The Black Rose (last copies)
by Trent Parke
Photographs: Trent Parke
Text: Trent Parke, Julie Robinson, Maria Zagala
Publisher: Art Gallery of South Australia
168 pages
Year: 2015
Comments: hardcover
The Black Rose is the culmination of seven years’ work for Adelaide-based Magnum photographer Trent Parke. Featuring Trent Parke’s extraordinary photographs, light boxes, video, written texts and books, the exhibition leads viewers through a visual narrative that explores ideas concerning the ‘meaning of life’ from both a personal and universal level.
Trent Parke says ‘ The Black Rose started in 2007 as an attempt to excavate my own histories, reflecting on a night when at the age of twelve I witnessed my mother die of an asthma attack while my dad was at his squash night. As a result I blanked out those first 12 years of my life and much more. After sidestepping the issue for 27 years, a chance incident forced my hand and I began writing and taking photographs as I sought to get those memories back. Autobiographical in nature, these letters and photographs narrate the story of my life past and present, but more importantly pose universal questions relating to our very existence.’
‘Why we are here? where are we going, and what happens next?’
The photographs and texts in The Black Rose derive from the artist’s daily experiences and reflections – small seemingly inconsequential moments of life, that normally pass us by, began to take on greater significance and symbolic meaning. Seemingly random acts of chance and coincidence that occur on a daily basis, become entwined within a larger narrative relating to the past and future, both for him personally and for people in general.
The Black Rose is essentially a meditation on life journeys, and the way the past infiltrates the present, and in turn can influence the future.
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Minutes to Midnight (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
The Christmas Tree Bucket
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Minutes to Midnight (second edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Crimson Line
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Monument (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
Euro 450 -
Monument (second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 99
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Bad Weather (signed)
by Martin Parr
Euro 54 -
People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground (signed - last...
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Euro 135 -
Mynas
by Robert Zhao Renhui
sold out -
Jasper (last copy)
by Matthew Genitempo
sold out -
Planet Lithuania
by Antanas Sutkus
sold out -
Tractor Boys
by Martin Bogren
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Niagara (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 55 -
The Perfect Man (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Wales. Steel & Coal
by David Hurn
Euro 9.50 -
The Amalfi Coast (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
Two Rivers (last copy)
by Carolyn Drake
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Skeletons in the Closet (special edition, signed + print)
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 180 -
JAGA (signed)
by Simon Lehner
Euro 34 -
Domesticated (signed)
by Amy Stein
Euro 50 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out -
Pecorino und die Kunst des Pilgerns (last copies)
by Toni Anzenberger & Claudio Honsal
Euro 17.90 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66
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First World War Now (signed)
by Magnum Photographers
Euro 65 -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
Phenomena (signed - review copy)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 124.00 -
Bill Henson (book + signed print)
by Bill Henson
sold out -
Village Hearing The Grass Grow (signed)
by Michael Coyne
Euro 90 -
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by Claire Martin
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The Black Rose (last copies)
by Trent Parke
Photographs: Trent Parke
Text: Trent Parke, Julie Robinson, Maria Zagala
Publisher: Art Gallery of South Australia
168 pages
Year: 2015
Comments: hardcover
The Black Rose is the culmination of seven years’ work for Adelaide-based Magnum photographer Trent Parke. Featuring Trent Parke’s extraordinary photographs, light boxes, video, written texts and books, the exhibition leads viewers through a visual narrative that explores ideas concerning the ‘meaning of life’ from both a personal and universal level.
Trent Parke says ‘ The Black Rose started in 2007 as an attempt to excavate my own histories, reflecting on a night when at the age of twelve I witnessed my mother die of an asthma attack while my dad was at his squash night. As a result I blanked out those first 12 years of my life and much more. After sidestepping the issue for 27 years, a chance incident forced my hand and I began writing and taking photographs as I sought to get those memories back. Autobiographical in nature, these letters and photographs narrate the story of my life past and present, but more importantly pose universal questions relating to our very existence.’
‘Why we are here? where are we going, and what happens next?’
The photographs and texts in The Black Rose derive from the artist’s daily experiences and reflections – small seemingly inconsequential moments of life, that normally pass us by, began to take on greater significance and symbolic meaning. Seemingly random acts of chance and coincidence that occur on a daily basis, become entwined within a larger narrative relating to the past and future, both for him personally and for people in general.
The Black Rose is essentially a meditation on life journeys, and the way the past infiltrates the present, and in turn can influence the future.
