
Johan Willner
Boy Stories
Hatje Cantz Verlag
1st Edition
Published on 16. October 2012
Book
Hardback
80 pages
978-3-7757-3448-6 (ISBN)
Description
Johan Willner (*1971 in Stockholm) makes it difficult to tell to what degree his black-and-white and color photographs are renditions of real or staged events. Inspired by music, literature, and philosophy, the artist discovers mysterious motifs in front of the backdrops provided by nature or the city, beaches or hospitals. This publication presents the series Boy Stories, which is based on images from his own memory and which Willner has been pursuing since 2006-not to reconstruct the details of past events but with the intention of creating a universally valid manifestation of existential questions. The slightly faded colors, often in complimentary hues of green and red on a lighter background, lend the photographs a fascinating aesthetic that belies their dramatic depths while at the same time creating an interesting contrast to the subjects, such as the fragility of the child within the man.
Exhibition schedule: Fotografiska, Stockholm, October 4-November 18, 2012
Exhibition schedule: Fotografiska, Stockholm, October 4-November 18, 2012
Reviews / Votes
»'Boy Stories' examines the elusive nature of childhood memory and how it can often be a strange mix of dream, reality, nostalgia and half remembered truths.«More details
Language
English
Other
Place of publication
Ostfildern
Germany
Illustrations
67
0 Abbildungen, 67 Fotos bzw. Rasterbilder
35 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 35 cm
Width: 24.5 cm
Thickness: 1.1 cm
Weight
817 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-7757-3448-6 (9783775734486)
Schweitzer Classification