About the Book
These images attempt to capture time itself. The artist took two photographs for every single day of his daughter's first year. One of the room she grew up in, and one of the view from the window.
We see the baby grow as the seasons change behind her, every photo is strangely different and the same. What is startling, however, is how much time appears lost, despite a record comprising hundreds of pictures. Here lies the the poetry, paradox and power of photography - what is absent tells us more than what is present - that all time is lost.
Michael Coldwell is currently conducting research into photography and time as part of a PhD at the University of Leeds. He has also worked as a designer, archivist and musician over the years, releasing experimental music under the name Conflux Coldwell and as part of a collective called Urban Exploration. Coldwell has also worked on several short films and video installations. His photographic work predominantly concerns explorations of time, memory and the changing (urban) landscape.
We see the baby grow as the seasons change behind her, every photo is strangely different and the same. What is startling, however, is how much time appears lost, despite a record comprising hundreds of pictures. Here lies the the poetry, paradox and power of photography - what is absent tells us more than what is present - that all time is lost.
Michael Coldwell is currently conducting research into photography and time as part of a PhD at the University of Leeds. He has also worked as a designer, archivist and musician over the years, releasing experimental music under the name Conflux Coldwell and as part of a collective called Urban Exploration. Coldwell has also worked on several short films and video installations. His photographic work predominantly concerns explorations of time, memory and the changing (urban) landscape.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art Photography
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Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
# of Pages: 228 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, Dust Jacket: 9781364486563
- Publish Date: Jan 13, 2016
- Language English
- Keywords art photography, time, memory, research, hauntology, michael c coldwell
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About the Creator
Michael C Coldwell
Leeds, UK
Artist working in photography, film and sound. Currently conducting research in media and communication at the University of Leeds, Coldwell's work investigates the philosophy of time, memory, spectrality and the changing urban environment, through interdisciplinary and experimental praxis. Coldwell also makes electronic music and art under the name Conflux Coldwell and as part of the Urban Exploration collective.