Dagata first began exploring this approach in his 2018 book. Antoine dagata lives in both paris and marseille and he works around the world. Some light wear to edges and corners of cover, inside very fine. Containing striking images of people living on the fringes of society, antibodies is a challenging and captivating collection from one of the most renowned photographers working today.
An interview by alessia glaviano with antoine dagata, on show at fondazione forma until the 1st of september 20. He studied photography at the international center of photography in new york city in 1990, under the tutelage of larry clark and nan goldin dagatas work deals with addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, prostitution, and other topics widely considered taboo. Contamination, by antoine dagata the eye of photography. With powerful individual vision, magnum photographers chronicle the world and interpret its peoples, events, issues and personalities. His work has been supported by a guggenheim fellowship, a howard foundation fellowship, an nea. Perhaps this new book s lame idea, that art supersedes fact, is dagata s foray into selfpromotion and imagebuilding in the creative writing academy. In 2001 he won the niepce prize for young photographers. Magnum photos is a photographic cooperative of great diversity and distinction owned by its photographer members. Antoine dagata has been refining an incisive visual technique over. Finding himself in new york in 1990, he pursued an interest in photography by taking courses at the international center of photography, where his teachers included larry clark and nan goldin. Alors quil sejourne a new york en 1991, et sans experience photographique. Essays, about a mountain, and the lifespan of a fact, as well as the editor of the 3volume series a new history of the essay, which includes the anthologies the next american essay, the making of the american essay, and the lost origins of the essay. Antoine dagata has traveled the worlds darkest corners collecting images of characters from the nights furthest edges.
Antoine dagata has traveled the worlds darkest corners collecting images of prostitutes, addicts, wartorn communities, and the homeless. The images are blurry and grainy and dark and close. Antibodies by antoine dagata meet your next favorite book. Aka ana is an experience of nightmarish proportions. Aka ana is quite possibly the most viscerally disturbing film ive ever seen.
Atlaswhite noise screening of antoine dagatas latest film. New york 198993 by antoine dagata tipi photo bookshop. An installation, white noise, based on the film, is currently on view at labanque as part of the exhibition depenses curated by lea bismuth. The latest extreme work by worldrenowned photographer antoine dagata. His work deals with topics that are often considered taboo, such as addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness, and prostitution. He has published more than a dozen books and three films. Signed up by the magnum photo agency in the period when they started to realise there was little money in photojournalism, his works brutal and selfdestructive content has a habit of upsetting people.
The photographs of antoine dagata are like images from a stalkers notebook, cherished mementos of chance encounters in the nocturnal underworld that the photographer inhabits. Antoine dagata, which received the premio speciale della giuria at the torino film festival in 2009. French photographer antoine dagata departed his homeland in 1983 to begin a series of travels. Antoine dagata is a contentious character in the worlds of photography and art. He has since gained notoriety with a body of work that deals with addiction, sex, personal obsessions, darkness. A nomad himself, dagata tackles subjects often left untouched, unnoticed, or ignored. Atlas brings together antoine dagata s most recent work.
A mix of essays all in french and black and white plates, printed on a thick matt paper. Antoine dagata, atlas the eye of photography magazine. Rare small book featuring work mainly from mala noche series. The exhibition is conceived as an integral part of a cinematographic and artistic project begun in 20 with the release of the film atlas. Facebook told me that is roberta anniversary, so parabens pelo seu aniversario p. He left france in 1983 to start a series of travels. Antoine dagata left france in 1983 and remained overseas for ten years.
Available for sale from galerie les filles du calvaire, antoine dagata, fukushima, japon, 2014 2016. Marseilles, antoine dagata left france in 1983 and remained overseas for the next. From this project, antoine dagata published a book of the same name to be released next october by. Destroying the line between living and making art, his images are autobiographical, animalistic, and as horrifying as they are beautiful. Studio vortex by antoine dagata, marseille, france. Finding himself in new york in 1990, he pursued an interest in photography by taking. Antoine d agata auteur paru le 19 octobre 2016 beau livre broche. As an artist, he is most widelyknown for his graphic and intense images some of which can be seen above. Following his soldout success work antibodies, aka ana lit. Mala noche signed by antoine dagata sold ice dedicated with drawing by antoine dagata sold odysseia signed by antoine dagata sold eclipse signed by antoine dagata sold index by antoine dagata euro 40 a new york 198993 by antoine dagata sold. He studied photography at the international center of photography in new york. Antoine dagata france, 1961 travelled around the world between 1983.
Oscurana special edition antoine dagata inframundo. As featured in parrbadger photobook history volume 3. The exhibition is conceived as an integral part of a cinematographic and artistic project begun in 20. This assignment from magnum will be a piece of cake to antoine dagata. In 1990 he studied photography with larry clark and nan goldin in new york. Atlas brings together antoine dagatas most recent work. These are the autobiographical moments of an artist that intimately embraces his subject. Finding himself in new york in the early 90s, he pursued an interest in photography by. Barely an hourlong, it became an ordeal to watch barely 15 minutes in, and made me want to constantly turn away thereafter.
Museum of modern art distributed in the united states and canada by artbook,distributed in the united states and canada by artbook. An interview with antoine dagata photographs by and. Antoine dagata france, 1961 is a magnum photographer exploring the darkest sides of life, with drugfuelled sex binges bleeding over the edges of depravity. In 2011, antoine dagata is in cambodia, exploring and documenting further the space between photography and his own experience. For those who dont know him, antoine dagata is french with sicilian origins. Atlas reunit les tous derniers travaux dantoine dagata. This monumental collection of dagatas controversial work is a cult classic an. Antoine d agata christine delory momberger le d sir du monde. Courtesy of sophie calle and paula cooper gallery, new york. Atlas gathers all the recent works of antoine dagata. Rare antoine dagata publication produced to accompany his exhibition at le bleu du ciel, lyon in 2005. Filmed across 120 nights in japans brothels and presented in 120 fragments. Paris photo paper 20 by off the wall publishing issuu. This work reveals dagatas early explorations of participatory documentary, when he photographed his actions and those of his friends with a more raw street photographyreportage documentary style.
Super labo is proud to announce the release of new book yama by antoine dagata. But during a brief sitdown with lensculture managing editor alexander. During his time in new york, in 199192, dagata worked as an intern in the editorial department of. Dagata first began exploring this approach in his 2018 book acephale a broadranging commentary on religion, art, genocide, global economies and addiction which saw the method emerge through the collaging and sequencing of images spanning decades of dagata s career.