UK Holidays - Ireland: Singular Images

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.99415
EAN: 9780233988993
ISBN: 0233988998
Label: Andre Deutsch Ltd
Manufacturer: Andre Deutsch Ltd
Number Of Pages: 80
Publication Date: 1995-03
Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd
Studio: Andre Deutsch Ltd

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Summary: An interesting look into the early years of an artist
Comment: Donovan Wylie's Ireland: Singular Images is a book of photographs from his initial travels in his native Ireland in the late 1980s. He published the book in 1994 after he had become associated with Magnum Photos. Wylie was 23 when the book was printed and is now 28. The book offers an interesting look into the early years of a Magnum photographer, but neither the book nor the photographs are first rate when compared to works by Sebastiao Salgado or fellow Magnum members Josef Koudelka or Gilles Peress. The photographs are indeed innocent and are not the work of a seasoned photographer. Wylie's latest book, Losing Ground, published in 1997 by Fouth Estate Press of London is a more successful effort, and more clearly shows his photographic ability. However, the book does not seem to be available through book sellers and I bought my copy directly through Magnum in New York. Although Ireland: Singular Images is not a must see, it is quite impressive to think that Wylie has published five books so far, and his introduction does offer interesting information about his young life.

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Summary: A great book from an up-and-coming photographer
Comment: "Singular Images" is a delightfully simple photographic exploration of Ireland made by young Donovan Wylie. His pictures are graceful and poetic, yet they have a definite solidity about them...an air that is quite of the essence of the Magnum Photo Agency, of which he is a part. At the early age of 16, he made the pictures in this book; pictures that many seasoned professionals would trip over themselves trying to create. This body of Wylie's work has a sense of innocence, and it's apparent through these marvelous photographs. The photographs themselves have a definite "street" feel. His wanderings take him all over the place, but his pictures have a beautiful coherency. They are merely gritty, black and white documents of his travels. One thing is for sure, this Gen-X photographer has a bright future ahead of him. At the age of 21, he was made a nominee of the Magnum Photo Agency, then an associate member two years later. In many ways, he is the future of what Magnum will be. Keep an eye on this lad, he's the next in a long line of photographers from the Magnum Agency, whose members include Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Capa, Elliot Erwitt, Bruce Davidson, Eugene Richards, Gilles Peress, James Nachtwey...just to name a few.

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