L'autre - Softcover

Luc Delahaye

Softcover

ISBN 10: 071483842X ISBN 13: 9780714838427

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1999

Synopsis

This text contains 100 photographs taken of passengers on the Paris metro between 1995 and 1997. The photographer says he stole these portraits because under French law everyone is the owner of his or her image. However, he also says that our image is nothing more than a worthless alias of ourselves and it is everywhere without us knowing it. Accompanied by a text from cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard, this book is an exploration of the relationship between the photographer and his subject, and an investigation into the meaning of the human image.

About this title

About the Author:

Luc Delahaye was born in France in 1962. Since 1989 he has photographed many of the conflicts around the world, receiving numerous awards including the Robert Capa Gold Medal and, most recently, the Oskar Barnack Award 2000 for the Winterreise photographs. He became a member of the Magnum photo agency in 1994. Jean Baudrillard is a French cultural theorist and philosopher whose writings on Postmodernism, Marxism and contemporary culture have been hugely influential internationally.

Language Notes:

Text: French, English

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 071483842X
• ISBN 13: 9780714838427
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192