Joan Fontcuberta - What Darwin Missed, Teil III (signed)
€28,00
Kominek Books 2024
What if Charles Darwin had discovered more species during the historic voyage of the Beagle? Would he have the same ideas about evolution that he had after studying the coral reefs? Or did the British naturalist skip any underwater revelations while exploring the Galapagos and Cocos (Keeling) Islands?
In the 1830s, Darwin's interest in corals started his greatest scientific contribution. For Joan Fontcuberta (Barcelona, 1955) science is a set of provisional truths, and those same coral reefs might hold the key to new findings. The Catalan photographer, curator, essayist and lecturer started following Darwin’s footsteps in the Pacific and Indian Ocean, and soon found out about a failed scientific expedition to illustrate these corals.
Fontcuberta’s often provocative and playful views on science focused on recreating that forgotten voyage. Our perception of nature and image have come a long way since Darwin and Ehrhardt, and the magical underwater images of What Darwin missed are the living proof of that. As Joan Fontcuberta says, his interest in photographing nature allows him to reflect on the nature of photography.
Joan Fontcuberta: What Darwin missed was first exhibited in 2024 at the Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung in Berlin. Its book version published by Kominek Books includes texts by Joan Fontcuberta, Rosa Russo and Christiane Stahl, and 60 illustrations. At the same time, the recent collaboration between Fontcuberta and the Kominek Gallery also includes a new edition of his classic projects Herbarium (1982-84) and Fauna (1985-89).
16.5x24cm - 112 Pages
Duotone and Color reproductions
Edition of 1000 copies
Texts (ENG/GER) by Joan Fontcuberta, Rosa Russo and Christiane Stahl
Design Gonzalo Sanchez and Misha Kominek