Olivia Bee
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Olivia Bee
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Showcases two bodies of photographic work, including the series, Enveloped in a Dream, that brought Bee recognition as a teenager. This book offers a visual diary of girlhood friendship and the exploration of self, showcasing Bee's unique ability to convey the bitter-sweet nostalgia of adolescence on the brink of adulthood and new possibilities.
Olivia Bee is celebrated for her dreamy, evocative portraits and landscapes rich with implied narratives of intimacy, freedom, and adventure. Olivia Bee: Kids in Love showcases two bodies of photographic work, including the series, Enveloped in a Dream, that first brought Bee recognition as a teenager. The second set of images, Kids in Love, is drawn from recent work and continues Bee's photographic chronicle of her circle of friends and new loves, capturing both the pleasures and terrors of the fleeting passage of romanticized youth.
Olivia Bee is celebrated for her dreamy, evocative portraits and landscapes rich with implied narratives of intimacy, freedom, and adventure. Olivia Bee: Kids in Love showcases two bodies of photographic work, including the series, Enveloped in a Dream, that first brought Bee recognition as a teenager.
This first series offers a visual diary of girlhood friendship and the exploration of self, showcasing Bee's unique ability to convey the bittersweet nostalgia of adolescence on the brink of adulthood and new possibilities.
The second set of images, Kids in Love, is drawn from recent work and continues Bee's photographic chronicle of her circle of friends and new loves, capturing both the pleasures and terrors of the fleeting passage of romanticized youth. While the work continues to evolve, what remains constant is her seductive use of colour and photographic artefact, as well as the immediacy and charge of each image.
Bee gives voice to the self-awareness and visual fluency of the millennial generation. Experiences are sharply felt, and easily communicated and shared, generating visual records that render these memories as significant as the moments themselves.
Tavi Gevinson, founding editor of the online magazine Rookie and Bee's frequent collaborator and model, writes about the work and about the role of images as social currency in today's image-driven world.
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Praised for its emotive power and nostalgic resonance, the book has been described by Huck as beautifully capturing the pure feeling of being young and in love. American Photo Magazine highlights Beeโs striking eye and candid style, while BUST notes the raw essence of teenage girlhood revealed in her work. Lomography commends the series as a romantic homage to youthful innocence, and Portland Mercury appreciates the maturity conveyed from such a young perspective.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781597113458
Publisher: Aperture
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 04 April 2016
Country: United States
Imprint: Aperture
Illustration: Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 203.0mm
Height: 254.0mm
Weight: 700g
Pages: 136
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About the Author
Olivia Bee is a photographer with a bedroom in Brooklyn, and a life out of a suitcase that takes her nearly everywhere. Growing up, Bee was encouraged to engage with nature and to make art every day. In middle school she started photographing her lifeโthe one she dreamt up and the one she livedโand posting the results online. After receiving recognition for her pictures on social media, Converse commissioned Bee to shoot her first ad at the age of fifteen. She has since gone on to shoot for brands such as Hermรจs, Leviโs, Adidas, Cacharel, Nike, and Roger Vivier, and editorial features for publications such as the New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Le Monde, Playboy, Numรฉro, and Vogue.com, as well as creating content for select musicians on Atlantic Records and Interscope Records. Her photography has been featured in two solo shows at agnรจs b, New York, and Bernal Espacio, Madrid. Now twenty-two, she takes photographs all over the world and, with her images, continues to search for utopia. Olivia Bee is a photographer with a bedroom in Brooklyn, and a life out of a suitcase that takes her nearly everywhere. Growing up, Bee was encouraged to engage with nature and to make art every day. In middle school she started photographing her lifeโthe one she dreamt up and the one she livedโand posting the results online. After receiving recognition for her pictures on social media, Converse commissioned Bee to shoot her first ad at the age of fifteen. She has since gone on to shoot for brands such as Hermรจs, Leviโs, Adidas, Cacharel, Nike, and Roger Vivier, and editorial features for publications such as the New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Le Monde, Playboy, Numรฉro, and Vogue.com, as well as creating content for select musicians on Atlantic Records and Interscope Records. Her photography has been featured in two solo shows at agnรจs b, New York, and Bernal Espacio, Madrid. Now twenty-two, she takes photographs all over the world and, with her images, continues to search for utopia. Tavi Gevinson is the founding editor of Rookie, an online publication for teenage girls. A prominent voice of her generation, Gevinson received early acclaim for the fashion blog she started at age eleven, the now-defunct Style Rookie. In addition to writing, Gevinson has acted in the Emmy Awardโwinning TV series Modern Family; films such as Enough Said, Cadaver, and First Bass; and the Broadway play This Is Our Youth. Tavi Gevinson is the founding editor of Rookie, an online publication for teenage girls. A prominent voice of her generation, Gevinson received early acclaim for the fashion blog she started at age eleven, the now-defunct Style Rookie. In addition to writing, Gevinson has acted in the Emmy Awardโwinning TV series Modern Family; films such as Enough Said, Cadaver, and First Bass; and the Broadway play This Is Our Youth.
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