Gail Albert Halaban: Paris Views is a continuation of Halaban's 2012 series Out My Window. In this new set of images, Halaban shifts her focus from New York to Paris-while continuing to steady her gaze through the windows of her neighbors and others in the community. The photographs, taken between 2012 and 2013, feature cinematic atmospheres and intimate domestic stills. Through Halaban's lens, the viewer is welcomed into the private worlds of ordinary people. The photographs in Gail Albert Halaban: Paris Views explore the conventions and tensions of urban lifestyles, the blurring between reality and fantasy, feelings of isolation in the city, and the intimacies of home and daily life. In these meticulously directed, windowframed versions of reality, Halaban allows the viewer to create his or her own fictions about the characters, activities, and interiors illuminated within. This invitation to imagine renders the characters and settings both personal and mysterious. Halaban's seductive photography appeals to the flaneur in all of us.
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The beauty of the images is unquestionable. Beautifully composed and perfectly exposed so that the surroundings, the building, and its residents all complement each other, every photo is peaceful and candid.--DL Cade"Petapixel" (10/29/2014) ..a strikingly intimate vignette of urban life.--David Alexander Arnold"Travel + Leisure" (10/10/2014) A big part of the book's pleasure, especially for American readers, is that it allows us to imagine being these Parisians' neighbor, gazing out from a romantic Marais garret or chic St.-Germain pied-a-terre, and to daydream about a life lived with these views.--Julie Coe"Architectural Digest" (11/04/2014)
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Verlagsort
Illustrationen
Illustrated in colour throughout
Maße
Höhe: 285 mm
Breite: 375 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-1-59711-302-1 (9781597113021)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Gail Albert Halaban received an MFA in photography from Yale University, where she was mentored by Gregory Crewdson. She has taught at the School of Visual Arts and International Center of Photography, both in New York, and at Yale, among other notable institutions. She has been included in both group and solo exhibitions internationally. Her previous book, Out My Window, was published by powerhouse Books in 2012. She is represented by Edwynn Houk Gallery in New York. Christian Caujolle is an art critic, teacher, and curator, who was also the founder and director of Agence VU', Paris. Cathy Rémy is a French journalist and photo assistant at Le Monde who previously wrote about Gail Albert Halaban's Parisian photographs for M le Magazine du Monde.
