Axel Hoedt: Dusk undermines the carnival as cliché: Hoedt's (born 1966) photographs of celebrations in the villages of Austria and Switzerland deliver no debauchery, but instead offer revelers in earnest poses, static against a bright background, juxtaposing classic studio photography, Polaroid snapshots and still-life imagery.
Featured image is reproduced from Axel Hoedt: Dusk.
“In this strange place, one can get quite close to being faceless. One has many masks that one changes according to rules unknown to me. Quite a few of the masks are repeated. I sometimes can’t tell if I’m the only one who is denied the sight of the faces. Are there faces? Are there faceless people? Or could it simply be that, even if faceless, one would still have that missing, absent, expected face?” continue to blog
FORMAT: Hbk, 7 x 8.75 in. / 96 pgs / illustrated throughout. LIST PRICE: U.S. $38.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $50 ISBN: 9783869307978 PUBLISHER: Steidl AVAILABLE: 8/25/2015 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: NA ONLY
Axel Hoedt: Dusk undermines the carnival as cliché: Hoedt's (born 1966) photographs of celebrations in the villages of Austria and Switzerland deliver no debauchery, but instead offer revelers in earnest poses, static against a bright background, juxtaposing classic studio photography, Polaroid snapshots and still-life imagery.
