Author: CHAMPASSAK, Tiane Doan na
Title: Tiane Doan na Champassak - Kolkata. [New - 141/500 - Signed].
Description: Paris, Éditions Bessard, 2014. 31 x 23 cm. 152 pp. Hardcover. Illustrated in b/w and colour throughout. - Number 141 of 500 copies, numbered and signed by the artist. - Design Bureau Kayser. - [...] Having travelled frequently to India since 1996 it never occurred to me that Kolkata (formerly the anglicised name Calcutta) would inspire me to produce a body of work focused on its street life [...] In fact it is in the streets of Kolkata that I find the most absolute representation of Indian reality. It is also the only city which holds such an intense concentration of extremes [...] This continous duality has become my leitmotiv and is the reason I deliberately chose to focus on its street life in order to best represent the chaos of this huge megalopolis of over fifteen million inhabitants. [http://www.champassak.com/fr/texte-1135-kolkata.html]. - Kolkata has been nominated as one of the best photobooks 2014/2015 Kassel Photobook Award 2015. - New copy.

Keywords: documentaire fotografie / documentary photography; straatfotografie / street photography 9791091406253


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