I Saw The Man With The Telescope

First edition of I Saw the Man With A Telescope by Erin O'Keefe. First impression. Medium format hardback in new condition. Numbered edition #55/200 with a signed tipped in print.

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Erin O’Keefe makes still life photographs that explore the unreliability of spatial perception, highlighting the dynamic nature of visual interpretation. Continuing her process of cutting and painting blocks of wood, O’Keefe explores various arrangements in front of coloured backdrops, resulting in images which are often
mistook for abstract paintings. Closer inspection reveals O’Keefes playful use of light and space and the nature of the process – overlapping of the blocks and shadows as well as the rich texture of the roughly painted surfaces. The title of the book, I saw the man with a telescope. alludes to the ambiguity of the images and the impossibility of a single interpretation. The plane of the camera lens flattens and distorts the three dimensional scene it captures, and the viewer is left with confounding images that withhold any certainty, existing in a space of possibility and speculation.