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seascapes

by Hermann Zschiegner

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Flexible, high-gloss laminated cover
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About the Book
This book is the third in a series of artist books dealing with photography in the age of Google image search. With an obvious nod to the work of artists like Hiroshi Sugimoto and Vija Celmins this book explores the white noise pattern of ocean waves.



Using popular web mapping services like Google Maps, TerraServer and Bing Maps I took screenshots of the Long Island shoreline. These areal photographs could be defined as “leftover” information on the periphery of useful satellite images for mapping purposes.



For more info and additional images see:

http://www.follow-ed.com/art/?p=15



or go to http://www.two-n.com

Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
  • Project Option: Standard Portrait, 7.75×9.75 in, 20×25 cm
    # of Pages: 38
  • Publish Date: Aug 06, 2009
  • Keywords Hermann Zschiegner, Google Maps, ABC Artists' Books Cooperative, Seascapes, Sugimoto
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About the Creator
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Hermann Zschiegner
New York

Hermann is an artist living in Brooklyn, New York. He is the principal of 2n - a New York-based data visualization design agency. His work at 2n has earned him numerous awards including three consecutive awards for Design Excellency from Communication Arts Magazine. His Levine & Walker installation was shown at the 2011 Rencontres d’Arles in the group show FROM HERE ON, (curated by Clément Chéroux, Joan Fontcuberta , Erik Kessels, Martin Parr, and Joachim Schmid) as well as at the FoMu in Antwerpen and the Centre d’Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona. In 2012, his books were part of the ABC/POD show at Printed Matter, New York and the DIY: Photographers & Books exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Together with artist Jeff Brouws and Wendy Burton he worked on Various Small Books, a book about books about books made in homage or referencing the Artist Books of Ed Ruscha, published by MIT Press in the Spring of 2013. Hermann is a member of the ABC Artists’ Books Cooperative.

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