Spirit is a Bone (signed)
by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin
Photographs: Oliver Chanarin, Adam Broomberg
Publisher: MACK Books
240 pages
Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781910164181
Price: 33 €
Comments: Embossed hardcover with image tipped-in on front and back, first edition, 16,5 x 21 cm. Signed by Adam Broomberg.
What is significant about this camera is that it is designed to make portraits without the co-operation of the subject; four lenses operating in tandem to generate a full frontal image of the face, ostensibly looking directly into the camera, even if the subject himself is unaware of being photographed.
The system was designed for facial recognition purposes in crowded areas such as subway stations, railroad stations, stadiums, concert halls or other public areas but also for photographing people who would normally resist being photographed. Indeed any subject encountering this type of camera is rendered passive, because no matter which direction he or she looks, the face is always rendered looking forward and stripped bare of shadows, make-up, disguises or even poise.
Co-opting this device, Broomberg & Chanarin have constructed their own taxonomy of portraits in contemporary Russia. Echoing August Sander’s seminal work, Citizens of the Twentieth Century, Broomberg & Chanarin have made a series of portraits cast according to professions. But their portraits are produced with this new technology, with little if any human interaction. They are low resolution and fragmented. The success of these images is determined by how precisely this machine can identify its subject: the characteristics of the nose, the eyes, the chin, and how these three intersect. Nevertheless they cannot help being portraits of individuals, struggling and often failing to negotiate a civil contract with state power.
This book is the result of a series of encounters, interactions and conversations between Broomberg & Chanarin and the photography collections at the Library of Birmingham made possible by a commission from GRAIN and the Library with support from the Arts Council of England.
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Spirit is a Bone (signed)
by Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin
Photographs: Oliver Chanarin, Adam Broomberg
Publisher: MACK Books
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Year: 2015
ISBN: 9781910164181
Price: 33 €
Comments: Embossed hardcover with image tipped-in on front and back, first edition, 16,5 x 21 cm. Signed by Adam Broomberg.
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Photographs: Oliver Chanarin, Adam Broomberg
Publisher: MACK Books
240 pages
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ISBN: 9781910164181
Price: 33 €
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