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Other Edens | 
 enlarge | Creators: Marianne Wiggins, Nick Waplington
Publisher: Aperture
Category: Book
List Price: $40.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1721624
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 88
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 12.4 x 9.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 089381587X
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.092
EAN: 9780893815875
ASIN: 089381587X
Publication Date: November 30, 1994
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Product Description
In his first body of work, Living Room, British photographer Nick Waplington found the chaotic, multidirectional, often joyous choreography in the everyday lives of two working-class families living in council houses in Notthingham. In Other Edens, his global series of panoramic images. Waplington imposes his body as a physical and metaphorical presence in the landscape. The omnipresent artist--head shaven, and naked so as to deny the possibility of locating him in time--appears in evocative scenes ranging from Naples to Easter Island, from the Peace Park in Hiroshima to the swamps of the Louisiana Bayou.
The book's text, by renowned author Marianne Wiggins, includes an interview with Waplington about his extraordinary working methods and the far-flung locations he has chosen to photograph. Invoking the spirits of Friedrich Nietzsche, Eugene lonesco, and Peter Pan, Wiggins provides a brisk and insightful counterpoint to Waplington's exceptional imagery.
Other Edens integrates personal, cultural, and comic visions to present an idiosyncratic view of a planet in flux.
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The Wonderful World of Waplington December 4, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This glossy fine art photography book is a rare treasure. Waplington explores old buildings, vacant lands, and mysterious places. While he is actually in every single image, this work transcends traditional portrature. Instead, Waplinton's own body becomes representative of an archetypal, universal man. His unique use of color blends both richness and bleakness to create images of oblique elusiveness. My only problem with the book itself is that the images get divided right down the middle of the binding. At times this becomes a major distraction for the viewer. On the whole, Waplinton's thought-provoking work is a great example of contemporary photography at it's best.
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