{"product_id":"the-many-lives-of-erik-kessels-9781597114165","title":"The Many Lives of Erik Kessels","description":"People consume photographs, says Erik Kessels; they don't look at them anymore. This volume is a primer on how to look--and how to better understand the hybrid practice of this artist who defies categorization. Including more than twenty of the artist's series and featuring essays by Simon Baker, Hans Aarsman, Sandra S. Phillips, and Francesco Zanot, \u003ci\u003eThe Many Lives of Erik Kessels\u003c\/i\u003e is published in conjunction with a major mid-career retrospective at CAMERA-Centro Italiano per la Fotografia in Turin, Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKessels, Erik:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Erik Kessels is a highly influential photography collector, curator, editor, and designer recently acclaimed for his own artistic practice. Creative director of the communications agency KesselsKramer, founded in 1995, Kessels has published over fifty books of collected images, including \u003ci\u003eMissing Links\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), \u003ci\u003eThe Instant Men\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), the \u003ci\u003eIn Almost Every Picture\u003c\/i\u003e series (2001-ongoing), and \u003ci\u003eWonder\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). Since 2000, he has been an editor of the alternative photography magazine \u003ci\u003eUseful Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, and has curated exhibitions such as \u003ci\u003eLoving Your Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), \u003ci\u003e24 Hrs in Photos\u003c\/i\u003e (2010), \u003ci\u003eAlbum Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), and \u003ci\u003eUnfinished Father\u003c\/i\u003e (2015). In 2011, he co-curated an exhibition called \u003ci\u003eFrom Here On\u003c\/i\u003e together with Martin Parr, Joachim Schmid, Clément Chéroux, and Joan Fontcuberta. In 2010, Kessels was awarded the prestigious Amsterdam Prize of the Arts, and in 2016 he was a finalist for the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize for his exhibition \u003ci\u003eUnfinished Father\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZanot, Francesco:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Francesco Zanot is curator at CAMERA, Turin; director of the MA in Photography at NABA, Milan; and currently curator of the inaugural exhibition \u003ci\u003eGive Me Yesterday\u003c\/i\u003e at Fondazione Prada Osservatorio, Milan.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBaker, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Simon Baker is curator of Photography and International Art at Tate Modern, London.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aperture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50421189017874,"sku":"9781597114165","price":46.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bea450c9-9c17-4394-b8ff-ef0cb9814a59.jpg?v=1729503670","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-many-lives-of-erik-kessels-9781597114165","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}