This collective work, which accompanies the exhibition to be presented at the MEP in 2022, examines the role of photography in the understanding and representation of love, physical proximity, sexuality and intimacy. The book takes a fresh look at the history of photography through the prism of love relationships. Constructed like the two sides of a record, Love Songs brings together the work of 16 artists who have placed their own intimacy at the heart of their photographic creations.
Among the major photographic series are Nobuyoshi Araki's Sentimental Journey (1969) and Winter Journey (1989-1990), which present the beginning and end of his relationship with his wife Yoko, from their honeymoon to her death; and Nan Goldin's masterpiece The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (since 1983), an intimate exploratory stroll through the New York underground of the time. Covering a period from 1950 to 2021, the book combines iconic series with images never before published in France. Love Songs reveals photography's special relationship with reality and that indescribable thing called love. MEP director Simon Baker signs the preface; b&w and color photos.
ATELIER EXB, 2022
224 pages
19.5 × 28 cm
ISBN: 9782365112895
This collective work, which accompanies the exhibition to be presented at the MEP in 2022, examines the role of photography in the understanding and representation of love, physical proximity, sexuality and intimacy. The book takes a fresh look at the history of photography through the prism of love relationships. Constructed like the two sides of a record, Love Songs brings together the work of 16 artists who have placed their own intimacy at the heart of their photographic creations.
Among the major photographic series are Nobuyoshi Araki's Sentimental Journey (1969) and Winter Journey (1989-1990), which present the beginning and end of his relationship with his wife Yoko, from their honeymoon to her death; and Nan Goldin's masterpiece The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (since 1983), an intimate exploratory stroll through the New York underground of the time. Covering a period from 1950 to 2021, the book combines iconic series with images never before published in France. Love Songs reveals photography's special relationship with reality and that indescribable thing called love. MEP director Simon Baker signs the preface; b&w and color photos.
ATELIER EXB, 2022
224 pages
19.5 × 28 cm
ISBN: 9782365112895
