{"product_id":"undertow-9789171265401","title":"Undertow","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe very idea of photography is to imitate its motifs as precisely as possible. Today's digital images have a preciseness of millions of pixels. But in photography's infancy, the act of photographing was a significantly more organic and time-consuming process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLisen Stibeck has returned to the roots of photography in her new book \u003ci\u003eUndertow\u003c\/i\u003e, working with the collodion wet plate process, where every exposure requires extensive effort with unpredictable results.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eParallel to this ancient process, Stibeck has developed her own technique where she allows the emulsion of Polaroid photography to live and evolve past the finished exposure. \u003ci\u003eUndertow\u003c\/i\u003e explores the world of dreams, memory, alternate realities, and parallel lives. These pictures were born somewhere beyond the reach of the artist's conscious self; images that she has then attempted to translate into photography, drawing inspiration from the places that have always inspired her in her work—Sweden, Morocco, France, Mexico, and Iceland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe result is a series of suggestive art images that are both comely and fateful. At its first exhibition, \u003ci\u003eUndertow\u003c\/i\u003e was a given success, with all prints sold out in record time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384195465452,"sku":"9789171265401","price":72.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11641143485453.jpg?v=1773402029","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/undertow-9789171265401","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}