Graham, Paul. New
Europe. (Text von / by Urs Stahel, Übersetzung / Translation von / by
Ann Gallagher). Winterthur, Fotomuseum (1993). Gr.-4°. [120] S. mit 42
teils doppelblattgr. Farbtafeln. Illustr. OKart.
Erste Ausgabe. – Von P. Graham auf
dem Titel signiert. – Eines von 3000 Exemplaren. – „New Europe confronts
the Euro-utopian dream of a united continent with the screaming,
uneventful banality of today and with the shadows of its past. Paul
Graham’s color photographs visualize history and show its effects in
everyday life, even when it is unrecognized or contested and sometimes
even trivialized until it ends up as a child’s toy. We encounter history
when, from out of the depths of time, it hits the surface, whether we
trip over its gravestone, pass it by unawares, or spit on it in
contempt. Interspersed are images of people from today, pictures of
immersion, escaping, into music, alcohol, cigarettes, or drug addiction,
into the ecstatic kick. These are pictures of a comprehensive
commercialization. Together with the signs of history, a physically
experienceable portrait is formed of contemporary European reality, a
social and psychological landscape, whose traces can be equally felt in
things, gestures, and the indifferent faces – surrounded by the laughter
of empty perspectives“ (Urs Stahel). – Sehr gutes Exemplar.
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