Grey Matter(s)

Name: Grey Matter(s)
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SKU: 9783777425764
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Grey Matter(s) by Tom Jacobi invites readers on a visual voyage across the globe, capturing archaic landscapes in their timeless, colourless essence. Through two years of twilight photography, Jacobi reveals the mystical power of nature's monuments from Europe to Antarctica, turning the world’s palette down to the subtle shades of grey, echoing the idea that colour is but reflected light shaped by our grey matter.
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This book will appeal to admirers of fine art photography, contemplative nature enthusiasts, and readers interested in the interplay of perception, colour, and landscape in contemporary arts and culture.

Colours are only reflected light, assembled in our brains, which is also known as “grey matter”. Tom Jacobi spent two years photographing archaic landscapes throughout the world. He discovered mystic places that had been created by nature over the millennia and that are nonetheless timeless. When photographed in the twilight world they unfold their immortal power.

Colours are only reflected light, assembled in our brains, which is also known as "grey matter". Tom Jacobi spent two years photographing archaic landscapes throughout the world. He discovered mystic places that had been created by nature over the millennia and that are nonetheless timeless. When photographed in the twilight world they unfold their immortal power.

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In 2014, the English newspaper The Guardian declared grey as the "colour of the decade". In his latest publication, Grey Matter(s), Tom Jacobi, photographer of our best-seller Wo Gott wohnt (2000), reduces our world to the essential; our blue planet is in reality a grey one. No colour pyrotechnics, no distraction, pure introspection and meditation. "In is a miracle," observes Bryan Adams.

From Europe to Africa, from Australia to the Antarctis, and from the USA to Patagonia, we follow the long-standing Art Director of Stern on his journey to the timeless beauty of nature. Monumental, moving and penetrating into the very heart of things, we encounter landscapes which teach us to gaze in wonder and awe.

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Atlas Obscura praises Jacobi's work as "photographic grisailles," highlighting his ability to create tranquil, desaturated scenes that transform landscapes from varied locations such as Arizona, New Zealand, and Iceland into mystical realms between day and night.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777425764

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 June 2016

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: Illustrated in colour throughout

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 340.0mm

Height: 280.0mm

Weight: 1840g

Pages: 144

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Tom Jacobi is a German photographer and former art director of the German magazine Stern.