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Setanta Book Store/Collections/Because...
The photography book cover of Because... by Sophie Calle. Hardback in burnt orange.
Because...
Because...
Because...
Because...
Setanta Book Store/Collections/Because...

by Sophie calle

Because...

2019

Signed
£95.00

About Because... by Sophie Calle. First edition. First impression in new condition. Flat signed by Sophie Calle to front endpage. No markings. This is a new book. Please see pictures. PayPal accepted, any questions please get in touch.

About Because...

It is with the story, the one preceding the click of the shutter but also of the brain when an idea pops into it – that Sophie Calle opens Because. She undertakes to tell us the reason, or at least one reason, that led her to press the shutter. The photograph is only revealed later, hidden in the interstices of the Japanese binding. Thus reversing the relationship of natural primacy between an image and the words that accompany it, Sophie Calle calls attention to the influence that the latter may have on our reception of a photograph.

Artist Bio from the Tate

Sophie Calle (born 9 October 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and also conceptual artist. Calle's work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement of the 1960s known as Oulipo. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. She is recognized for her detective-like ability to follow strangers and investigate their private lives. Her photographic work often includes panels of text of her own writing.

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