Shoot!
Subtitle: la photographie existentielle = Fotografie existentiell = Existential photography
By: [autor], Clément Chéroux ; [conception et textes, Clément Chéroux ; edité par Florian Ebner, François Hébel]
Contributors: Atelier de Maintenance; Museum für Photographie (Braunschweig, Germany); Arles, rencontres de la photographie
Publisher: Les Rencontres d'Arles; Revolver Pub.; Museum für Photographie Braunschweig
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Arles; Berlin; Braunschweig
Language: fre; ger; eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9783868950946
Subjects: Portrait photography; Exhibitions; Self-portraits; Photography; History; Porträtfotografie; Selbstbildnis; Schießen
Other titles: Photographie existentielle; Fotografie existentiell; Existential photography
Description: The symbolic meaning of the specific way of shooting a photo of oneself is immediately apparent, however looking at his portrait after shooting, the shooter sees that he trained his gun on himself and ultimately fired the shot at himself. This book traces back the history of this process, from its more popular form as a shooting gallery at Luna Parks to its re-appropriation and respective use by various artists.
Notes: Exhibition catalog.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Atelier de Maintenance, Arles, July 3-Sept. 19, 2010; and at the Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig, Oct. 7-Nov. 20, 2010.

Text in French, German, and English.