Blinked Myself Awake
- 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 Blinked Myself Awake, 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
- 29th Jan 2025
- Binding
- Hardback
- Territory
- USA & Canada
- Size
- 11.02 in x 11.02 in
- Pages
- 140 Pages
- Illustrations
- 120 b&w
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