Teju Cole Blind Spot Random House

It was enthusiastically reviewed in the new york times the guardian the financial times the los angeles times the san francisco chronicle and the new york review of books among.

Teju cole blind spot random house.

Published by random house. The much awarded teju cole photography critic for the new york times magazine and author of known and strange things has released his first book of photographs a synthesis of language and photography comprise blind spot in what amounts to a soaring yet grounded exploration of the world through cole s eyes or lens. Published in english in 2017 as blind spot. The accompanying book italian edition of blind spot was published by contrasto.

Tras leer open city y los ensayos de known and strange things me considero un gran admirador de teju cole. Sin embargo blind spot es una obra mediocre tanto por las imágenes carentes de interés como por los textos que las acompañan que son apenas versiones menos interesantes de observaciones que ya he leído en sus anteriores libros. The book is comprised of over a hundred fifty photographs interspersed with short. Blind spot by teju cole illustrated.

The accompanying solo exhibition blind spot and black paper was held at steven kasher gallery in new york city in the summer of 2017. My debut solo exhibition punto d ombra was presented in milan in 2016. He takes us from a park in berlin to a church in lagos and beyond. In this louisiana channel video teju cole talks about and reads from his book of photography and text blind spot random house 2017 which was inspired by a short period of blindness in one eye that transformed his perspective on looking and attentiveness.

Teju cole born june 27 1975 is a nigerian american writer photographer and art historian. In blind spot instants prized off from time enter into complicity with memory history and social thought. Teju cole s newest work blind spot a collection of the author s photos with accompanying textual commentary is an eclectically brilliant distillation of what photography can do and. An essay collection known and strange things 2016 and a photobook punto d ombra 2016.

Blind spot a book of photographs and texts was published by random house us and faber faber uk in 2017 and in 2015 as punto d ombra by contrasto. A novel open city 2012. In this innovative synthesis of words and images the award winning author of open city and photography critic for the new york times magazine combines two of his great passions. Teju cole has composed a lyrical essay in photographs paired with texts with each set identified by its locale including to.

A chain link fence and a row of bushes with budding leaves mark property lines.