Carte Mémoire
- The long-awaited new book by Magnum photographer Bieke Depoorter
In recent years, photographer Bieke Depoorter developed an overriding interest in astronomy. She sought out amateur stargazers, visited state-of-the-art observatories and researched the history of the field. Gradually, it became clear that her interest in astronomy was linked to lost memories from her past. After all, the night sky is a kind of shared memory; the light of celestial bodies takes hundreds, thousands or millions of (light) years to reach our eyes on earth. In Carte Mémoire, photographer Bieke Depoorter explores the power and fragility of memory, the human desire for objectivity and the elusive nature of ‘truth’. She does this by interweaving photographs of amateur and professional stargazers, diary-inspired texts and fragments of astronomical history, in which often-forgotten female astronomers play a role.
- Publisher
- Hannibal Books
- ISBN
- 9789464941579
- Publish date
- 11th Nov 2024
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- World excluding Benelux, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, and Italy
- Size
- 280 mm x 280 mm
- Pages
- 166 Pages
- Illustrations
- 120 b&w
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