Sento
by Julia Baier
Photographs: Julia Baier
Text: essay by Rita Zobel and a conversation with Peter Bialobrzeski
Publisher: Peperoni Books
96 pages
Pictures: 40 duotone illustrations
Year: 2008
ISBN: 978-3-9809677-6-1
Comments: 21,5 x 27 cm; Stitch-bound; Inflexible brochure; German / English / Japanese
You could hardly fail to notice the mutual sympathy between Julia Baier and water. That empathy has already been aptly demonstrated in “The Public Baths”, her series on swimming pools. Now, in this book too, the charm of water is revealed in all its resplendent glory. The water here, though, is quite different from that in the European public swimming pools. Julia Baier first discovered the Japanese culture of bathing in summer 2005, and this book “Sento – the Japanese Bathhouse” grew out of that very personal experience.
She stayed in Japan for five weeks, mostly in Nara, and went to the Sento every day. From the door of my gallery I watched her lightly stepping out, sometimes twice a day, on her Sento pilgrimage, equipped only with a towel and a camera. Quite honestly, I felt a certain nagging worry that she might end up feeling queasy and ill. But she always came back laughing, with rosy cheeks, and announced: “I’ve taken some great shots.” Or: “It’s amazing – you can even find karaoke in a Sento!”
Other photographers have also published studies of the Sento. But no one has managed to capture this transient moment of self-absorbed absent-mindedness of body and soul so well. I believe Julia has succeeded because her soul is just as smooth and clear as water. After all, water is her element. For the future too, I look forward to seeing how her camera plays with light and depicts the wonderful waves she sees.
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Sento
by Julia Baier
Photographs: Julia Baier
Text: essay by Rita Zobel and a conversation with Peter Bialobrzeski
Publisher: Peperoni Books
96 pages
Pictures: 40 duotone illustrations
Year: 2008
ISBN: 978-3-9809677-6-1
Comments: 21,5 x 27 cm; Stitch-bound; Inflexible brochure; German / English / Japanese
You could hardly fail to notice the mutual sympathy between Julia Baier and water. That empathy has already been aptly demonstrated in “The Public Baths”, her series on swimming pools. Now, in this book too, the charm of water is revealed in all its resplendent glory. The water here, though, is quite different from that in the European public swimming pools. Julia Baier first discovered the Japanese culture of bathing in summer 2005, and this book “Sento – the Japanese Bathhouse” grew out of that very personal experience.
She stayed in Japan for five weeks, mostly in Nara, and went to the Sento every day. From the door of my gallery I watched her lightly stepping out, sometimes twice a day, on her Sento pilgrimage, equipped only with a towel and a camera. Quite honestly, I felt a certain nagging worry that she might end up feeling queasy and ill. But she always came back laughing, with rosy cheeks, and announced: “I’ve taken some great shots.” Or: “It’s amazing – you can even find karaoke in a Sento!”
Other photographers have also published studies of the Sento. But no one has managed to capture this transient moment of self-absorbed absent-mindedness of body and soul so well. I believe Julia has succeeded because her soul is just as smooth and clear as water. After all, water is her element. For the future too, I look forward to seeing how her camera plays with light and depicts the wonderful waves she sees.
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by Andreas Müller-Pohle
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by Gabriele Rammesmayer
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by Josef Brunner
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Sento
by Julia Baier
Photographs: Julia Baier
Text: essay by Rita Zobel and a conversation with Peter Bialobrzeski
Publisher: Peperoni Books
96 pages
Pictures: 40 duotone illustrations
Year: 2008
ISBN: 978-3-9809677-6-1
Comments: 21,5 x 27 cm; Stitch-bound; Inflexible brochure; German / English / Japanese
You could hardly fail to notice the mutual sympathy between Julia Baier and water. That empathy has already been aptly demonstrated in “The Public Baths”, her series on swimming pools. Now, in this book too, the charm of water is revealed in all its resplendent glory. The water here, though, is quite different from that in the European public swimming pools. Julia Baier first discovered the Japanese culture of bathing in summer 2005, and this book “Sento – the Japanese Bathhouse” grew out of that very personal experience.
She stayed in Japan for five weeks, mostly in Nara, and went to the Sento every day. From the door of my gallery I watched her lightly stepping out, sometimes twice a day, on her Sento pilgrimage, equipped only with a towel and a camera. Quite honestly, I felt a certain nagging worry that she might end up feeling queasy and ill. But she always came back laughing, with rosy cheeks, and announced: “I’ve taken some great shots.” Or: “It’s amazing – you can even find karaoke in a Sento!”
Other photographers have also published studies of the Sento. But no one has managed to capture this transient moment of self-absorbed absent-mindedness of body and soul so well. I believe Julia has succeeded because her soul is just as smooth and clear as water. After all, water is her element. For the future too, I look forward to seeing how her camera plays with light and depicts the wonderful waves she sees.
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-
The River is Moving / The Blackbird Must Be Flying (last copy)
by Gary Green
Euro 44 -
VENTI OCEANICI (signed)
by Valentino Barachini
sold out -
The Danube River Project
by Andreas Müller-Pohle
sold out -
The beauty of filthy water (signed and numbered)
by Gabriele Rammesmayer
Euro 38.50 -
In den Armen des Winters - Embraced by Winter (signed)
by Josef Brunner
Euro 25 -
PROMISING WATERS - COLLECTOR'S EDITION (signed+2prints)
by Mila Teshaieva
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Astres Noirs (book + print)
by Katrin Koenning, Sarker Protick
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Zwei Bier für Haiti (last copy)
by Nathalie Mohadjer
Euro 30.80 -
Hong Kong Coat Hangers (signed - last copy)
by Michael Wolf
Euro 145 -
Witty Kiwi Mag: Issue 2
by various photographers
sold out -
The Act of Seeing
by Wim Wenders
Euro 19.90 -
Donata: Islands of Silence
by Donata Wenders
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Divagation - Sur les Pas de Basho (signed)
by Klavdij Sluban
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Mise au jour
by Johan van der Keuken
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The Bolshoi
by Sasha Gusov
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Anderswo (signed)
by Erich Lessing
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by Erich Hartmann
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