Richard Misrach’s On the Beach
© Richard Misrach
“I’ve come to believe that beauty can be a very powerful conveyor of difficult ideas” - R. Misrach
Reading Singular Images I saw the post about Richard Misrach and I wanted to refer to few links that describe his series called “On the Beach” because I find it fascinating. Living on the coastal areas of South California, I have been always attracted to the playground that the ocean and beaches are for the people, and how in the vast magnitude of the ocean and the landscape we become both significant and insignificant.
I had explored photo series on that topic for my own work when few months ago I learned about Richard’s work. I can only imagine the incredible beautiful prints coming from 8×10 negatives. If you are in Washington DC area, the National Gallery of Art has prints in exhibit until September 1st 2008. Unfortunately the corresponding book is out of stock, even when it was published last year.
See some of the images here. An interview and an article on the exhibits.
Richard’s work was featured in Aperture magazine not too terribly long ago — less than two years, I think. You may still be able to order a back issue. The work is indeed wonderful to see - and Aperture did an outstanding job selecting some of his most compelling images.
Thanks Bob … I am hopping that the photobook will be reissue … but will look for the magazine …thanks for the info.
Miguel