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Black book cover of Marvin Bohm, You're not as ___ as you think, featuring an early portrait photo Marvin Bohm's mother smiling. Published by Verlag Kettler.

Marvin Bohm

You're not as ___ as you think

By (author) Marvin Böhm

$48.00

  • A photographic diary full of intense and melancholic moods
  • A reflection on death and the beauty of life
Full Description

In 2017, Marvin Böhm’s mother was diagnosed with cancer. From then on, he began to capture his private life with a camera – led by his intuition. He had little interest in chronicling her suffering and illness: Böhm’s main goal was to ‘carry on’ and continue into the future. His incessant interaction with the resulting images soon turned into a sort of therapy. Even though his mother appears in the pictures again and again, his attention was drawn especially to familiar settings and objects, friends and commonplace occurrences. Above all, he considered these ordinary situations worthy of being recorded. His reflection on death revealed the small everyday moments that make life worth living.

Joined together, these pictures provide a photographic diary: at times, it is difficult to decipher and almost abstract, then again it seems full of emotion and optimism.

Owing to their stylized black-and-white contrasts, the photos convey an atmosphere that is deeply moving and oscillates somewhere between drama and gloom. And although they depict very intimate moments, the images express an almost universal experience.

Text in English and German.

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Specifications
Publisher
Verlag Kettler
ISBN
9783862068340
Published
14th Dec 2020
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
7.48 in x 9.45 in
Pages
80 Pages
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