alec soth, shane lavalette and christian patterson have each selected elementary calculus as one of their top ten favorites from the past year on photo-eye's annual round-up of the best books of 2012.
alec soth has included elementary calculus among his 10 favorite photobooks of the year. make sure to check out alec's list of what are surely the most interesting, and must have, photography books of 2012 at Little Brown Mushroom.
elementary calculus listed as one of the international center of photography library's 10 favourite photobooks of 2012.
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if you're in paris, i'll be signing books at the MACK booth on friday, november 16 at 7pm -- be sure to come out!
"But by pleading for what is crucial to the lives of individuals against what is expedient for the powers that be, J. Carrier has dared us to look beyond the seductions of borders, of history, of walls and to imagine what it might mean to pledge allegiance to each other." –– from elementary calculus by vince leo read the entire essay on little brown mushroom
"If the signal figure of contemporary economic life is the illegal immigrant, the symbolic figure of contemporary political life must be the border: that intangible construct which materialises in order to separate those with rights from those without.
J’s wonderful first book, Elementary Calculus, is swarming with borders: they contain that which is at once beautiful and distant, harbour symbols of peace, absorb within them the etched hopes of the nameless, prop up those with little support and less freedom, demarcate territory, decry the indifference of chance, police access, are incessantly traversed by animals indifferent to their symbolism, provide respite, serve as message boards, clarify a ritualised separation, offer hope, labour, contrast and poetic metaphor.
The story of the plight of the subjects of this book could be read in an inventory of the walls that it depicts."
–– from In the Shadows of a Wall by Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa. read the entire essay at the great leap sideways.
jörg colberg over at conscientious has posted an interesting review of elementary calculus and considers the idea of the photographer as instigator – whispering secrets in you ear.
elementary calculus, on this possibly auspicious day of 10/11/12, has been selected as photo-eye's book of the day -- signed copies are now available for order from the bookstore.
>>> friday 9/28 – 6:00
online -- and in stores soon....
elementary calculus as featured in the MACK 2012 catalogue.
other 2012 MACK releases to include books by luigi ghirri, thomas demand, anders petersen, lars tunbjork, daniel blaufuks, ron jude, paul graham and anthony hernandez.
check out the full catalogue here.
