L'Autre
90 photographs of Paris Metro passengers taken with a hidden camera.
Text by Jean Baudrillard
- An album of 90 photographs of passengers on the Paris Métro taken by Magnum photographer Luc Delahaye between 1995 and 1997 using a hidden camera
- A revealing investigation into the meaning of the human image and the relationship between the photographer and his subject
- A unique comment on closeness, distance and personal space in the urban realm, reflected upon further in the text by major French cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard
Paperback
167 x 220 mm, 6 5/8 x 8 5/8 in
192 pp
90 duotone photographs
ISBN 9780714838427
071483842X
L'Autre is an album of 90 photographs of passengers on the Paris Métro taken by Luc Delahaye between 1995 and 1997 using a hidden camera. Accompanied by an original text in French by major cultural theorist Jean Baudrillard and an English translation, L'Autre is an exploration of the relationship between the photographer and his subject, and a revealing investigaton into the meaning of the human image.
Luc Delahaye was born in France in 1962. Since 1989 he has photographed many of the conflicts around the world, receiving numerous awards including the Robert Capa Gold Medal and, most recently, the Oskar Barnack Award 2000 for the Winterreise photographs. He became a member of the Magnum photo agency in 1994.
Jean Baudrillard is a French cultural theorist and philosopher whose writings on Postmodernism, Marxism and contemporary culture have been hugely influential internationally.
'If you've ever feigned sleep on the Tube to avoid eye contact with other passengers, you will identify with the subjects of L'Autre … it's a compelling book: the text alone will keep you coming back to it, and the fact that the Metro travellers refuse to look at you just makes you want to stare at them even more.' (Scene)
'Fascinating' (Creative Camera)