BOOK RELEASE + EXHIBITION: Black Forest
Black Forest
NOVEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 20, 2014
Opening: Thursday, November 2nd, 5 – 9pm
Book Release + Opening Event: Saturday, November 8th, 7 – 11pm
Black Forest, the fifth title to be released by Candela Books, is an arcane collection of photographs from over 50 contemporary, internationally-renowned photographers, including Roger Ballen, Arthur Tress, Debbie Fleming Caffery, Elijah Gowin, Louviere + Vanessa, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Irina Ionesco, Julie Blackmon, Joel-Peter Witkin, Jane Evelyn Atwood and Gilles Berquet.
Editor Russell Joslin, publisher of SHOTS magazine, picks up the thread of André Breton (from whom he borrows his title), exploring what he refers to as “subterranean beauty.” Darkly atmospheric sequences of surrealistic photographs become a metaphor for the unconscious and other covert corners of the psyche. Suggesting loose, intuitive relationships among the works of the included photographers, Joslin creates four distinct visual narratives associated in tone, emotion and formal structure, while still offering plenty of space for his readers and viewers to render for themselves the infinite possibilities of meaning.
The book design, a confluence of the various clandestine elements of Black Forest, is by Jeff Louviere of New Orleans-based Louviere + Vanessa.
Black Forest will arrive for purchase in early November and is available for pre-sale now at candelabooks.com.
To further experience Joslin’s subterranean vision, Black Forest the exhibition, on view at Candela Gallery from November 7 – December 20, 2014, will coincide with the Black Forest book release and feature 27 photographs from 17 contributors chosen from the book’s pages.
The Black Forest book release and exhibition opening event, a Subterranean Carnival Prom will take place on Saturday, November 8th at 7pm, featuring the live funk-soul and performance artistry of NRG KRYSYS. $15 at the door.
The exhibition will open to the public on Friday, November 7, 5-9pm.
The book release and exhibition opening event, a Subterranean Carnival Prom, will take place on
Saturday, November 8, 7pm.