©Ward Roberts
Ward Roberts’ large-format photographic series Flotsam portrays abstracted sunbathers upon New York’s canicular Far Rockaway Beach. Roberts’ twin signatures of controlled composition and faded color palette frame the relentless heat and isolated subjects of a seemingly anonymous beach. Whitest sands and deepest blue skies fade from harshest light, while airplanes soar high above the washed ashore sun-worshippers. Roberts’ altogether surreal juxtapositions of beached castaways set against a waterless panorama of anonymous American suburban horizons, appear almost timeless.
Flotsam will be previewing at Cosmos Arles Books during the opening week of the festival Rencontres d'Arles on July 3-8, 2017.
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©Ward Roberts
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©Ward Roberts
BOOK DETAILS
Introduction by Kai von Rabenau
Hard cover Smyth sewn linen case
Includes 36 Art Plates
9 x 10 inches (22.8 x 25.4 cm)
Suggested Retail: $45.00 USD
