I mentioned Gohlke a while back. Here's a bit of what 5B4 says:
This brings me full circle and to the latest book Accommodating Nature: The Photographs of Frank Gohlke. Throughout his other books, Frank has exhibited not only his talent for making images but also his remarkable talent for writing. What is an added joy about this new book is that Frank ties all of his various projects together with a running narrative of text that covers his life with photography as a near constant companion. Uncharacteristic of most retrospective type books, this one is not constructed with a strict chronological order to the images. The photographs follow the text in this regard and pleasurably serve as flash back and memory alongside Frank’s steady narration.
Gohlke is a writer of such talent that by the time we get to the two other essays by John Rohrbach and Rebecca Solnit, although perfectly fine and very well crafted, they seem superfluous as Gohlke’s voice has established itself to be the perfect guide.
If you are not familiar with the work of Frank Gohlke then this book would be a perfect introduction. It is finely printed in tri-tone and four color reproduction. The design is conservative but importantly allows the photographs to be reproduced at a good size to fully appreciate Gohlke’s technical prowess.
He also writes quite a bit about Gohlkes other books.
Interestingly it seems to have been published in paperback as well as hardback at the same time.
Finally, the Amon Carter Museum has a short couple of minutes video of Gohlke talking about the first picture (top) here:
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I saw this exhibit at the Amon Carter last weekend. Well worth the 3 hour drive from Austin. Much of the black and white work was nothing short of amazing. I was delighted by the large color prints from his series on the river in his back yard (which name has completely slipped my mind). It is nice to see these works in person. They also have an extensive collection of photographs on display from the 1870/80s expeditions in the western US. It is something special to see these images.
My trip also included a visit to the Ft Worth Museum of Modern Art - an amazing building! (and a darn good collection too) I liked that they had photographic works intermingled with other media which, to my mind, indicates with some authority the equal place of photography in modern art.
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