Xavier Guardans: Windows - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8862083238 ISBN 13: 9788862083232

Publisher: Damiani Editore, 2014

Synopsis

Windows is the debut volume of photographer Xavier Guardans (born 1954), produced in 2006 while exploring the Kenyan wilderness. These black-and-white portraits of individuals from a variety of Kenyan tribes--including Turkana, Samburu, Masai, Rendille, Gabra and Pokot--were shot through the window of Guardans’ Toyota Land Cruiser. The background is empty (only bright white light outlines each individual), while the dark window acts as an equalizing picture frame. Despite (or because of) the uniform background and constant frame, the position and composure of the people photographed varies greatly, especially in the position of the hands--one man carries two baby goats in his arms, some hands are hidden, and many hands and arms invade the car window, leaning or reaching in, toward the viewer. Windows is the first in a series of five books to be published featuring Guardans’ long-term photographic projects.

About this title

About the Author

Xavier Guardans (b. 1954, Barcelona) is a fine art photographer living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Guardans is a unique photographer who explores his fascination with nature by shooting on location with only natural light. Through his widespread travels for estende periods of time to such far-flung places as Kenya, Japan, China, Patagonia, Joshua Tree, and Utah, to name a few, Guardans demonstrates an extraordinary ability to be comfortable in many different worlds.

Review

The photographs of Spaniard Xavier Guardans are descendants of the Thesiger tradition of humane portraiture. (The Editors The Wall Street Journal)

Edition details

• Publisher: Damiani Editore
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8862083238
• ISBN 13: 9788862083232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 72