{"title":"Books by Holly Roussell","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780500297513","title":"Civilization","description":"Our fast-changing world seen through the lenses of 140 leading contemporary photographers around the globe.     With close to 500 images, many previously unpublished, this landmark publication takes stock of the material and spiritual cultures that make up ‘civilization’. Ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary, from our great collective achievements to our ruinous collective failings, Civilization: The Way We Live Now explores the complexity of contemporary civilization through the rich, nuanced language of photography.     Featuring images by some 140 photographers – from Reiner Riedler’s families at leisure parks, Raimond Wouda’s high schools, Wang Qingsong’s Work, Work, Work and Cindy Sherman’s Society Portraits, to Lauren Greenfield’s displays of ostentatious wealth, Edward Burtynsky’s oil fields, Pablo Lopez Luz’s views on a sprawling contemporary megalopolis, Thomas Struth’s images of high technology, Xing Danwen’s electronic wastelands and Taryn Simon’s Contraband, Civilization draws together the threads of humankind’s ever-changing, frenetic, collective life across the globe.     Visually epic, Civilization is presented through eight thematic chapters, each featuring powerful imagery and accompanied by provocative essays, quotes and concise statements by the artists themselves.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291009888629,"sku":"9780500297513","price":35.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780500297513_45fa89b7-7ac1-44e7-a896-3e2876585334.jpg?v=1786013447"},{"product_id":"9780500027394","title":"Mo Yi","description":"Supported by an exhibition at Les Rencontres d'Arles in 2024, to be followed by an international tour, this is the first retrospective of one of China's most important photographic artists.     Mo Yi is a photographic artist with a career spanning nearly forty years from the 1980s to today. Published to accompany a major exhibition at Les Rencontres d’Arles, this retrospective contextualizes his work within the evolution of contemporary art following reform and opening in China in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution.   Organized into five chronological chapters that mark the milestones of Mo Yi’s journey as an artist, each introduced by Holly Roussell, the book presents the key projects and series, created through an era of great change and upheaval in China. A restless innovator of photographic practice and form, Mo Yi has combined documentary photography of daily life in Beijing with the exploratory and performative aspects for which his work has become renowned, shifting from the dynamic black and white images of his earlier practice to the vivid red that becomes a recurring motif in his later colour work.     Showcasing more than  150 original photographs, and with text contributions from Christoph Wiesner, Director of Les Rencontres d’Arles, and Philip Tinari, Director of UCCA, this book will introduce one of China’s most important, yet virtually unknown artists to international audiences for the first time.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56291205382517,"sku":"9780500027394","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780500027394_d9fef8ba-27d0-4d9e-90e7-711ab119992f.jpg?v=1786013632"},{"product_id":"9780500028933","title":"Shine Brightly","description":"The first comprehensive history of Korean photography in the English language.   Korean photography, whose practitioners have forged a unique visual language across seven decades, has been a vital part of the rise of South Korea’s identity and influence at the heart of contemporary culture. Built upon original, on-the-ground research and first-hand interviews, Shine Brightly explores the key artists, movements and exhibitions against their political, social and economic backdrops.     This is an unprecedented, curated journey through Korea’s photographic history. Featuring more than 100 photographers and over 450 photographs, the book traces the development of Korean photography from the documentary roots of post-war realism and the avant-garde explorations of the 1970s and 1980s, to the central themes and most influential artists at work today. Not only do the authors present important thematic developments, but they also propose new approaches to understanding the role of photography in performance and video art, the evolving aesthetics and symbolism of landscape photography, and the politicization of cityscapes around the turn of the millennium.     Appealing to specialist readers and the general public alike, Shine Brightly is set to become a landmark publication on Korean photography.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56368039133557,"sku":"9780500028933","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-holly-roussell.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}