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CRAZY ART will be a revelation to anyone who thinks that

art is more or less limited to painting, sculpture and

photography. The title features the work of more than

fi fty contemporary artists drawn from all over the world,

demonstrating that there are absolutely no boundaries to

expressing the most creative and exciting ideas across a

vast range of materials and

media.

CRAZY DESIGN showcases the work of our leading product

designers, picking out the most inventive, contemporary

and fun work around and presenting it in an accessible,

engrossing guide. Well-known designers, such as Marcel

Wanders with his delicate, beautiful Crochet Chair, are

included amidst exciting new fi gures as João Sabino,

creator of the Keybag.

It just gets harder every year to fi nd something new

and unusual for that close friend’s birthday or to search

out an original present for a dear old uncle.

CRAZY GIFTS could be your salvation. It’s an inspirational

sourcebook for present givers, designers and

style-conscious consumers, packed with fantastic gift

ideas, from the practical to the cutely quirky and

downright clever.

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A menagerie of mutant animals; ships that float in mid-air; animal skeletons in

urban environments; video game characters in the real world; miniature panoramas

made out of food – CRAZY PHOTOGRAPHY offers a stunning selection of the most

humorous, original and provocative images of contemporary photography illustrating

how more than forty artists have breathed new life into the medium.

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In art as in life, things aren’t always what they appear to be. With the invention of photography almost two centuries ago, the subjective eye of the artist had a new rival, and one that ostensibly depicted the world as it actually was. Today we know better, particularly now, in the age of digital imaging when photographs can be adulterated so easily.

CRAZY PHOTOGRAPHY presents the work of more than 40 contemporary photographers from all over the world demonstrating how the way we capture and look at images has been revolutionised in recent years. In four chapters, well-known photographers such as Liu Bolin, Iain Crawford and Pep Ventosa alongside young practitioners like Ari Mahardhika and Jan Oliehoek take us on a stunning tour through a visual gallery that refl ects our dreams and fears and gives us new, original insights into our consciousness as well as our environment. By skilfully manipulating and playing with images, the artists challenge our perceptions and beliefs, inducing in us an altered view of what seems to be familiar or ordinary.

Each artist receives a short introduction and a detailed description of his or her most prominent and individual works of art. CRAZY PHOTOGRAPHY not only brings to life the most inventive, humorous, radical and shocking images of the recent years, but also offers a multi-faceted panorama of 21st century photography.

CRAZY PHOTOGRAPHY

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IAIN CRAWFORD

Iain Crawford’s photography reveals a world that we know well but which is rarely seen with such clarity. He stops the clocks, freezes time, capturing the minute details of movement and colour that are too small or too quick to comprehend with the naked eye.

Iain, an esteemed London-based fashion photographer, plays with colours, textures and fluid mater-

ials, from paint to powder, water to fabric. He captures the split second at which those materials

impact on the human form, when the model is splashed, sprayed or splattered, the figure draped

as if by flowing cloth. Moments that are otherwise lost can be pored over, dissected in all their

beauty. Iain uses the techniques of high-speed photography to achieve the remarkable images.

Exposure, shutter and flash are all precisely synchronised to capture the briefest instant in all

its minute detail. ‘I love the fusion between paint and model,’ says Iain, discussing the images in

which models are engulfed by coloured liquid. ‘The resulting shapes are as opulent as any piece of

bespoke couture. The excitement and anticipation as we waited to see the next piece of unpredict-

able chaos was electric. There was something magical about how random chance materialised

into beautiful images in front of our eyes.’

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ERIK JOHANSSON

Erik Johansson is blessed with a vivid imagination. Where most of us see a rocky island sitting serenely in a Nordic harbour, Erik sees what lies beneath — a giant fish that carries the island on its back. Or where a digger gouges tarmac from the road, he imagines a giant game of noughts and crosses unfurling as the machine scours the dirt.

The twenty-four-year-old Swede works in the tradition of the illusionists; artists like M.C. Escher,

who created famously infinite worlds using pencil and paper. Where Escher employed conven-

tional materials, Erik uses the camera and Photoshop software. Having shot the required images,

he spends around ten hours manipulating and retouching each one to achieve the desired effect.

His work is both audacious and mischievous, drawing inspiration from everyday life but fusing the

mundane with the absurd. ‘For me photography is just a way to collect material to realise the ideas

in my mind,’ he explains. ‘I get inspired by things around me in my daily life and all kinds of things

that I see.’

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Front cover: indepensense by giuseppe mastromatteoback cover: rodeo beach by barry underwood;

balloons 2 by li Wei

in art as in life, things aren’t always what they appear to be. With the invention of photography almost two centuries ago, the subjective eye of the artist had a new rival, and one that ostensibly depicted the world as it actually was. Today we know better, particularly now, in the age of digital imaging when photographs can be adulterated so easily.

crAZY PHoToGrAPHY presents the work of more than fifty contemporary photographers from all over the world demonstrating how the way we capture and look at images has been revolutionised in recent years. in four chapters well-known photographers such as liu bolin, iain Crawford and pep ventosa alongside young practitioners like ari mahardika and Jan oliehoek take us on a stunning tour through a visual gallery that reflects our dreams and fears and gives us new, original insights into our consciousness as well as our environment. by skilfully manipulating and playing with images, the artists challenge our perceptions and beliefs, inducing in us an altered view of what seems to be familiar or ordinary.

each artist receives a short introduction and a detailed description of his or her most prominent and individual works of art. crAZY PHoToGrAPHY not only brings to life the most inventive, humorous, radical and shocking images of the recent years, but also offers a multi-faceted panorama of 21st century photography.

Specifications 210 x 210 mm (8 ¼ x 8 ¼ in)192 pages with 150 colour illustrations paperback with flapsrecommended retail price: £ 14.95 | € 19.95 | uS$ 24.95iSbn 978-1-908126-41-217,000 words February 2012

Key features• Covers more than 50

international photographers • offers a unique survey of

contemporary photography • provides website addresses for each

artist

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