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 (last copy - second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 250
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Life's a Beach (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Mexico
by Antoine d'Agata
sold out -
Muchismo (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 39 -
Sledi/Vestiges 1991-2012
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Gathered Leaves (signed - review copy)
by Alec Soth
sold out -
Son
by Christopher Anderson
sold out
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Pecorino - Weisheiten eines Hundes von Welt (signed - last copy)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 250 -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Pecorino in Tuscany (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Pecorino in Munich (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Skeletons in the Closet (signed - last copy)
by Klaus Pichler
sold out -
Pecorino Calendar 2014
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out
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Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Zine Collection N°1: The Downtown East (signed+print)
by Claire Martin
sold out -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Village Hearing The Grass Grow (signed)
by Michael Coyne
Euro 90 -
Supertourist (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
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The Canadians
by Roger Hargreaves, Jill Offenbeck and Stefanie Petrilliv
sold out -
Big Zep
by various photographers
Euro 31.90 -
Unnamed Road
by Jungjin Lee
sold out -
TOKYO 1961 (Booklet Edition - signed - last copy)
by William Klein
Euro 250 -
Jan Mayen (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Nein, Onkel (last copy)
by various photographers
Euro 165
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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 (last copy - second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 250
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Life's a Beach (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Mexico
by Antoine d'Agata
sold out -
Muchismo (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 39 -
Sledi/Vestiges 1991-2012
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Gathered Leaves (signed - review copy)
by Alec Soth
sold out -
Son
by Christopher Anderson
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Pecorino - Weisheiten eines Hundes von Welt (signed - last copy)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 250 -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Pecorino in Tuscany (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Pecorino in Munich (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Skeletons in the Closet (signed - last copy)
by Klaus Pichler
sold out -
Pecorino Calendar 2014
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Zine Collection N°1: The Downtown East (signed+print)
by Claire Martin
sold out -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Village Hearing The Grass Grow (signed)
by Michael Coyne
Euro 90 -
Supertourist (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
The Canadians
by Roger Hargreaves, Jill Offenbeck and Stefanie Petrilliv
sold out -
Big Zep
by various photographers
Euro 31.90 -
Unnamed Road
by Jungjin Lee
sold out -
TOKYO 1961 (Booklet Edition - signed - last copy)
by William Klein
Euro 250 -
Jan Mayen (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Nein, Onkel (last copy)
by various photographers
Euro 165
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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 (last copy - second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 250
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Life's a Beach (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Mexico
by Antoine d'Agata
sold out -
Muchismo (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 39 -
Sledi/Vestiges 1991-2012
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Gathered Leaves (signed - review copy)
by Alec Soth
sold out -
Son
by Christopher Anderson
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Pecorino - Weisheiten eines Hundes von Welt (signed - last copy)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 250 -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Pecorino in Tuscany (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Pecorino in Munich (signed)
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 95 -
Skeletons in the Closet (signed - last copy)
by Klaus Pichler
sold out -
Pecorino Calendar 2014
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Zine Collection N°1: The Downtown East (signed+print)
by Claire Martin
sold out -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Village Hearing The Grass Grow (signed)
by Michael Coyne
Euro 90 -
Supertourist (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
The Canadians
by Roger Hargreaves, Jill Offenbeck and Stefanie Petrilliv
sold out -
Big Zep
by various photographers
Euro 31.90 -
Unnamed Road
by Jungjin Lee
sold out -
TOKYO 1961 (Booklet Edition - signed - last copy)
by William Klein
Euro 250 -
Jan Mayen (signed)
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Nein, Onkel (last copy)
by various photographers
Euro 165
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com