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Two and Two

Title: Two and Two

Photographer/s: John MacLean

Date of publication: 2010

Place of publication: UK

Dimensions: 16.3 x 24cm

Edition size: 800

Type of binding: perfect bound

Number of pages: 88

Number of pictures: 43

Type of printing: 4 color

Printer: Cassochrome

Publisher: Hunter and James (John MacLean)

Designer: Wayne Daly

ISBN: 9780955867347

Category: artist’s book

Price: £20.00

Summary: Photographing the same subject twice between 2008 and 2010.

A rediscovered interest in Robert Rauschenberg’s collages, particularly his twin paintings (Factum I and Factum II), had diverted my thinking in 2008 away from the single photographic image towards combinations of two or more. This, coupled with a desire to embark on a project that addressed the characteristics of the medium of photography itself, became the genesis of Two and Two – a series in which I have taken two photographs of the same subject and displayed them side by side.

Two and Two asserts that there is more than one way to take every photograph, and that two different photographs of the same subject represent two distinct choices. By presenting these two choices together, I aimed to define my decision-making process and thereby learn something about my use of photographic language.

Date and place of birth of photographer/s: 23.4.69 UK

Website: http://www.jmaclean.co.uk

Book link: http://www.jmaclean.co.uk/2010/06/two-and-two-2/

Donated by: john maclean

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Published on December 9, 2010 3:03 pm.
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This past weekend, the Indie Photobook Library celebrated its 2nd Anniversary. Thank you to all the photographers/artists/bookmakers that have made the collection what it is today! I’d also like to thank Advisory Board members Darius Himes, Andy Adams, Shane Lavalette, and Gabe Reed and all the venues that have welcomed the iPL. In the last two years, the collection has grown to almost 1000 books. The iPL continues to promote and showcase the books in the collection through international pop-up and feature-length exhibitions, articles, conferences, guest lectures, and also preserves them as a non-circulating public library. Having a specific collection dedicated to this contemporary movement in publishing allows for the development of future discourse on trends in self-publishing, the ability to reflect on and compare books in the collection, and for scholarly research to be conducted years, decades, and centuries to come. I am looking forward to continuing the iPL mission.

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Larissa Leclair
Founder, Indie Photobook Library