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Clifford Ross Jay A. Clarke

Hurricane Waves

Clifford Ross,  Jay A. Clarke

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English
MIT Press
14 August 2015
Individual photographers; Photographs: collections
Series: The MIT Press
Dramatic photographs depicting the ever-changing forms of ocean waves during storms; the first complete presentation of the ""Hurricane Waves"" series. To photograph storm-tossed waves during a hurricane, Clifford Ross goes into the surf himself, deploying a wetsuit, flotation vest, and a rope that tethers him to his assistant back on the beach. The result is a series of stunningly dramatic black and white photographs that are among Ross's best-known works. This book collects for the first time the entire ""Hurricane Waves"" series (begun in 1996), presenting black and white tri-tone images of all eighty-four of the ""Hurricane Waves"" in the series, along with detailed close ups, and historical color images. It accompanies a landmark exhibition at MASS MoCA.

The photographs show waves arrested in mid-air but roiling with movement, offering a distorted mirror of the clouds above them, shooting up in an explosion of foam, folding in on themselves, rising tall as a waterfall. We know that the photographer is imbedded in their fury, but in the photographs there is no sign of any human presence. These astonishing images affirm Ross's commitment to the expressive powers of realism as well as to the most advanced possibilities of technology.

Texts by Phong Bui, Jay Clarke, Orville Schell, and Joseph Thompson

Copublished with MASS MoCA (Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art)

Exhibition MASS MoCA Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art May 22, 2015-March 30, 2016
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Imprint:   MIT Press
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 305mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   1.542kg
ISBN:   9780262029971
ISBN 10:   0262029979
Series:   The MIT Press
Pages:   192
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Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Clifford Ross (born in 1952) is an American artist who works in multiple media. His work has been exhibited widely and can be found in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. Jay A. Clarke is Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts.

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