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Suzhou gardens
walls
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- ISBN 9783037786604
- Dimensions: 200 x 250mm
- Publication Date: 25 Feb 2021
- Publisher: Lars Muller Publishers
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
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In The Walls of Suzhou Gardens, surface transforms into space; walls become landscapes. At the Classical Gardens of Suzhou in China, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Swiss French photographer Hélène Binet captures the traces of environmental influences on built structures. Her impressive series of photography shows how weather and time have turned blank walls into vivid depictions of nature. In Binet’s images, architecture becomes the frame for imaginary landscapes. By interweaving foreground and background, the artist tells stories that shift between the two dimensions of the plane and the three dimensions of space.
In an accompanying essay, architect Juhani Pallasmaa captures the dream-like quality of the photographs and emphasizes Binet’s skill of balancing precision and vagueness to create images that stimulate the viewer’s imagination.
Hélène Binet was born in 1959 and she is of both Swiss and French descent. She studied photography in Rome where she grew up. In 1986 she turned towards architectural photography, working with Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and many more. She is based in London where she works as an independent photographer.
