Antoine dagata is a contentious character in the worlds of photography and art. The renowned antoine dagata, again and always, uses his sublime camera and whole being to reveal a parallel world of prostitution and drugs, punctuated by. A mix of essays all in french and black and white plates, printed on a thick matt paper. Abstraction geometriqueabstraitcouleurs 2017art contemporainexposition grand. Covering antoine dagata s work for the last 5 years, the book combines pictures and texts in a disturbing testimony, showing the commitment of a photographer documenting druggenerated fictions until he loses control. Signed up by the magnum photo agency in the period when they started to realise there was little money in photojournalism, his works brutal and selfdestructive content has a habit of upsetting people. Contrary to widely held belief, the primary goal of the artistic effort is not to better formulate our questions about the real world, but to act more effectively on it. Born in marseilles, antoine dagata left france in 1983 and travelled overseas for the. Eclipse signed by antoine dagata sold index by antoine dagata euro 40 a new york 198993 by antoine dagata sold paradigmes special edition with print. Atlas gathers all the recent works of antoine dagata. Containing striking images of people living on the fringes of society, antibodies is a challenging and captivating collection from one of the most renowned photographers working today. He has since gained notoriety with a body of work that deals with addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, prostitution, and other topics widely considered taboo. Vimeo gives control freaks the power to tweak every aspect of their embedded videos.
New york 198993 by antoine dagata tipi photo bookshop. A nomad himself, dagata tackles subjects often left untouched, unnoticed, or ignored. He studied photography at the international center of photography in new york. He has published more than a dozen books and three films. With powerful individual vision, magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities. The title of this series paradigmes, which is part of the bigger body of work that constitutes atlas, is a testimony of the different worlds he explored and reinvented. Filmed across 120 nights in japans brothels and presented in 120 fragments. Art is a source of disorder because it carries in itself the seeds of action. Destroying the line between living and making art, his images are autobiographical, animalistic, and as horrifying as they are beautiful. From this project, antoine dagata published a book of the same name to be released next october by. These are the autobiographical moments of an artist that intimately embraces his subject. Selfportraits 1987 2017 signed by antoine dagata sold manifesto signed by antoine dagata sold home town by antoine dagata.
Dagata first began exploring this approach in his 2018 book. French photographer antoine dagata departed his homeland in 1983 to begin a series of travels. Atlas reunit les tous derniers travaux dantoine dagata. During his time in new york, dagata worked as an intern in the editorial department of magnum. An interview by alessia glaviano with antoine dagata, on show at fondazione forma until the 1st of september 20. His images are an attempt at a new type of representation, in which the artist tries to free himself from a set of photographic rules and preconceived ideas compositions, layout etc. The photographs of antoine dagata are like images from a stalkers notebook, cherished mementos of chance encounters in the nocturnal underworld that the photographer inhabits. A new york 19891993, antoine d agata, antoine d agata, bruno le dantec, andre frere editions. Post jobs, find pros, and collaborate commissionfree in our professional marketplace. Aka ana is an experience of nightmarish proportions. Antoine dagata has traveled the worlds darkest corners collecting images of prostitutes, addicts, wartorn communities, and the homeless. In 2001 he won the niepce prize for young photographers.
In 1990 he studied photography with larry clark and nan goldin in new york. Continual reinvention of new forms of slavery and survival through the annihilation of life itself. Rare antoine dagata publication produced to accompany his exhibition at le bleu du ciel, lyon in 2005. Voir plus didees sur le theme photographie, magnum photos et photographie contemporaine. In december 2007, antoine dagata arrives in phnom penh and falls in love with ka, a vietnamese prostitutea dealer.
Atlas brings together antoine dagatas most recent work. John dagata is an essayist and writer whose works include halls of fame and about a mountain and the editor of the anthologies the next american essay and the art of the essay. Yang li and antoine dagata launch new campaign too much, but not enough. Antoine dagata is a director and cinematographer, known for aka ana 2008, atlas 20 and white noise 2019. Covering antoine dagatas work for the last 5 years, the book combines pictures and texts in a disturbing testimony, showing the commitment of a photographer documenting druggenerated fictions. Magnum photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. Finding himself in new york in 1990, he pursued an interest in photography by taking. Antoine dagata ice french edition by antoine dagata. Antoine dagata, atlas the eye of photography magazine. Antoine dagata has been refining an incisive visual technique over recent years. His work deals with topics that are often considered taboo, such as addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, and prostitution. Aka ana is quite possibly the most viscerally disturbing film ive ever seen. Antoine dagata france, 1961 travelled around the world between 1983.
So books is a tokyobased used book store run by an individual, specializing in photography, contemporary art, fashion and other related subject areas. Antoine dagata france, 1961 is a magnum photographer exploring the darkest sides of life, with drugfuelled sex binges bleeding over the edges of depravity. He has been using procedural methods in the production of his works, presenting them through gridded formations of a series of consecutive, almostrepeated images. In december 2007, antoine dagata arrives in phnom penh and falls in love with ka, a vietnamese prostitute a dealer also. The exhibition is conceived as an integral part of a cinematographic and artistic project begun in 20. In 1990, he studied photography at the international center of photography, new york. Designed in arles last summer, and produced in istanbul by the printer elit ofset, partner of the fotoistanbul festival, map is asingular object published by the voies off editions. This monumental collection of dagatas controversial work is a cult classic an. Barely an hourlong, it became an ordeal to watch barely 15 minutes in, and made me want to constantly turn away thereafter. Atlaswhite noise screening of antoine dagatas latest. Antoine dagata has been refining an incisive visual technique over.
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