Sophie Thun / Between Light and Wall

"Between Light and Wall" is a new book by Vienna-based photographer Sophie Thun. The book features new work and also includes a record of her first solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art Salzburg.
 The photographer's self-portraits carve out a unique expressive space filled with opposing forces, questioning how the "self" is constructed. Using her own body as a tool, she questions existing images of women. Through techniques such as cutting, dividing, and multiplying, as well as elaborate layering in the darkroom, the photographer portrays identity as fluid and changeable. Meanwhile, as an analogue photographer, Tung herself is consistently present within the frame. In some works, she holds a remote shutter release and gazes confidently into the camera, while in others, her photographic equipment itself symbolizes her.
 The book features contributions from Yul Gofrin, Daniel Mużyczk, Marijana Schneider and Magdalena Vuković, with a foreword by Harald Krajci.

 Sophie Thun's (b. Frankfurt/Main, 1985; lives and works in Vienna and Berlin) self-portraits have charted a distinctive space of representation brimming with antagonistic dynamics and interrogate how the self is constructed in it. Using her own body as an instrument, she questions established forms of female representation. Methods like cutting, splitting, and multiplication and elaborate superimpositions created in the darkroom let the photographer render identity as an ongoing process and malleable. Meanwhile, Thun is consistently present within the frame as the author of her analog photographs: in some, she confidently gazes into the camera, remote shutter in hand; in others, she is represented by her photographic equipment.Between Light and Wall is Sophie Thun's second book released by DISTANZ. It showcases new works and documents Thun's first solo museum exhibition at the Museum der Moderne Salzburg. With contributions by Jule Govrin, Daniel Muzyczuk, Marijana Schneider, and Magdalena Vukovic and a foreword by Harald Krejci.
 Publisher: DISTANZ
 Publication year: 2024
 Number of pages: 2 brochures with 64 pages each
 Size: 250 x 200 mm
 Format: Softcover
 Language: English/German
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 Condition: New