The Black Rose (last copies)
by Trent Parke
Photographs: Trent Parke
Text: Trent Parke, Julie Robinson, Maria Zagala
Publisher: Art Gallery of South Australia
168 pages
Year: 2015
Comments: hardcover
The Black Rose is the culmination of seven years’ work for Adelaide-based Magnum photographer Trent Parke. Featuring Trent Parke’s extraordinary photographs, light boxes, video, written texts and books, the exhibition leads viewers through a visual narrative that explores ideas concerning the ‘meaning of life’ from both a personal and universal level.
Trent Parke says ‘ The Black Rose started in 2007 as an attempt to excavate my own histories, reflecting on a night when at the age of twelve I witnessed my mother die of an asthma attack while my dad was at his squash night. As a result I blanked out those first 12 years of my life and much more. After sidestepping the issue for 27 years, a chance incident forced my hand and I began writing and taking photographs as I sought to get those memories back. Autobiographical in nature, these letters and photographs narrate the story of my life past and present, but more importantly pose universal questions relating to our very existence.’
‘Why we are here? where are we going, and what happens next?’
The photographs and texts in The Black Rose derive from the artist’s daily experiences and reflections – small seemingly inconsequential moments of life, that normally pass us by, began to take on greater significance and symbolic meaning. Seemingly random acts of chance and coincidence that occur on a daily basis, become entwined within a larger narrative relating to the past and future, both for him personally and for people in general.
The Black Rose is essentially a meditation on life journeys, and the way the past infiltrates the present, and in turn can influence the future.
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Minutes to Midnight (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
The Christmas Tree Bucket
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Minutes to Midnight (second edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Crimson Line
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Monument (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
Euro 450 -
Monument (last copy - second printing)
by Trent Parke
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Ashes and Snow Exhibition Catalogue
by Gregory Colbert
sold out -
JAGA (signed)
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Euro 34 -
Pecorino Calendar 2013
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 49 -
Pecorino in Styria
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out -
Afterword
by Masahisa Fukase
sold out -
Animal Farm (signed)
by Daniel Naude
Euro 95
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HONG KONG PARR (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
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à propos de Paris
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Martin Parr (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Nature of Los Angeles 2008-2013
by Bruce Davidson
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Playas (signed)
by Martin Parr
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Phenomena (signed)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Altered landscapes (book + print)
by Arrayah Loynd
Euro 125 -
Zine Collection N°1: The Downtown East (signed+print)
by Claire Martin
sold out
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Song Book (first edition - signed - last copy)
by Alec Soth
Euro 250 -
In Search of the San
by Paul Weinberg
Euro 49 -
1000 Bunko (review copy)
by Satoshi Machiguchi
sold out -
Once a Year. Some Traditional British Customs.
by Homer Sykes
sold out -
DEEPER SHADES #05 Berlin (book + print)
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Lo sceriffo e la moschea itinerante
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The Black Rose (last copies)
by Trent Parke
Photographs: Trent Parke
Text: Trent Parke, Julie Robinson, Maria Zagala
Publisher: Art Gallery of South Australia
168 pages
Year: 2015
Comments: hardcover
The Black Rose is the culmination of seven years’ work for Adelaide-based Magnum photographer Trent Parke. Featuring Trent Parke’s extraordinary photographs, light boxes, video, written texts and books, the exhibition leads viewers through a visual narrative that explores ideas concerning the ‘meaning of life’ from both a personal and universal level.
Trent Parke says ‘ The Black Rose started in 2007 as an attempt to excavate my own histories, reflecting on a night when at the age of twelve I witnessed my mother die of an asthma attack while my dad was at his squash night. As a result I blanked out those first 12 years of my life and much more. After sidestepping the issue for 27 years, a chance incident forced my hand and I began writing and taking photographs as I sought to get those memories back. Autobiographical in nature, these letters and photographs narrate the story of my life past and present, but more importantly pose universal questions relating to our very existence.’
‘Why we are here? where are we going, and what happens next?’
The photographs and texts in The Black Rose derive from the artist’s daily experiences and reflections – small seemingly inconsequential moments of life, that normally pass us by, began to take on greater significance and symbolic meaning. Seemingly random acts of chance and coincidence that occur on a daily basis, become entwined within a larger narrative relating to the past and future, both for him personally and for people in general.
The Black Rose is essentially a meditation on life journeys, and the way the past infiltrates the present, and in turn can influence the future.
