India. Photographs by Charlotte Dumas. d'jonge Hond Publishers, Harderwijk, The Netherlands, 2008. 18 pp. Small quarto. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers. Color reproductions.
Fine.
Heart Shaped Hole. Photographs by Charlotte Dumas. Gallerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, 2008. 26 pp. Small quarto. Limited edition of 500 signed and numbered copies. Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers. Hand-stitched cahier-style. Color reproductions.
Fine
Pamermo 7. Photographs by Charlotte Dumas. SMART Project Space, Amsterdam/Sintesi Cultura, Palermo, 2006. 24 pp. Small quarto. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers. Color reproductions. Brief interview text (in English).
Fine.
Tiger Tiger/Reverie. Photographs by Charlotte Dumas. Interview by Aoife Rosenmeyer. Gallerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, 2008. 26 pp. Small quarto. Limited edition of 1200 copies. Stiff photo-illustrated wrappers. Hand-stitched cahier-style. Color reproductions.
Fine
Charlotte Dumas’ subject is 'the age-old relationship between animal and man', composing serene, intimate portraits of animals that riff on the history of painting in novel and unexpected ways. She was the subject of a 2009 retrospective at FOAM in Amsterdam.
Excerpt from an interview in The Brooklyn Rail, Sept., 2009
What is the single aspect that you enjoy most about photographing animals?
"That it really is an interaction of intuitions: the animal always lets you know what distance he will or will not allow. The definition of a portrait for me is that you are at the right distance from your sitter. The whole thing is the interaction between the subject and the person making the portrait and this does not change at all if the subject is human or animal. Animals are more clear in letting you know if you have stepped inside their comfort zone. If you get too close you break the spell, if you are too far there is no intimacy. With a zoom the animal would not be aware of my presence, it could still be a beautiful photo, but it would not be a portrait. What interests me is the whole spectrum of emotions I go through while making these portraits.
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