Amami, ein Fotobuch \u00fcber die zweitgr\u00f6\u00dfte der Ryukyu Inseln \u2013 Cuny Janssen legt in diesem Jahr (2010) zwei ganz besondere, technisch raffiniert ausgestattete B\u00fccher vor: \u00bbAmami\u00ab und \u00bbTurtle\u00ab. Sie k\u00f6nnten, nachdem die niederl\u00e4ndische Fotografin schon mit ihrem ersten Buch von Martin Parr in sein volumin\u00f6ses \u00bbThe Photobook History: Volume II\u00ab aufgenommen worden ist, wegen ihrer begrenzten Auflage zu begehrten Sammlerst\u00fccken werden.
\nCuny Janssen is always looking for unusual forms of presentation in order to place her books in a specific relationship to the respective landscape and the portraits of her people, who are often children. This is also the case with Amami, a photo book about the second largest of the Riukiu Islands of the same name, which is located off the coast of one of Japan's four main islands, Kiuschu. Located in the East China Sea and home to 7,000 inhabitants on an area of around 70 square kilometres, the island is characterised by wild, rugged-looking coastal vegetation, although the subtropical climate with an annual average of 21 degrees allows two harvests a year. The portraits of schoolchildren gathered on large centrefolds convey the impression of a deep-rooted seriousness that perhaps results from the constant threat posed by a nature that can never be tamed.<\/p>\n
Exhibition:
\nDe Pont, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, 20\/03\/2010 - 23\/05\/2010<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Six texts (eng.) by the children portrayed
\n126 p. with 100 colour illustrations on several folding plates
\nFormat 21.5 x 27 cm, hardcover embossed<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":5390,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[105,67],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3620","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-105","product_cat-j","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t