Aperture 222 - Spring 2016
Odyssey
Voyages, journeys, and the captivating spell of wanderlust
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Voyages, journeys, and the captivating spell
of wanderlust.
This edition of Aperture magazine, “Odyssey,” features photography about voyages, journeys, and the captivating spell of wanderlust.
In the Words section, Tacita Dean discusses her personal quests with writer Travis A. Diehl; Eric Banks traces the midcentury journeys of famed travel writer Wilfred Thesiger; Alexander Stille looks at Italian mountain-photography pioneer Vittorio Sella; writer Sean O’Toole profiles the documentary projects of the Invisible Borders Trans-African Photographers Organisation, a West African photography collective; and multidisciplinary artist Taryn Simon speaks with Kate Fowle, of Moscow’s Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, about an artwork set for completion in the year 3015.
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of pages: 128
Publication date: 2016-02-23
Measurements: 9.25 x 12 x 0.6 inches
ISBN: 9781597113649
Table Of Contents
Front
Collectors: The Philosophers
Contributions by Diarmuid
Costello, Cynthia Freeland,
Michael Hardt, Dominic McIver
Lopes, Jerry Miller, Peter Singer
Curriculum
by Dayanita Singh
On Portraits
by Geoff Dyer
Redux
Sara Knelman on Mieux Vivre
1936-39
Words
Unconscious Journey:
Tacita Dean in Conversation
with Travis A. Diehl
Wilfred Thesiger:
The Last Nomad
by Eric Banks
Vittorio Sella: Higher Ground
by Alexander Stille
Pictures
Samuel Gratacap: Empire
Introduction by Bronwyn Law-Viljoen
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs:
Eurasia
Introduction by Aaron Schuman
Trevor Paglen: Landing Site
Introduction by Brian Wallis
Jacob Aue Sobol:
Arrivals and Departures
Introduction by Pico lyer
Carly Steinbrunn:
The Voyage of Discovery
Introduction by Stanley Wolukau-
Wanambwa
Maha Maamoun: Domestic Tourism
Introduction by Natalie Bell
Yto Barrada: Dinosaur Road
Introduction by Carmen Winant
Back
Object Lessons
Annie Smith Peck’s Postcards,
1908