Teju Cole Blind Spot Random House

The first photograph in teju cole s new book blind spot depicts neighboring suburban driveways in springtime.

Teju cole blind spot random house.

It was enthusiastically reviewed in the new york times the guardian the financial times the los angeles times the san francisco chronicle and the new york review of books among. An essay collection known and strange things 2016 and a photobook punto d ombra 2016. Blind spot was published by random house in june 2017. Published by random house.

Tras leer open city y los ensayos de known and strange things me considero un gran admirador de teju cole. Teju cole born june 27 1975 is a nigerian american writer photographer and art historian. My debut solo exhibition punto d ombra was presented in milan in 2016. Blind spot a book of photographs and texts was published by random house us and faber faber uk in 2017 and in 2015 as punto d ombra by contrasto.

The accompanying book italian edition of blind spot was published by contrasto. Teju cole has composed a lyrical essay in photographs paired with texts with each set identified by its locale including to. Cole is the author of a novella every day is for the thief 2007. The much awarded teju cole photography critic for the new york times magazine and author of known and strange things has released his first book of photographs a synthesis of language and photography comprise blind spot in what amounts to a soaring yet grounded exploration of the world through cole s eyes or lens.

A chain link fence and a row of bushes with budding leaves mark property lines. The accompanying solo exhibition blind spot and black paper was held at steven kasher gallery in new york city in the summer of 2017. In blind spot instants prized off from time enter into complicity with memory history and social thought. In this innovative synthesis of words and images the award winning author of open city and photography critic for the new york times magazine combines two of his great passions.

He takes us from a park in berlin to a church in lagos and beyond. Teju cole s newest work blind spot a collection of the author s photos with accompanying textual commentary is an eclectically brilliant distillation of what photography can do and. The book is comprised of over a hundred fifty photographs interspersed with short. Sin embargo blind spot es una obra mediocre tanto por las imágenes carentes de interés como por los textos que las acompañan que son apenas versiones menos interesantes de observaciones que ya he leído en sus anteriores libros.

Published in english in 2017 as blind spot.