Venezia oscura
by Gerhard Ullmann
Photographs: Gerhard Ullmann
Text: With an introduction by Lucius Burckhardt
Publisher: Edition Axel Menges
96 pages
Pictures: 87 illus. in colour
Year: 2002
ISBN: 978-3-932565-26-7
Comments: 28 x 30 cm, hard-cover, German / English
We could find a great deal to say about masks and concealment when leafing through Gerhard Ullmann’s photographs. Half of Venice is masked, stuck over with posters or covered with paintings, so convincingly that with some of the pictures by Ullmann you don’t know whether you are seeing the reality or just the pictures overlapping it. But in fact it is just like the old Venetian halfmasks where the face shows through at some point – and above all it is keeping a sharp and watchful eye on us, the strangers. These pasted images are like the old masks, they are evil or sad, the last thing they are is amusing. We are aware of the decay that is being hidden here, the flaking decorations that would reappear if the area under the paper were cleaned.
more books tagged »Italian« | >> see all
-
Passeggiata napoletana (signed)
by Arturo Zavattini
Euro 36 -
The Italian Photobook 1931-1941
by Giorgio Grillo
Euro 46 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
The April Theses
by Davide Monteleone
Euro 38.50 -
Ballad of Woods and Wounds
by Tomaso Clavarino & Patrizio Anastasi
Euro 35 -
Yemen Rihla (book + print - review copy)
by Fabio Tasca
Euro 77
more books tagged »Italy« | >> see all
-
Secret Garden
by Alessandra Calò
sold out -
’O Post Mio
by Francesca Leonardi
Euro 44 -
Time is not counted from Daylight but from Midnight
by Marco del Pra
Euro 28.50 -
Blanco - 1/5 terra di frattura
by Elton Gllava
sold out -
A town in Southern Italy
by Frank Cancian
Euro 49 -
Fotografia. Nuove produzioni 2020 per la Collezione Roma
by various photographers
Euro 77
more books tagged »city« | >> see all
-
Las Vegas - notes from a different planet (signed)
by Barbara Filips
Euro 55 -
Le Grand Sommeil - The Big Sleep
by Paul Grandsard
Euro 49 -
House Hunting
by Todd Hido
sold out -
Le Grand Sommeil - The Big Sleep (signed)
by Paul Grandsard
Euro 54 -
House Hunting (slightly damaged - last copy)
by Todd Hido
sold out -
Send me a lullaby
by Emma Phillips
Euro 45
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
Venezia oscura
by Gerhard Ullmann
Photographs: Gerhard Ullmann
Text: With an introduction by Lucius Burckhardt
Publisher: Edition Axel Menges
96 pages
Pictures: 87 illus. in colour
Year: 2002
ISBN: 978-3-932565-26-7
Comments: 28 x 30 cm, hard-cover, German / English
We could find a great deal to say about masks and concealment when leafing through Gerhard Ullmann’s photographs. Half of Venice is masked, stuck over with posters or covered with paintings, so convincingly that with some of the pictures by Ullmann you don’t know whether you are seeing the reality or just the pictures overlapping it. But in fact it is just like the old Venetian halfmasks where the face shows through at some point – and above all it is keeping a sharp and watchful eye on us, the strangers. These pasted images are like the old masks, they are evil or sad, the last thing they are is amusing. We are aware of the decay that is being hidden here, the flaking decorations that would reappear if the area under the paper were cleaned.
more books tagged »Italian« | >> see all
-
Passeggiata napoletana (signed)
by Arturo Zavattini
Euro 36 -
The Italian Photobook 1931-1941
by Giorgio Grillo
Euro 46 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
The April Theses
by Davide Monteleone
Euro 38.50 -
Ballad of Woods and Wounds
by Tomaso Clavarino & Patrizio Anastasi
Euro 35 -
Yemen Rihla (book + print - review copy)
by Fabio Tasca
Euro 77
more books tagged »Italy« | >> see all
-
Secret Garden
by Alessandra Calò
sold out -
’O Post Mio
by Francesca Leonardi
Euro 44 -
Time is not counted from Daylight but from Midnight
by Marco del Pra
Euro 28.50 -
Blanco - 1/5 terra di frattura
by Elton Gllava
sold out -
A town in Southern Italy
by Frank Cancian
Euro 49 -
Fotografia. Nuove produzioni 2020 per la Collezione Roma
by various photographers
Euro 77
more books tagged »city« | >> see all
-
Las Vegas - notes from a different planet (signed)
by Barbara Filips
Euro 55 -
Le Grand Sommeil - The Big Sleep
by Paul Grandsard
Euro 49 -
House Hunting
by Todd Hido
sold out -
Le Grand Sommeil - The Big Sleep (signed)
by Paul Grandsard
Euro 54 -
House Hunting (slightly damaged - last copy)
by Todd Hido
sold out -
Send me a lullaby
by Emma Phillips
Euro 45
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
Venezia oscura
by Gerhard Ullmann
Photographs: Gerhard Ullmann
Text: With an introduction by Lucius Burckhardt
Publisher: Edition Axel Menges
96 pages
Pictures: 87 illus. in colour
Year: 2002
ISBN: 978-3-932565-26-7
Comments: 28 x 30 cm, hard-cover, German / English
We could find a great deal to say about masks and concealment when leafing through Gerhard Ullmann’s photographs. Half of Venice is masked, stuck over with posters or covered with paintings, so convincingly that with some of the pictures by Ullmann you don’t know whether you are seeing the reality or just the pictures overlapping it. But in fact it is just like the old Venetian halfmasks where the face shows through at some point – and above all it is keeping a sharp and watchful eye on us, the strangers. These pasted images are like the old masks, they are evil or sad, the last thing they are is amusing. We are aware of the decay that is being hidden here, the flaking decorations that would reappear if the area under the paper were cleaned.
more books tagged »Italian« | >> see all
-
Passeggiata napoletana (signed)
by Arturo Zavattini
Euro 36 -
The Italian Photobook 1931-1941
by Giorgio Grillo
Euro 46 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
The April Theses
by Davide Monteleone
Euro 38.50 -
Ballad of Woods and Wounds
by Tomaso Clavarino & Patrizio Anastasi
Euro 35 -
Yemen Rihla (book + print - review copy)
by Fabio Tasca
Euro 77
more books tagged »Italy« | >> see all
-
Secret Garden
by Alessandra Calò
sold out -
’O Post Mio
by Francesca Leonardi
Euro 44 -
Time is not counted from Daylight but from Midnight
by Marco del Pra
Euro 28.50 -
Blanco - 1/5 terra di frattura
by Elton Gllava
sold out -
A town in Southern Italy
by Frank Cancian
Euro 49 -
Fotografia. Nuove produzioni 2020 per la Collezione Roma
by various photographers
Euro 77
more books tagged »city« | >> see all
-
Las Vegas - notes from a different planet (signed)
by Barbara Filips
Euro 55 -
Le Grand Sommeil - The Big Sleep
by Paul Grandsard
Euro 49 -
House Hunting
by Todd Hido
sold out -
Le Grand Sommeil - The Big Sleep (signed)
by Paul Grandsard
Euro 54 -
House Hunting (slightly damaged - last copy)
by Todd Hido
sold out -
Send me a lullaby
by Emma Phillips
Euro 45
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com