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Ex-voto / A.T; essays by Dr Rowan Cerys Tomlinson, Professor John Eade and Sean O'Hagan.
Fine Arts Library TR820.5 .T66 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tomlinson, Alys, photographer.
- Tomlinson, Rowan, author of essay.
- Eade, John, 1946- author of essay.
- O'Hagan, Sean, author of essay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tomlinson, Alys.
- Documentary photography.
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages in art.
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Europe--Pictorial works.
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Photography, Artistic.
- Europe--Religious life and customs--Pictorial works.
- Europe.
- Genre:
- Photobooks.
- Pictorial works.
- Illustrated works.
- Physical Description:
- 98 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : GOST Books, [2019].
- Summary:
- "Ex-Voto is the culmination of a five-year photographic journey to Catholic pilgrimage sites in Ballyvourney, Ireland, Mount Grabarka, Poland, and Lourdes, France by award-winning photographer Alys Tomlinson. The book's title, Ex-Voto, refers to the physical offerings given in order to fulfil a vow - humble objects such as handmade wooden crosses and pages torn from notebooks - which connect the pilgrim with the landscape."-- Publisher's website (viewed October 3, 2019).
- Notes:
- Includes 47 duotone images.
- "All images were taken between 2016-2018 in and around Lourdes (France) Ballyvourney (Ireland) and Grabarka (Poland).-- Colophon.
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at HackelBury Fine Art, London (March 7 - April 18, 2019), Chichester Cathedral (March 2 - April 23, 2019) and SIDE Gallery, Newcastle (April 6 - June 9, 2019).
- ISBN:
- 1910401277
- 9781910401279
- OCLC:
- 1084329102
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