| | | | Karine Laval: PoolscapesText by Claire Barliant.
 Poolscapes brings together two bodies of work—The Pool (2002–05) and Poolscapes (2009–12)—by French-born, Brooklyn-based photographer Karine Laval (born 1971), both focusing on the motif of the swimming pool. Presenting public pools in urban and natural environments throughout Europe and private pools in the US in two distinct sections, the book is arranged chronologically and shows an evolution in tone and depth, from the photographic to the painterly. The Pool series invites us into a sun-bleached public pool at midday, evocative of childhood memories and the experience of leisure and bathing. Gradually these geometric lines and familiar architectural structures give way to the abstract, often blurred shapes and colors of the Poolscapes pictures that oscillate between representation and abstraction. Here the pool becomes a metaphor, a mirror whose surface reflects the surrounding world but is also a gateway into a realm where bathers are distorted and fragmented.
Featured image is reproduced from 'Karine Laval: Poolscapes.'PRAISE AND REVIEWSGuardian Tim Adams With the help of a Portuguese swimming pool, French photographer Karine Laval recalls the summers of her youth. Musee Labanya Maitra Laval’s photographs can bring a variety of emotions to the fore, but the one that stands out the most is the way it entices the reader to jump into the closest body of water. And stay there. Feature Shoot Sara Rosen Through the eyes of Karine Laval, life by the pool becomes a fantastical escape from it all. Feature Shoot Miss Rosen Slip away into a world where fun in the sun never ends. The Eye of Photography Shows an evolution in tone and depth, from the real to the imagined, from the photographic to the painterly. |
|  | STATUS: Out of stock Temporarily out of stock pending additional inventory. | |
| | FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 4/5/2019 We are delighted to host French photographer Karine Laval signing Poolscapes, her new book from Steidl, in AIPAD Booth 629 Friday, April 5 at 4 PM. It would be hard to imagine a more evocative book, filled with photographs that are both seductive and eerie, surreal and melancholy, in the words of essayist Claire Barliant. "Swimming pools, at least in hibernal regions, connote the fleeting, quicksilver days of summer; with their promise of cool relief from the heat, they offer ease, relaxation and joy—feelings that are cruelly ephemeral." continue to blogFROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 8/4/2018 Featured image is reproduced from Karine Laval: Poolscapes, a staff favorite summer release that's sure to sell out by Labor Day. Recommended by LensCulture and The Guardian, this gorgeous volume—produced to the exacting standards of world renowned photography book publisher, Steidl—collects photographs made at public pools in Europe and private pools in the U.S., as well as staged underwater shots and images from Laval's travels. All are dreamy, strange, warm, erotic and mysterious. Just what you want for these last languid days of summer. continue to blog | FORTHCOMING AND RECENT PHOTOGRAPHY BOOKS |  | FRAENKEL GALLERYISBN: 9781881337232
USD $65.00 | CAN $90 UK £ 57Pub Date: 11/29/2022
Active | In stock
|
|  | STEIDL/THE GORDON PARKS FOUNDATIONISBN: 9783969990957
USD $50.00 | CAN $70Pub Date: 3/14/2023
Forthcoming
|
|  | LA FáBRICAISBN: 9788418934322
USD $20.00 | CAN $27Pub Date: 10/18/2022
Active | In stock
|
|  | DELPIRE & COISBN: 9791095821571
USD $150.00 | CAN $210 UK £ 130Pub Date: 1/24/2023
Active | In stock
|
|  | STEIDLISBN: 9783969991459
USD $95.00 | CAN $134Pub Date: 5/23/2023
Forthcoming
|
|  | STEIDLISBN: 9783969990629
USD $50.00 | CAN $70Pub Date: 3/28/2023
Forthcoming
|
|  | STEIDLISBN: 9783969990636
USD $55.00 | CAN $76Pub Date: 3/28/2023
Forthcoming
|
|  | SKIRA PARISISBN: 9782370741943
USD $45.00 | CAN $62Pub Date: 1/10/2023
Active | In stock
|
|  | DANCING FOXES PRESS/RIDINGHOUSEISBN: 9781954947047
USD $34.00 | CAN $47 UK £ 30Pub Date: 12/20/2022
Active | In stock
|
|  | HATJE CANTZISBN: 9783775753241
USD $70.00 | CAN $97Pub Date: 1/24/2023
Active | In stock
|
|  | HATJE CANTZISBN: 9783775753821
USD $70.00 | CAN $97Pub Date: 1/3/2023
Active | In stock
|
|  | STEIDL/GALERIE FAHNEMANN, BERLINISBN: 9783958298651
USD $45.00 | CAN $62Pub Date: 7/5/2022
Active | In stock
|
|
|
| |
