As the title of this book suggests, the American photographer Sharon Harper likes different points of view. But they are all related to one space: the sky. It is the center of her photographs, serving either as subject or as vantage point. Whether she’s looking out to the stars or downward towards the earth, Harper’s compositions play abstractly with the technical possibilities of the still and video camera, taking snapshots of what are our eyes would otherwise be unable to grasp. Her photographs show several lines formed by stars, the moon, the rain and meteorites passing through the atmosphere. The sky is mostly seen at night, while Harper shoots the earth during the day, in black-and-white or desaturated colors. The product of twelve years of work, From Above and Below is essentially a work on visual perception. We leave especially surprised by all these grids that question their origin.
Jonas Cuénin
Sharon Harper, From Above and Below
Chez Radius Books
120 pages
40 color illustrations
Hardbound
ISBN: 978-1-934435-52-6
$55.00
Book Signing: Sharon Harper’s From Above and Below
ICP Store, 1133 Avenue of the Americas
Friday, February 15, 6:00pm–7:30pm
