Birds.
Xavier Barral| N° d'inventaire | 23108 |
| Format | 21 x 26.5 |
| Détails | 90 p., publisher's canvas binding. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782365112598 |
The poetic universe of the Spanish photography duo Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarrán is presented here through a dreamlike journey to the land of birds. 7th title in the "Birds" collection. Time, memory, and beauty are themes that run through the photographers' entire work. "We seek to experience the beauty of discovery," they explain. Between reality and illusion, the image questions our relationship to the tangible world. "Photography helps us understand reality; images are like visual notes in a notebook." "Each image is like a fixed story. Its chromatic nuances immerse us in color. Cabrera and Albarrán use numerous processes: platinum printing, palladium printing, cyanotype, silver gelatin, pigment printing... The image becomes a sensitive vibration. For the Birds collection, the duo took photographs especially for the book. The beauty of the ephemeral, a certain melancholy, but also the fragility of the moment captured by the lens are revealed through images in golden colors or monochrome. The birds seem to have come straight out of fantastic tales; they take flight on shimmering surfaces, disperse among dark foliage. The tight framing emphasizes their physical presence. The birds become almost abstract. The supple two-tone neck of a pair of swans, the immaculate beak of a glossy black moorhen, the outstretched wings of doves with silvery feathers, the sumptuous drape of peacock feathers: the formal play of shapes serves as a counterpoint to the saturation of colors. Cabrera and Albarrán leave the interpretation of their images to the viewer's memory, following the approach of Joan Miró, who in his painting Bird in Space, gives a minimal representation of the bird, through points or shadows, to let our imagination fly.
The poetic universe of the Spanish photography duo Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarrán is presented here through a dreamlike journey to the land of birds. 7th title in the "Birds" collection. Time, memory, and beauty are themes that run through the photographers' entire work. "We seek to experience the beauty of discovery," they explain. Between reality and illusion, the image questions our relationship to the tangible world. "Photography helps us understand reality; images are like visual notes in a notebook." "Each image is like a fixed story. Its chromatic nuances immerse us in color. Cabrera and Albarrán use numerous processes: platinum printing, palladium printing, cyanotype, silver gelatin, pigment printing... The image becomes a sensitive vibration. For the Birds collection, the duo took photographs especially for the book. The beauty of the ephemeral, a certain melancholy, but also the fragility of the moment captured by the lens are revealed through images in golden colors or monochrome. The birds seem to have come straight out of fantastic tales; they take flight on shimmering surfaces, disperse among dark foliage. The tight framing emphasizes their physical presence. The birds become almost abstract. The supple two-tone neck of a pair of swans, the immaculate beak of a glossy black moorhen, the outstretched wings of doves with silvery feathers, the sumptuous drape of peacock feathers: the formal play of shapes serves as a counterpoint to the saturation of colors. Cabrera and Albarrán leave the interpretation of their images to the viewer's memory, following the approach of Joan Miró, who in his painting Bird in Space, gives a minimal representation of the bird, through points or shadows, to let our imagination fly.