More books by Trent Parke
-
Minutes to Midnight (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
The Christmas Tree Bucket
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Minutes to Midnight (second edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Crimson Line
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Monument (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
Euro 450 -
Monument (second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 99
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Bad Weather (signed)
by Martin Parr
Euro 54 -
People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground (signed - last...
by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin
Euro 135 -
Mynas
by Robert Zhao Renhui
sold out -
Jasper (last copy)
by Matthew Genitempo
sold out -
Planet Lithuania
by Antanas Sutkus
sold out -
Tractor Boys
by Martin Bogren
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Niagara (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 55 -
The Perfect Man (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Wales. Steel & Coal
by David Hurn
Euro 9.50 -
The Amalfi Coast (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
Two Rivers (last copy)
by Carolyn Drake
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Skeletons in the Closet (special edition, signed + print)
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 180 -
JAGA (signed)
by Simon Lehner
Euro 34 -
Domesticated (signed)
by Amy Stein
Euro 50 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out -
Pecorino und die Kunst des Pilgerns (last copies)
by Toni Anzenberger & Claudio Honsal
Euro 17.90 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
First World War Now (signed)
by Magnum Photographers
Euro 65 -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
Phenomena (signed - review copy)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 124.00 -
Bill Henson (book + signed print)
by Bill Henson
sold out -
Village Hearing The Grass Grow (signed)
by Michael Coyne
Euro 90 -
Zine Collection N°1: The Downtown East (signed+print)
by Claire Martin
sold out
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The Black Rose (last copies)
by Trent Parke
Photographs: Trent Parke
Text: Trent Parke, Julie Robinson, Maria Zagala
Publisher: Art Gallery of South Australia
168 pages
Year: 2015
Comments: hardcover
The Black Rose is the culmination of seven years’ work for Adelaide-based Magnum photographer Trent Parke. Featuring Trent Parke’s extraordinary photographs, light boxes, video, written texts and books, the exhibition leads viewers through a visual narrative that explores ideas concerning the ‘meaning of life’ from both a personal and universal level.
Trent Parke says ‘ The Black Rose started in 2007 as an attempt to excavate my own histories, reflecting on a night when at the age of twelve I witnessed my mother die of an asthma attack while my dad was at his squash night. As a result I blanked out those first 12 years of my life and much more. After sidestepping the issue for 27 years, a chance incident forced my hand and I began writing and taking photographs as I sought to get those memories back. Autobiographical in nature, these letters and photographs narrate the story of my life past and present, but more importantly pose universal questions relating to our very existence.’
‘Why we are here? where are we going, and what happens next?’
The photographs and texts in The Black Rose derive from the artist’s daily experiences and reflections – small seemingly inconsequential moments of life, that normally pass us by, began to take on greater significance and symbolic meaning. Seemingly random acts of chance and coincidence that occur on a daily basis, become entwined within a larger narrative relating to the past and future, both for him personally and for people in general.
The Black Rose is essentially a meditation on life journeys, and the way the past infiltrates the present, and in turn can influence the future.
More books by Trent Parke
-
Minutes to Midnight (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
The Christmas Tree Bucket
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Minutes to Midnight (second edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Crimson Line
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Monument (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
Euro 450 -
Monument (second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 99
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Bad Weather (signed)
by Martin Parr
Euro 54 -
People in Trouble Laughing Pushed to the Ground (signed - last...
by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin
Euro 135 -
Mynas
by Robert Zhao Renhui
sold out -
Jasper (last copy)
by Matthew Genitempo
sold out -
Planet Lithuania
by Antanas Sutkus
sold out -
Tractor Boys
by Martin Bogren
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Niagara (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 55 -
The Perfect Man (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Wales. Steel & Coal
by David Hurn
Euro 9.50 -
The Amalfi Coast (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
Two Rivers (last copy)
by Carolyn Drake
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Skeletons in the Closet (special edition, signed + print)
by Klaus Pichler
Euro 180 -
JAGA (signed)
by Simon Lehner
Euro 34 -
Domesticated (signed)
by Amy Stein
Euro 50 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out -
Pecorino und die Kunst des Pilgerns (last copies)
by Toni Anzenberger & Claudio Honsal
Euro 17.90 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
First World War Now (signed)
by Magnum Photographers
Euro 65 -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
Phenomena (signed - review copy)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 124.00 -
Bill Henson (book + signed print)
by Bill Henson
sold out -
Village Hearing The Grass Grow (signed)
by Michael Coyne
Euro 90 -
Zine Collection N°1: The Downtown East (signed+print)
by Claire Martin
sold out
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