l’observation se transforme en une quête pour comprendre et révéler ce qui pourrait autrement rester ignoré.

 

« Mon utilisation de l’appareil photo remonte à 1954, lorsque j’ai commencé à réfléchir à ce que pouvait être un nouvel immeuble à New York, le Seagram Building. Lors d’un séjour à Rome à Pâques cette année-là, j’ai commencé à regarder de plus près les bâtiments à travers l’objectif d’un appareil photo que j’avais à peine utilisé, observant leurs qualités, leur position sur le terrain, leur forme et leur articulation, leurs matériaux, la façon dont les détails architecturaux se rapportent à un bâtiment dans son ensemble, et la façon dont le bâtiment se rapporte au tissu urbain et à l’espace de la ville. » 


Phyllis Lambert

Lars Müller Publishers, 2023

16.5 X 16.5 cm, 336 pages

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