{"product_id":"erwin-olaf-9788836646043","title":"Erwin Olaf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA complete overview of Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf's highly stylized portraits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmsterdam-based Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf (born 1959) has long been considered one of today's foremost practitioners of portrait photography, and the enigmatic and elusively contemplative atmospheres of his theatrical compositions are widely imitated. Saturated in somber yet luminous hues, and exactingly composed, Olaf's color photographs, usually featuring only one or two people and set indoors, suggest dramatic narratives fraught with intangible restlessness. The attention to emotional character is scrupulous--as Olaf recently told Lyle Rxer in an interview, \"you examine the state of the face, the person's eyes, the small gestures, the way the muscles move slightly, and of course the influence of light and cropping to add to the intuitions you receive. These restrictions are the main reason why I feel more comfortable in my personal projects, where I can fantasize, or let's say, I can create a world of my imagination.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis concise catalog offers a journey through Olaf's entire career to date, from the \u003ci\u003eChessmen\u003c\/i\u003e series of the late 1980s that brought him international renown, and for which he was awarded the Young European Photographer Award in 1988, up to the recent \u003ci\u003ePalm Springs\u003c\/i\u003e project (2018). The volume includes a critical text by Walter Guadagnini and a conversation with the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOlaf, Erwin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eErwin Olaf\u003c\/b\u003e is a Dutch photographer known for his highly stylized, daring, and often provocative work addressing social issues and taboos. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Johannes Vermeer Award (2011), a Lucie Award (2008), and Photographer of the Year in the International Color Awards (2006). Among other accolades, Olaf received the commission to design the new national side of the Dutch Euro, launched in 2013. In 2008 and 2014 Aperture published volumes one and two of Olaf 's self-titled monographs.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoom, Mattie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMattie Boom\u003c\/b\u003e is curator of photography at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStamps, Laura:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLaura Stamps\u003c\/b\u003e is curator and conservator of modern and contemporary art at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag.","brand":"Silvana Editoriale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50478426587410,"sku":"9788836646043","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_35e37c58-d7ce-428a-a3e8-498b68f3d9fc.jpg?v=1737210075","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/erwin-olaf-9788836646043","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}