josef chladek

on photobooks and books

Elisabeth Tonnard - In this Dark Wood, J&L Books, 2013, Atlanta / New York

 

Hardcover.

Elisabeth Tonnard’s In This Dark Wood is a study of urban alienation in America. In a haunting, modern-gothic style, it pairs images of people walking alone in nighttime city streets with 90 different English translations, collected by Tonnard, of the famous first lines of Dante’s Inferno: “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita / mi ritrovai per una selva oscura / ché la diritta via era smarrita.” (“In the middle of the journey of our life / I found myself in a dark wood / for the straight way was lost”). The images were selected from the Joseph Selle collection at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York, which contains over a million negatives from a company of street photographers who worked in San Francisco from the 1940s to the 70s. This edition is a reprint of a work originally self-published in 2008.

http://www.jandlbooks.org/tonnard.html

Pages: 196
Place: Atlanta / New York
Year: 2013
Publisher: J&L Books
Size: 16 x 23 cm (approx.)







Elisabeth Tonnard - In this Dark Wood (Front)

Elisabeth Tonnard - In this Dark Wood (Front)

Elisabeth Tonnard - In this Dark Wood (Spine)

Elisabeth Tonnard - In this Dark Wood (Spine)

Elisabeth Tonnard - In this Dark Wood (Back)

Elisabeth Tonnard - In this Dark Wood (Back)




Sample page 1 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 1 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 2 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 2 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 3 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 3 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 4 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 4 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 5 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 5 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 6 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 6 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 7 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 7 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 8 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 8 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 9 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 9 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 10 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 10 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 11 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 11 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 12 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 12 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Sample page 13 for book Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood

Sample page 13 for book "Elisabeth Tonnard – In this Dark Wood", josefchladek.com

Other books tagged Dutch (see all)
Other books tagged New York (see all)
Other books tagged Night (see all)
Other books tagged Black & White (see all)


 

Hardcover.

Elisabeth Tonnard’s In This Dark Wood is a study of urban alienation in America. In a haunting, modern-gothic style, it pairs images of people walking alone in nighttime city streets with 90 different English translations, collected by Tonnard, of the famous first lines of Dante’s Inferno: “Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita / mi ritrovai per una selva oscura / ché la diritta via era smarrita.” (“In the middle of the journey of our life / I found myself in a dark wood / for the straight way was lost”). The images were selected from the Joseph Selle collection at the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York, which contains over a million negatives from a company of street photographers who worked in San Francisco from the 1940s to the 70s. This edition is a reprint of a work originally self-published in 2008.

http://www.jandlbooks.org/tonnard.html

Pages: 196
Place: Atlanta / New York
Year: 2013
Publisher: J&L Books
Size: 16 x 23 cm (approx.)