Morgan ashcom (6 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Embossed cloth hardback with tipped-in image, 144p, chiefly color illustrations, 29 cm. Very good, light shelf-wear. What the Living Carry unveils a small town named Hoy s Fork, situated in the American South. Drawing on memories of the rural setting in which he grew up, Virginian photographer Morgan Ashcom brings together photographs, type-written letters and a hand-drawn map to build a fictional narrative of a foreboding place. Leading us on a trail through the town and its surrounding forest, Ashcom presents scenes that point to a mysterious history, and people whose familial connections remain unknown: a forlorn old man, with champagne to hand, reclines on the corroding steps of a once grand home; a bloodied mattress is carried through an overgrown field; a solitary child burrows into a meadow, while on the streets, a man dutifully cleans a white picket fence a vision that belies a local mural of a distant, ancient land. Interspersing this fragmented narrative is a set of texts four letters responding to Morgan s request for DNA analysis written by Eugene of the Center for Epigenetics and Wellness of the Spirit . If What the Living Carry provides a set of clues to unravel the enigma behind this strange world, it is through a visual record that is simultaneously autobiographical and imagined, and inclined to elude.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Mack, London, UK. 2017. 144 pgs. Illustrated. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and color pastedown present to the front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. What the Living Carry reveals a small town called Hoy's Fork, located in the American South. Drawing on memories of the rural environment in which he grew up, Virginia photographer Morgan Ashcom brings together photographs, typewritten letters, and a hand-drawn map to construct a fictional account of a disturbing place. Leading us on a path through the town and its surrounding forest, Ashcom presents scenes that point to a mysterious story, and people whose family connections remain unknown: a desperate old man, with champagne on hand, inclines on the corroding stages of a once grandiose Home; a bloody mattress is carried across an overgrown field; a lonely child wanders into a meadow, while in the streets a man dutifully cleans a white picket fence a vision that belies a local fresco of an ancient and distant land. Interspersing this fragmented narrative is a set of texts four letters responding to "Morgan's" request for DNA analysis written by "Eugene" of the "Center for Epigenetics and Wellness of the Spirit. " If What the Living Carry provides a set of clues to unravel the enigma behind this strange world, it is through a visual record that is both autobiographical and imagined, and prone to evasion. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 144 pages. 12.09x7.95x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

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fester Einband. ca. 40 farb. Foto-Taf. + Text. 4° Ln. *neuwertig* "Leviathan" emerged from Morgan Ashcom's experiences at the remote community of "Skatopia", an outsiders oasis in southeastern Ohio. Originally he was drawn to make these photographs by the potential to reconcile the rural landscape of his youth with the urban skating culture he was part of for thirteen years. He had found himself on another farm a warped doppelganger of his childhood home. The identity of things seemed slightly altered and with this as his guide, he stepped away from his presumed knowledge of where he was. Although these photographs were made in the rolling hills of Appalachia, themes of escape and confrontation with the unknowable on the sea began to appear in the pictures. The sequence of photographs in "Leviathan" suggests a subjective narrative where disparate cultures and geographies have converged. Sprache: Deutsch.…