They're beautiful indeed. I'm not sure about the size in this case. Usually, I'm not a huge fan of museum practices when they frame 6" prints in a 24" frame - they're trying to push too hard to give it more space and become comical. But in this case, the white space does seem to elevate the (occasionally, superficially mundane) pictures and provide them with some repose... I think it fits the work quite well when leafing through the book, especially that you have time to stop and contemplate the imates...but it might not come across in video format. What I definitely don't like though is the captions...why, MACK? They're playing off the formal relationships...who cares if it's Rome or Salzburg? Put that in the separate volume of text.
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@@andras_ikladi Yes, looking through a book that you are holding in your hands is a different experience, immediate, tactile. I just meant that I want the pictures to be bigger, it's not so much about the space, I phrased it wrong. I want to take in the pictures more. Like seeing a film at the cinema is a more immersive experience than watching it at home. I want to be completely taken over so that I forget myself for a moment, like all good art does. The pictures are stunning and deserve to take up more space.
I agree it's a bit on the small side. Given his images are mostly horizontal, if laid out in a vertical book, the page size would have to be larger (I think there is room to play, the book is a little small)...or use a landscape format but then run the risk of losing some of the...floatiness? (is that a word?). I have another of his books where they've done it and I much prefer them on a vertical page (I have the same issue with many of Martin Parr's books). For a wall, I would even go with vertical frames. A propos theater: a projection of these slides would be magical! There is a photographer I know who's working in series but has given up on making books (due to cost, distribution, interest...etc) and now books a cinema (surprisingly cheap) once in a while to present his new work, supported by music and a short presentation.
Shame the pictures aren't bigger on the page.
So much empty space.
They are beautiful.
They're beautiful indeed. I'm not sure about the size in this case. Usually, I'm not a huge fan of museum practices when they frame 6" prints in a 24" frame - they're trying to push too hard to give it more space and become comical. But in this case, the white space does seem to elevate the (occasionally, superficially mundane) pictures and provide them with some repose... I think it fits the work quite well when leafing through the book, especially that you have time to stop and contemplate the imates...but it might not come across in video format.
What I definitely don't like though is the captions...why, MACK? They're playing off the formal relationships...who cares if it's Rome or Salzburg? Put that in the separate volume of text.
@@andras_ikladi Yes, looking through a book that you are holding in your hands is a different experience, immediate, tactile.
I just meant that I want the pictures to be bigger, it's not so much about the space, I phrased it wrong.
I want to take in the pictures more.
Like seeing a film at the cinema is a more immersive experience than watching it at home.
I want to be completely taken over so that I forget myself for a moment, like all good art does.
The pictures are stunning and deserve to take up more space.
I agree it's a bit on the small side. Given his images are mostly horizontal, if laid out in a vertical book, the page size would have to be larger (I think there is room to play, the book is a little small)...or use a landscape format but then run the risk of losing some of the...floatiness? (is that a word?). I have another of his books where they've done it and I much prefer them on a vertical page (I have the same issue with many of Martin Parr's books). For a wall, I would even go with vertical frames.
A propos theater: a projection of these slides would be magical! There is a photographer I know who's working in series but has given up on making books (due to cost, distribution, interest...etc) and now books a cinema (surprisingly cheap) once in a while to present his new work, supported by music and a short presentation.