Jessica Backhaus Book order (chronological)

The series "Plein Soleil" by Jessica Backhaus showcases intense studies of form and light, continuing her exploration from the 2021 project "Cut Outs." Utilizing powerful sunlight and colored paper, she captures the paper's reactions to heat, resulting in striking images that emphasize deformation and shadow. This new collection is characterized by its stricter and more uncompromising aesthetic, blurring the lines between documentary photography and poetic color abstraction. Backhaus, a prominent figure in contemporary German photography, presents her ninth monograph in a limited edition of 800 copies.

A photo-series made up of 65 works which explore how lost and forgotten objects have a tendency to then re-appear in specific places, taking on a life of their own. Backhaus has succeeded in capturing motifs that exude both a sense of the enigmatic and the sublime. The readers gaze is tranfixed as they unravel the mystery of what makes these banal objects hold such intrigue. Reminiscent of still-lifes and yet accidental in their compostion, Backhaus turns the arbitary and organic into palpable frames.

It was Thursday, the 5th November 1992. I had no idea that on this particular day I would meet the legendary photographer Gisèle Freund and that it would have such an impact on my life. Jessica Backhaus’ book is a tribute to Gisèle Freund on what would have been her one hundredth birthday in December 2008, a testament to the friendship between the great photographer and the photography student in Paris during the 1990s. Intended as a posthumous birthday present, Backhaus compiled a collection of images that visually convey what the great artistic and intellectual figures of the twentieth century taught her.

Die Fotografin Jessica Backhaus ist in folgenden Buchhandlungen zu BOOKSIGNINGs anwesend: 10. November 2005: Buchhandlung Lia Wolf, Wien /// 28. November 2005: Schaden. com, Markus Schaden, Köln /// 30. November 2005: Buchhandlung im Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg /// 01. Dezember 2005: König. Taschen, Berlin /// 03. Dezember 2005: Claire de Rouen, SoHo Books, London /// Februar 2006: Buchhandlung Walther König, Alexander Sahm, Frankfurt /// Februar 2006: Antoine de Beaupré, Paris