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Poolscapes brings together two bodies of work―The Pool (2002–05) and Poolscapes (2009–12)―by French-born, Brooklyn-based photographer Karine Laval (born 1971), both focusing on the motif of the swimming pool. Presenting public pools in urban and natural environments throughout Europe and private pools in the US in two distinct sections, the book is arranged chronologically and shows an evolution in tone and depth, from the photographic to the painterly. The Pool series invites us into a sun-bleached public pool at midday, evocative of childhood memories and the experience of leisure and bathing. Gradually these geometric lines and familiar architectural structures give way to the abstract, often blurred shapes and colors of the Poolscapes pictures that oscillate between representation and abstraction. Here the pool becomes a metaphor, a mirror whose surface reflects the surrounding world but is also a gateway into a realm where bathers are distorted and fragmented.
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Shows an evolution in tone and depth, from the real to the imagined, from the photographic to the painterly. (The Eye of Photography)
Slip away into a world where fun in the sun never ends. (Miss Rosen Feature Shoot)
Through the eyes of Karine Laval, life by the pool becomes a fantastical escape from it all. (Sara Rosen Feature Shoot)
Laval’s photographs can bring a variety of emotions to the fore, but the one that stands out the most is the way it entices the reader to jump into the closest body of water. And stay there. (Labanya Maitra Musee)
With the help of a Portuguese swimming pool, French photographer Karine Laval recalls the summers of her youth. (Tim Adams Guardian)
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- PublisherSteidl
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 3958292615
- ISBN 13 9783958292611
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages130
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