Teju Cole Blind Spot

The accompanying book italian edition of blind spot was published by contrasto.

Teju cole blind spot.

The first photograph in teju cole s new book blind spot depicts neighboring suburban driveways in springtime. When it comes to teju cole the unexpected is not unfamiliar. Blind spot was published by random house in june 2017. My debut solo exhibition punto d ombra was presented in milan in 2016.

Teju cole is a photography critic for the new york times and the gore vidal professor of the practice of creative writing at harvard. Powered by cephas inccephas inc. Blind spot is assuredly the work of an auteur a singular talent the sydney morning herald an eye opening exploration of the world time and how the two connect nylon reminiscent of julio cortázar s blow up. In blind spot readers follow cole s inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm as he continues to refine the voice eye and intellectual obsessions that earned him such.

Open city and every day is for the thief. Cole expertly punctures placidity to expose concealed violence the new york review of books. His books are blind spot a book of photography and writing. Teju cole blind spot by teju cole review a writer s photographs on his travels to cities around the world cole took photos initially to aid his memory.

Beyond the hedge masked by fresh foliage is a parked rv. A tree shadow crosses the driveway in the foreground. The accompanying solo exhibition blind spot and black paper was held at steven kasher gallery in new york city in the summer of 2017. He s an acclaimed novelist an influential essayist and an internationally exhibited photographer.

This time around though he is the peripatetic narrator on an altogether more epic global journey through cities in. A chain link fence and a row of bushes with budding leaves mark property lines. In blind spot readers follow cole s inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm as he continues to refine the voice eye and intellectual obsessions that earned him such acclaim for open city. Teju cole s newest work blind spot a collection of the author s photos with accompanying textual commentary is an eclectically brilliant distillation of what photography can do and why it.