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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Inner Mongolia (signed+print - last copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 295 -
Retrospective Two
by Michael Kenna
sold out -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 295 -
Granit (signed)
by Gerhard Trumler
Euro 99 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
Go to Become (signed)
by Jörgen Axelvall
Euro 62
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Εισβολή Πράγα 68 (Invasion Prague 68) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
The Afronauts
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Niagara (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 55 -
Life's a Beach
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Martin Parr (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out
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Phenomena (signed - review copy)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 124.00 -
Beware of People who Dislike Cats (signed - last copies)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 75 -
Customs Ignored: Lithuanian and Australian Photography
by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas
sold out -
Mosquito (signed)
by Mitch Pinney
Euro 48.50 -
First World War Now (signed)
by Magnum Photographers
Euro 65 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out
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Neighbors (last copies)
by Roe Ethridge
Euro 44 30.80 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
Pecorino in Styria
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Animal Farm
by Daniel Naude
Euro 44 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (signed - last copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 135
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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
-
Inner Mongolia (signed+print - last copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 295 -
Retrospective Two
by Michael Kenna
sold out -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 295 -
Granit (signed)
by Gerhard Trumler
Euro 99 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
Go to Become (signed)
by Jörgen Axelvall
Euro 62
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Εισβολή Πράγα 68 (Invasion Prague 68) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
The Afronauts
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Niagara (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 55 -
Life's a Beach
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Martin Parr (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Phenomena (signed - review copy)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 124.00 -
Beware of People who Dislike Cats (signed - last copies)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 75 -
Customs Ignored: Lithuanian and Australian Photography
by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas
sold out -
Mosquito (signed)
by Mitch Pinney
Euro 48.50 -
First World War Now (signed)
by Magnum Photographers
Euro 65 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out
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-
Neighbors (last copies)
by Roe Ethridge
Euro 44 30.80 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
Pecorino in Styria
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Animal Farm
by Daniel Naude
Euro 44 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (signed - last copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 135
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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
-
Inner Mongolia (signed+print - last copy)
by Ekaterina Anokhina
Euro 295 -
Retrospective Two
by Michael Kenna
sold out -
Grimaces of the weary village 1976 - 2001 (signed- last copy)
by Rimaldas Viksraitis
Euro 295 -
Granit (signed)
by Gerhard Trumler
Euro 99 -
ABEND DER WORTE (signed + print)
by Rafael Tanaka Monzò
Euro 52 -
Go to Become (signed)
by Jörgen Axelvall
Euro 62
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
Εισβολή Πράγα 68 (Invasion Prague 68) - first Greek edition
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
The Afronauts
by Cristina de Middel
sold out -
Niagara (signed)
by Alec Soth
Euro 55 -
Life's a Beach
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
Martin Parr (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Phenomena (signed - review copy)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 124.00 -
Beware of People who Dislike Cats (signed - last copies)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 75 -
Customs Ignored: Lithuanian and Australian Photography
by Mindaugas Kavaliauskas
sold out -
Mosquito (signed)
by Mitch Pinney
Euro 48.50 -
First World War Now (signed)
by Magnum Photographers
Euro 65 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Neighbors (last copies)
by Roe Ethridge
Euro 44 30.80 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (review copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 66 33.00 -
Pecorino in Styria
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out -
Girl Plays with Snake
by Clare Strand
Euro 38.50 -
Animal Farm
by Daniel Naude
Euro 44 -
THIS IS WHAT HATRED DID (signed - last copy)
by Cristina de Middel
Euro 135
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