Food. Photographs by Henk Wildschut. Post Editions, 2013. 144 pp., 90 color illustrations, 9½x11". Publisher's Description Few subjects evoke as much controversy nowadays as the subject of food. The world's population continues to grow, and with the rise in prosperity comes an ever greater need for food that can be trusted. Inevitably, it seems, this means both an increase in scale and unceasing technological innovation, with unpredictable results at times. If critical documentary makers point out the pitfalls, false assumptions and deception in the food industry, the branch itself advertises its wares with nostalgic images of cows in the meadow and heads of corn swaying in the morning sun. Images that the consumer all too willingly embraces. Meanwhile, scandals in the food chain fuel our desire for a transparent world where food can once more be cultivated reliably and at a modest scale. The present lack of transparency and the fact that few know the real state of play have elicited the widest range of opinions about how our food can best be produced. The one scientific study refutes conclusions drawn in the other. Indeed, the issue is so complex and inclusive that every discussion seems doomed to sink under its own weight. For Food, Henk Wildschut immersed himself in the world of today's farmer whom he originally saw as the most important innovator in the food production process. But even here appearances are deceptive: farmers are often forced to switch to a method of husbandry where efficiency and scaling-up are the name of the game, all under the banner of public health, food safety, the environment and animal welfare. This holds equally for organically produced food. In his endeavour to get to grips with the production and
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Food.Photographs by Henk Wildschut.
Post Editions, 2013. 144 pp., 90 color illustrations, 9½x11".
Publisher's Description
Few subjects evoke as much controversy nowadays as the subject
of food. The world's population continues to grow, and with the
rise in prosperity comes an ever greater need for food that can be
trusted. Inevitably, it seems, this means both an increase in scale
and unceasing technological innovation, with unpredictable results
at times.
If critical documentary makers point out the pitfalls, false
assumptions and deception in the food industry, the branch itself
advertises its wares with nostalgic images of cows in the meadow
and heads of corn swaying in the morning sun. Images that the
consumer all too willingly embraces.
Meanwhile, scandals in the food chain fuel our desire for a
transparent world where food can once more be cultivated reliably
and at a modest scale. The present lack of transparency and the
fact that few know the real state of play have elicited the widest
range of opinions about how our food can best be produced. The
one scientific study refutes conclusions drawn in the other. Indeed,
the issue is so complex and inclusive that every discussion seems
doomed to sink under its own weight.
For Food, Henk Wildschut immersed himself in the world of today's
farmer whom he originally saw as the most important innovator in
the food production process. But even here appearances are
deceptive: farmers are often forced to switch to a method of
husbandry where efficiency and scaling-up are the name of the
game, all under the banner of public health, food safety, the
environment and animal welfare. This holds equally for organically
produced food.
In his endeavour to get to grips with the production and
processing of food Wildschut, rather than restricting himself to
modern farming, also directs his quest at vegetable breeders and
cultivators, stock farms, hatcheries, fish farms, laboratories,
inspection bodies and suppliers of abattoir equipment. Theirs is a
squeaky-clean world where rules, regulations and protocols are
riveted together in the stainless-steel abstraction of the industrial
scheme of things; a world that often seems such a far cry from the
food itself.
The Secret History of KhavaGaisanova.
& The North Caucasus.By Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen.
The Sochi Project, 2013. 352 pp., 32 page insert and
107 color illustrations, 8x10½".
Signed copies available to order!
Publisher's Description
Khava Gaisanova lives in Chermen, a village in the
heart of the North Caucasus. In 2007 her husband
disappeared, like so many men in the North Caucasus
disappear without a trace – kidnapped, arrested or
simply executed and buried in anonymous graves.
Writer Arnold van Bruggen and photographer Rob
Hornstra met her by chance and became intrigued by
her story, which is drenched with blood but
punctuated by the will to survive. Hornstra and Van
Bruggen then came to the attention of the security
forces, who ultimately prevented them from travelling
through the region. Even the strong Khava was
intimidated and her family has avoided all contact
since. Khava’s history reads like the history of the
North Caucasus itself.
Hornstra and Van Bruggen have visited the North
Caucasus numerous times between 2009 and 2012.
They too became victims of the violence, corruption
and abuse of power that have plagued the region for
centuries. This book is a penetrating account of their
travels.
Cut Shaving, the Xerox Edition.Photographs by Jaap Scheeren.
FW: Books, 2013. 144 pp., color and black & white
illustrations, 8½x11½".
Publisher's Description
'Fresh anarchy' is a way to describe the work of Dutch
photographer Jaap Scheeren. With his own, slightly
absurdistic, style he investigates the coherence
between reality and photography. By doing so
Scheeren developed a visual world in which he follows
its own intuition, logic and rules. Always with a
humorous twist. 'Cut Shaving, The Xerox Edition'
combines for the first time all of Scheeren's work. The
publication explores ways of reproducing
photography, photo-books and visual archives,
resulting in a a fresh and anarchistic publication that is
The Arrangement is a group of images Ruth Van Beek made with a
collection of books on flower arranging.She has been collecting
books on this subject for years, mostly instructional books dating
from fifties to the the seventies. They combine colorful stillives of
flowerarrangements with the functional photograhphy of a
manual.Ruth Van Beek is specialy interested in the translation of the
strict rules and symbols of Japanese Ikebana into instructional books
for Dutch housewifes.
Via PanAm*By Kadir van LohuizenParadox and Ydoc Publishing
Over the course of a year, Van Lohuizen travelled from the southernmost tip of South America tothe northernmost tip of Alaska, visualizing migration along the PanAmerican Highway. Partly dueto the addition of stories, charts and graphs, the book has become an intriguing reference work. See more at:http://blog.photoeye.com/2014/01/bestbooks2013robhornstra.html#sthash.a6WXeNF9.dpuf