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 (last copy - second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 250
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Landschaft für Engel
by Christine de Grancy
sold out -
DEEPER SHADES #03 PARIS (signed)
by Andreas H. Bitesnich
Euro 70 -
Nature of Los Angeles 2008-2013
by Bruce Davidson
sold out -
Aura (signed)
by David Jiménez
sold out -
A Sense of Common Ground
by Fazal Sheikh
Euro 69 -
Human (signed - English edition - last copy)
by Gabor Arion Kudasz
sold out
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Promises To Keep (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Altered landscapes (book + print)
by Arrayah Loynd
Euro 125 -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
East London Swimmers (Photo Book 2)
by Madeleine Waller
sold out
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Common Sense (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Satellites
by Jonas Bendiksen
sold out -
Εισβολή Πράγα 68 (Invasion Prague 68) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
From our house to your house (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Now I wanna be your dog! (signed - last copy)
by Morten Andersen
Euro 16.50 -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
sold out
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Pecorino Calendar 2013
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 49 -
Endangered
by Erik Hijweege
sold out -
Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Euro 88 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out -
Ashes and Snow book n° 8
by Gregory Colbert
sold out -
One Picture Book 91: Lion King (signed + print)
by Katy Grannan
Euro 45
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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 »black and white« | >> see all
-
Landschaft für Engel
by Christine de Grancy
sold out -
DEEPER SHADES #03 PARIS (signed)
by Andreas H. Bitesnich
Euro 70 -
Nature of Los Angeles 2008-2013
by Bruce Davidson
sold out -
Aura (signed)
by David Jiménez
sold out -
A Sense of Common Ground
by Fazal Sheikh
Euro 69 -
Human (signed - English edition - last copy)
by Gabor Arion Kudasz
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Promises To Keep (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Altered landscapes (book + print)
by Arrayah Loynd
Euro 125 -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
East London Swimmers (Photo Book 2)
by Madeleine Waller
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Common Sense (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Satellites
by Jonas Bendiksen
sold out -
Εισβολή Πράγα 68 (Invasion Prague 68) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
From our house to your house (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Now I wanna be your dog! (signed - last copy)
by Morten Andersen
Euro 16.50 -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Pecorino Calendar 2013
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 49 -
Endangered
by Erik Hijweege
sold out -
Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Euro 88 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out -
Ashes and Snow book n° 8
by Gregory Colbert
sold out -
One Picture Book 91: Lion King (signed + print)
by Katy Grannan
Euro 45
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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 »black and white« | >> see all
-
Landschaft für Engel
by Christine de Grancy
sold out -
DEEPER SHADES #03 PARIS (signed)
by Andreas H. Bitesnich
Euro 70 -
Nature of Los Angeles 2008-2013
by Bruce Davidson
sold out -
Aura (signed)
by David Jiménez
sold out -
A Sense of Common Ground
by Fazal Sheikh
Euro 69 -
Human (signed - English edition - last copy)
by Gabor Arion Kudasz
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Promises To Keep (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Altered landscapes (book + print)
by Arrayah Loynd
Euro 125 -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Zine Collection N°4: Burma (signed + print)
by Max Pam
sold out -
East London Swimmers (Photo Book 2)
by Madeleine Waller
sold out
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Common Sense (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Satellites
by Jonas Bendiksen
sold out -
Εισβολή Πράγα 68 (Invasion Prague 68) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
From our house to your house (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Now I wanna be your dog! (signed - last copy)
by Morten Andersen
Euro 16.50 -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Pecorino Calendar 2013
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 49 -
Endangered
by Erik Hijweege
sold out -
Proverbs (last copy)
by Gregori Maiofis
Euro 88 -
Misao The Big Mama And Fukumaru The Cat
by Miyoko Ihara
sold out -
Ashes and Snow book n° 8
by Gregory Colbert
sold out -
One Picture Book 91: Lion King (signed + print)
by Katy Grannan
Euro 45
Random selection from the Virtual bookshelf josefchladek.com