Sophie Ristelhueber - Operations - Thames & Hudson 2009

Sophie Ristelhueber is one of the leading figures in the art of photography today. Since her seminal work on the war-torn city of Beirut in the early 1980s, she has pursued a demanding body of work that tests the conditions under which the real becomes visible. She develops a committed reflection on the territory and its history through a singular approach to the landscape, conceived as a space bearing traces of human activity and the memory of major upheavals (great historical wars, recent conflicts, civil wars, earthquakes), questioning, in the manner of an archaeologist, the marks left by man on the surface and making visible the stigmata of history.
Luxurious retrospective monograph, conceived in close collaboration with the artist, with three essays, an illustrated and commented chronology, major works since the beginning of the 80s, as well as many documents and exhibition views.
Texts by Bruno Latour, David Mellor, Thomas Schlesser.
Published with the Jeu de Paume, the CNAP, and Thames & Hudson, London.

448p - EN - 26,2x20,2cm - cloth hardcover with dust jacket - perfect condition