The desert
By: [text by W. Thesiger ... et al.]
Contributors: Thesiger, Wilfred, 1910-; Fondation Cartier
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
Subjects: Landscape photography -- Exhibitions; Deserts -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions; Pictorial works
Work titles: Désert. English
Description: "The desert is the ultimate place of illusion. A space of silence, mystery and solitude, it is both a setting and a vehicle for dreams and myths, a place where the horizon seems to evaporate and where all visual landmarks are absent.".

"Europe's discovery of the desert in the nineteenth century went hand-in-hand with the invention of photography. This catalogue examines the ways in which photography has captured the desert, and how cinema, relayed by video, shows it. It is organized around a series of images of the desert landscape by such artists as Herge, Wilfred Thesiger, Bill Viola, Balthasar Burkhard, Raymond Depardon, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

Many of these works - executed in the Sahara and in the deserts of Namibia, Libya, Australia and the American Southwest - have been specially commissioned for this volume."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition presented at the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain in Paris, June 21-Nov. 5, 2000

Original French edition published by the Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (Paris) and Actes Sud (Arles)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-234)
Table of contents: title: Deserts, interview / Raymond Depardon; title: Visioni del deserto / Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi; title: The infinitive image / Mounira Khemir; title: Om El Dounia / Lara Baladi; title: Deserts of California, Arizona and Utah / William Eggleston; title: Riparian desert series / Lee Friedlander; title: The twilight of the grounds / Paul Virilio; title: Alice to Uluru, January '00 / Beat Streuli; title: Titouan Lamazou and Raymond Depardon, Interview / Sir Wilfred Thesiger; title: Namibia / Balthasar Burklard; title: Pasolina / Andrei Ujica