Hardcover with dust jacket
ISBN:
9781892041405
Kander’s Beauty's Nothing (2001) serves as his inaugural monograph and a foundational statement of his photographic philosophy. Rather than presenting a linear narrative, the book is structured as a disjointed, eclectic sequence where his early portraiture, vast landscapes, and nocturnal cityscapes are interleaved with texts from writers such as Nick Cave, Peter Carey, and Julia Alvarez. Thematic focus centers on the vulnerability and isolation of the human condition, frequently positioning solitary, diminished figures against the overwhelming scale of the natural or built environment. The project disrupts the conventions of traditional beauty, using formal perfection as a lure to explore deeper psychological unease and the friction between the subject and their surroundings.
Kander’s Beauty's Nothing (2001) serves as his inaugural monograph and a foundational statement of his photographic philosophy. Rather than presenting a linear narrative, the book is structured as a disjointed, eclectic sequence where his early portraiture, vast landscapes, and nocturnal cityscapes are interleaved with texts from writers such as Nick Cave, Peter Carey, and Julia Alvarez. Thematic focus centers on the vulnerability and isolation of the human condition, frequently positioning solitary, diminished figures against the overwhelming scale of the natural or built environment. The project disrupts the conventions of traditional beauty, using formal perfection as a lure to explore deeper psychological unease and the friction between the subject and their surroundings.
Kander’s Beauty's Nothing (2001) serves as his inaugural monograph and a foundational statement of his photographic philosophy. Rather than presenting a linear narrative, the book is structured as a disjointed, eclectic sequence where his early portraiture, vast landscapes, and nocturnal cityscapes are interleaved with texts from writers such as Nick Cave, Peter Carey, and Julia Alvarez. Thematic focus centers on the vulnerability and isolation of the human condition, frequently positioning solitary, diminished figures against the overwhelming scale of the natural or built environment. The project disrupts the conventions of traditional beauty, using formal perfection as a lure to explore deeper psychological unease and the friction between the subject and their surroundings.