Hester / Kumi Oguro ; text, Alain Delaunois, Hans Van den Broeck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oguro, Kumi, photographer.

Delaunois, Alain, author.

Broeck, Hans van den, author.

Language:

English

French

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Oguro, Kumi.

Photography, Artistic.

Photography of the human body.

Photography of women.

art photography.

Genre:

photobooks.

Photobooks.

Physical Description:

104 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Duffel] : Stockmans Art Books, 2021.

Language Note:

Text in English, with some text in French, Japanese and English.

Summary:

One could easily establish quite a precise typology by looking at the images collected and placed in HESTER by Kumi Oguro (the word ?image? is used on purpose here, instead of photography or photographic work). Here, we can see ? and this list is not exhaustive ? female figures, parts of bodies, closed-off interiors that are often empty, abandoned or run-down, spaces, floors and wide-open ceilings, plays on natural or artificial light, the presence of mirrors that are concealed to varying degrees, trivial accessories such as fabrics, curtains, clothes, woollen threads, cotton, chairs and armchairs that have become worn with use, small figurines, marbles or festive confetti, primary colours and other shades that are, frankly, lacklustre. But, proceeding in this manner, would we knowingly enter this world, of which Kumi Oguro shows us carefully designed and selected sections? A world ? a story ? that is equally about what she wants to reveal, but which she does not describe to us, and what we are encouraged to discover on our own.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789464363036

9464363037

OCLC:

1285275857