About the Book
a photographic tale about the city and the volcano, Catania and Etna in Sicily.
The Sicilian word katane means "grater, flaying knife, skinning place" or
a "crude tool apt to pare". Other translations of the name are "harsh lands", "uneven ground", "sharp stones", or "rugged or rough soil".
The latter etymologies are easily justifiable since, for many centuries following
an eruption of the Etna volcano, the city of Catania has always been rebuilt within its, often heavily polluted, black-lava landscape.
The Sicilian word katane means "grater, flaying knife, skinning place" or
a "crude tool apt to pare". Other translations of the name are "harsh lands", "uneven ground", "sharp stones", or "rugged or rough soil".
The latter etymologies are easily justifiable since, for many centuries following
an eruption of the Etna volcano, the city of Catania has always been rebuilt within its, often heavily polluted, black-lava landscape.
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Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
- Additional Categories Street Photography
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Project Option: US Letter, 8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm
# of Pages: 76 - Publish Date: Oct 07, 2024
- Language English
- Keywords topographic, urban, street photography
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About the Creator
Herman Wouters
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
I focus on projects recording places and objects in the public urban landscape. The photographs deal with vernacular subject matter and take note of human nature, in likely and unlikely places, revealing an often overlooked sign language of the street. This "Slow Photography", that balances on the edge between an actual documentation and personal vision, is often edited in small editions of self published photobooks and zines.