{"product_id":"taken-from-light-signed-copy","title":"Taken from Light - signed copy","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eIN STOCK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eShipping now , last copies!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e210x260mm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e368 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e270 Duotone illustrations with partial varnish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eEssays by Andrew Szegedy-Maszak, Sandra S. Phillips and Mark Steinmetz\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eText: Polish \/ English\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eDesign by Misha Kominek and Gonzalo Sanchez\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePre press: \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eKatarzyna Wolny-Grządziel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe album accompanied the exhibition:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eMark Steinmetz\u003cbr\u003eTaken from Light \/ Odkrywając światłość. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003eThe exhibition was held at Schoen Palace Museum in Sosnowiec, Poland\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ewithin XXXIII Ars Cameralis Festival 2024.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArs Cameralis Festival in Poland is revisiting Mark Steinmetz's life and works with a retrospective exhibition at Schoena Palace Museum in Sosnowiec. \"Taken From Light\" is curated by Misha Kominek and Marek \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eZieliński, a selection of around 140 black and white \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eimages covering his entire career. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTo complement that retrospective, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\"Taken From Light\" is also a 368-page publication published by Kominek Books in Berlin, including texts by Steinmetz himself, Sandra Philips, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCurator Emeritus of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art \u003c\/span\u003eand \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAndrew Szegedy-Maszak, \u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eProfessor of Classical Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. With English and Polish text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArt history is packed with scenes of ordinary people in their daily activities. Humans have tried almost anything to grasp that everyday feel, adding new techniques and views along the way. Documenting life appeared much less challenging with the arrival of photography, until it showed its own limitations. Then a never ending discussion followed on how cameras and reality get along, and whether pictures mirror or modify the world around them. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat was ages before selfie sticks and apps. But as of 2024, it all still comes down to the way photographers approach the subjects they focus on. Enter Mark Steinnmetz, who’s been portraying anonymous people and places in glorious black and white for decades. Mainly walking around the American city suburbs and Southern towns he lived in, with an open eye to the unexpected. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithout being intrusive, Steinmetz carefully chooses the couples, kids and characters he comes across. In a park or on the move, having fun or doing nothing, in small groups or sitting all alone. He takes pictures of them on the spot, unaware of their story. But far from being impersonal, his random compilations of instants in other people’s lives always make intimate and revealing books or exhibitions. A poetic quality that also applies to the graffiti, trees, houses or roads he depicts.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis admiration for street photographer Garry Winogrand first brought him to Los Angeles, where he started his trilogy of books from the American South: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSouth Central\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSouth East\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGreater Atlanta\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Settled in Athens (Georgia) since the Nineties, Steinmetz has also portrayed life in France (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrance 1987 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paris in my time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Italy (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInsieme \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTuscan trees\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and Germany (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBerlin pictures\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe settings he chooses may change, but a similar spirit can be found in his projects at country fairs (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarnival\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), road trips (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePast K-Ville\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) or kids’ camps (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSummer camp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Long before empathy became a corporate word, Steinmetz’s images always distilled timeless and compassionate shots. Something that made you stare at them again, suddenly aware of the everyday magic hidden among people's ordinary struggle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis narrative, if any, is born out of detail and his masterful use of black and white. Mostly introspective, sometimes humorous, socially conscious without preaching, and emotional without pretending. His unique skills are always at the service of his subjects, and not the other way around. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe deeply American flavor of his images has been linked to Southern names like novelist William Faulkner. In a way Steinmetz’s work has prioritized artistic work before the artist, just like Faulkner once wrote: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Don’t be ‘a writer’. 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