Mallorca - The Nature of Things

»Minimalist visual representation facilitates a more highly nuanced perception of form and aesthetics«

The beauty of Majorca, the endless variety of its forms and its architectural treasures all continue to this day to be a source of astonishment for visitors to the insula maior. And this astonishment in the face of beauty (the face of harmony, to be precise) is present also in the work of photographer Jörg Bräuer. There is something philosophical in his images. The sea, the coastline, piers and jetties, architecture, the Tramuntana mountains, the sky: all these motifs are reduced to their essence in photographs taken either at sunrise or sunset with a long exposure. As Bräuer says, “Minimalist visual representation facilitates a more highly nuanced perception of form and aesthetics”. Simplicity is what fascinates him; and he succeeds in capturing it in an image, time and again; and this, for him, is perfection.

Jörg Bräuer
Born 1966 in Augsburg
1990 – 1994 Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
1994 The London College of Printing
1995 Pentagram Design
2005 LUX Photography Award, Spain

Mihai Nadin
Born 1938 in BRASOV/Kronstadt
Ph.D. in Aesthetics. Dissertation entitled Determinations of Modern Art Ludwig Maximilian University
Munich: Professor Dr. phil. habil., in Philosophy and Theory of Science
Since 2004 Ashbel Smith Professor University of Texas at Dallas, School of Arts and Humanities

Awards
International Photography Awards Los Angeles Nominee



MALLORCA – The Nature of Things

Photography
By Jörg Bräuer
Text: Mihai Nadin

German / English / French / Catalan
72 Pages
29,5 x 29,5 cm
Hardcover
JAM publications/rupa publishing
ISBN: 978-3-940393-14-2

29,80 EUR
incl. 7 % Tax excl.

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