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
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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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Looking Into The Pre-God's Eyes (signed)
by Andrei Liankevich
Euro 59 -
All about Golf (signed)
by Regina Anzenberger
Euro 63.80 -
On A Good Day (last copy)
by Al Vandenberg
sold out -
Rest 3000~ Stay 5000~
by Tokyo Rumando
sold out -
HOMOurban (signed - last two copies)
by Imrich Veber
Euro 33 -
Bhutan A Certain Modernity
by Serena Chopra
sold out
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ZZYZX (signed)
by Gregory Halpern
sold out -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
From the Sunshine State: Photographs of Florida (signed)
by Alex Webb
sold out -
Now I wanna be your dog! (signed)
by Morten Andersen
Euro 16.50 -
The Afronauts (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Portraits (signed)
by Bruce Davidson
sold out
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Afterword
by Masahisa Fukase
sold out -
Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Euro 88 -
Image Tsunami (signed)
by Erik Kessels
Euro 29 -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Pecorino in Rimini (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Amelia und die Tiere
by Robin Schwartz
sold out
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Bill Henson (book + signed print)
by Bill Henson
sold out -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Fotografie im Gespräch
by Anna Auer
sold out -
Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Promises To Keep
by Max Pam
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
-
Looking Into The Pre-God's Eyes (signed)
by Andrei Liankevich
Euro 59 -
All about Golf (signed)
by Regina Anzenberger
Euro 63.80 -
On A Good Day (last copy)
by Al Vandenberg
sold out -
Rest 3000~ Stay 5000~
by Tokyo Rumando
sold out -
HOMOurban (signed - last two copies)
by Imrich Veber
Euro 33 -
Bhutan A Certain Modernity
by Serena Chopra
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
ZZYZX (signed)
by Gregory Halpern
sold out -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
From the Sunshine State: Photographs of Florida (signed)
by Alex Webb
sold out -
Now I wanna be your dog! (signed)
by Morten Andersen
Euro 16.50 -
The Afronauts (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Portraits (signed)
by Bruce Davidson
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Afterword
by Masahisa Fukase
sold out -
Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Euro 88 -
Image Tsunami (signed)
by Erik Kessels
Euro 29 -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Pecorino in Rimini (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Amelia und die Tiere
by Robin Schwartz
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Bill Henson (book + signed print)
by Bill Henson
sold out -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Fotografie im Gespräch
by Anna Auer
sold out -
Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Promises To Keep
by Max Pam
sold out
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com
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
-
Looking Into The Pre-God's Eyes (signed)
by Andrei Liankevich
Euro 59 -
All about Golf (signed)
by Regina Anzenberger
Euro 63.80 -
On A Good Day (last copy)
by Al Vandenberg
sold out -
Rest 3000~ Stay 5000~
by Tokyo Rumando
sold out -
HOMOurban (signed - last two copies)
by Imrich Veber
Euro 33 -
Bhutan A Certain Modernity
by Serena Chopra
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
ZZYZX (signed)
by Gregory Halpern
sold out -
The Real World
by Martin Parr & Rimaldas Viksraitis
sold out -
From the Sunshine State: Photographs of Florida (signed)
by Alex Webb
sold out -
Now I wanna be your dog! (signed)
by Morten Andersen
Euro 16.50 -
The Afronauts (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Portraits (signed)
by Bruce Davidson
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Afterword
by Masahisa Fukase
sold out -
Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Euro 88 -
Image Tsunami (signed)
by Erik Kessels
Euro 29 -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Pecorino in Rimini (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Amelia und die Tiere
by Robin Schwartz
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Bill Henson (book + signed print)
by Bill Henson
sold out -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Fotografie im Gespräch
by Anna Auer
sold out -
Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Promises To Keep
by Max Pam
sold out
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com