More books by Trent Parke
-
Minutes to Midnight (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
The Christmas Tree Bucket
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Minutes to Midnight (second edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Crimson Line
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Monument (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
Euro 450 -
Monument (last copy - second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 250
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Ashes and Snow Exhibition Catalogue
by Gregory Colbert
sold out -
JAGA (signed)
by Simon Lehner
Euro 34 -
Pecorino Calendar 2013
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 49 -
Pecorino in Styria
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out -
Afterword
by Masahisa Fukase
sold out -
Animal Farm (signed)
by Daniel Naude
Euro 95
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
HONG KONG PARR (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
à propos de Paris
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
sold out -
Martin Parr (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Nature of Los Angeles 2008-2013
by Bruce Davidson
sold out -
Playas (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Phenomena (signed)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Altered landscapes (book + print)
by Arrayah Loynd
Euro 125 -
Zine Collection N°1: The Downtown East (signed+print)
by Claire Martin
sold out
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Song Book (first edition - signed - last copy)
by Alec Soth
Euro 250 -
In Search of the San
by Paul Weinberg
Euro 49 -
1000 Bunko (review copy)
by Satoshi Machiguchi
sold out -
Once a Year. Some Traditional British Customs.
by Homer Sykes
sold out -
DEEPER SHADES #05 Berlin (book + print)
by Andreas H. Bitesnich
Euro 470 -
Lo sceriffo e la moschea itinerante
by Nicolo Degiorgis
Euro 35
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The Black Rose (last copies)
by Trent Parke
Photographs: Trent Parke
Text: Trent Parke, Julie Robinson, Maria Zagala
Publisher: Art Gallery of South Australia
168 pages
Year: 2015
Comments: hardcover
The Black Rose is the culmination of seven years’ work for Adelaide-based Magnum photographer Trent Parke. Featuring Trent Parke’s extraordinary photographs, light boxes, video, written texts and books, the exhibition leads viewers through a visual narrative that explores ideas concerning the ‘meaning of life’ from both a personal and universal level.
Trent Parke says ‘ The Black Rose started in 2007 as an attempt to excavate my own histories, reflecting on a night when at the age of twelve I witnessed my mother die of an asthma attack while my dad was at his squash night. As a result I blanked out those first 12 years of my life and much more. After sidestepping the issue for 27 years, a chance incident forced my hand and I began writing and taking photographs as I sought to get those memories back. Autobiographical in nature, these letters and photographs narrate the story of my life past and present, but more importantly pose universal questions relating to our very existence.’
‘Why we are here? where are we going, and what happens next?’
The photographs and texts in The Black Rose derive from the artist’s daily experiences and reflections – small seemingly inconsequential moments of life, that normally pass us by, began to take on greater significance and symbolic meaning. Seemingly random acts of chance and coincidence that occur on a daily basis, become entwined within a larger narrative relating to the past and future, both for him personally and for people in general.
The Black Rose is essentially a meditation on life journeys, and the way the past infiltrates the present, and in turn can influence the future.
More books by Trent Parke
-
Minutes to Midnight (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
The Christmas Tree Bucket
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Minutes to Midnight (second edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Crimson Line
by Trent Parke
sold out -
Monument (first edition - last copy)
by Trent Parke
Euro 450 -
Monument (last copy - second printing)
by Trent Parke
Euro 250
more books tagged »animals« | >> see all
-
Ashes and Snow Exhibition Catalogue
by Gregory Colbert
sold out -
JAGA (signed)
by Simon Lehner
Euro 34 -
Pecorino Calendar 2013
by Toni Anzenberger
Euro 49 -
Pecorino in Styria
by Toni Anzenberger
sold out -
Afterword
by Masahisa Fukase
sold out -
Animal Farm (signed)
by Daniel Naude
Euro 95
more books tagged »magnum photographer« | >> see all
-
HONG KONG PARR (signed - last copy)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Exils
by Josef Koudelka
sold out -
à propos de Paris
by Henri Cartier-Bresson
sold out -
Martin Parr (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out -
Nature of Los Angeles 2008-2013
by Bruce Davidson
sold out -
Playas (signed)
by Martin Parr
sold out
more books tagged »Australian« | >> see all
-
Phenomena (signed)
by Morganna Magee
Euro 155 -
Ramadan in Yemen (signed)
by Max Pam
sold out -
Collections Volume 1
by Clara Steele
Euro 22 -
PARIS OPERA
by Bill Henson
Euro 90 -
Altered landscapes (book + print)
by Arrayah Loynd
Euro 125 -
Zine Collection N°1: The Downtown East (signed+print)
by Claire Martin
sold out
more books tagged »black and white« | >> see all
-
Song Book (first edition - signed - last copy)
by Alec Soth
Euro 250 -
In Search of the San
by Paul Weinberg
Euro 49 -
1000 Bunko (review copy)
by Satoshi Machiguchi
sold out -
Once a Year. Some Traditional British Customs.
by Homer Sykes
sold out -
DEEPER SHADES #05 Berlin (book + print)
by Andreas H. Bitesnich
Euro 470 -
Lo sceriffo e la moschea itinerante
by Nicolo Degiorgis
Euro 35
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