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Finding, Transmitting,
Receiving
Hannah Collins
ISBN10: 1 904772 79 X
ISBN13: 978 1 904772 79 8
Hardback
306 pages
124 b/w and colour ills
24.5 × 17 cm
Pub date: May 2007
£29.95
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l Finding, Transmitting, Receiving is the first major anthology of the work of
internationally renowned photographer and filmmaker Hannah Collins. The book
collects together for the first time the extensive body of work that Collins has
produced over the last 15 years.
l Collins is celebrated for her large-scale photography installations and films,
often focusing the places occupied by people living on the margins or borders of
society.
l Winner of the prestigious European Photography Award, The Olympus Award,
and shortlisted for the Turner Prize, Collins is currently Visiting Professor at The
Royal College of Art in London and Professor in Photography at The University of
California at Davis.
l The book consists of photographs, film scripts, found family portraits and
childhood drawings, and coincides with the opening of an exhibition of Collins’
work at the Fundacion La Caixa in Madrid, which will then go on to tour worldwide.
l Finding, Transmitting, Receiving is an important, compelling document of the
work of one of the foremost contemporary photographers. The book includes both
famous works and never-before-seen pictures as well as the complete scripts for
her film projects.
architecture art design
fashion history photography
theory and things
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Finding, Transmitting, Receiving is the first major anthology on the work of
internationally renowned photographer and filmmaker Hannah Collins, collecting
together for the first time the extensive body of work that Collins has produced over
the last 15 years. The book consists of photographs, film scripts, found family portraits
and childhood drawings, and coincides with the opening of a major exhibition of Collins’
work at the Fundacion La Caixa in Madrid and Barcelona, which will then go on to tour
Europe.
Collins, who divides her time between Spain and London, is celebrated for her largescale installations and films. Projects working in the former Eastern Block, amongst
gypsies in Barcelona and in a remote village during a Russian winter, as well as other
lengthy involvements in wide-ranging locations, create a broad canvas on which to
become absorbed in our contemporary human condition. Homelessness, migration and
the global effects of shifting economic patterns are recurring themes in her work, as is
the power of places and architecture to communicate historic events.
The book includes both famous works and never-before-seen pictures as well as the
complete scripts for her film projects. A comprehensive look at this fascinating artist,
Finding, Transmitting, Receiving brings a breadth of vision and understanding to
Collins' work, giving readers the chance to discover works which are in collections all
over the world and are therefore rarely seen together.
Hannah Collins has exhibited in prominent galleries worldwide including:
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Centre Nationale de la Photographie, Paris
Pompidou Centre, Paris
Tate Gallery, London
Chisenhale Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Forthcoming exhibitions include:
2006 2007 2007
Seville Biennale, curated by Okwui Enwezor
Solo exhibition, Caixa Forum Madrid, Caixa Forum
Barcelona and touring worldwide. Curated by Mark Nash
Javier Lopez Gallery, New York
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