Jessica Backhaus Book order

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.

Once, Still & Forever is a new work by one of the most distinguished contemporary photographers in Germany today. Backhaus's latest collection is a quest for traces of time and meaning. Some of the works in this latest photography series by Jessica Backhaus date from her last year in New York, where she made her home for 14 years. The personal and cultural changes honed her awareness and caused her to contemplate the fragility of our emotions and existence. Darker nuances come to the fore in the still lifes: picture planes splinter, hinting at powerful transformations.

Intriguing photographs capturing reflections on the surface of rivers and lakes

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.

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