Drew Nikonowicz — This World and Others Like It
Drew Nikonowicz — This World and Others Like It
22 x 29,3 cm / 98 pages + gatefold + 2 inserts / softcover / isbn 978-94-90119-74-4 / Text by Paula Kupfer / Design Hans Gremmen / co-published with Yoffy Press / Shortlist Arles Book Awards 2019 / Special Juror’s Mention Aperture Paris Photobook Award 2019 / Best of 2019 (Jeffrey Ladd, Awoiska van der Molen, Photobookstore) / Best of 2019 (Lensculture) /Price is excl. shipping
‘This World and Others Like It’ investigates the role of the 21st century explorer by combining computer modeling with analogue photographic processes. Drawing upon the language of 19th Century survey images, Nikonowicz questions their relationship with current methods of record making. Thousands of explorable realities exist through rover and probe based imagery, virtual role-playing, and video game software. Within the contemporary wilderness, robots have replaced photographers as mediators producing images completely dislocated from human experience. This suggests that now the sublime landscape is only accessible through the boundaries of technology.
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