Thomas Birke

Inspiration from My Bookshelf #1

TODAY: Floriane de Lassée - Night Views

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(this series is about books I have in my bookshelf that inspired me a lot)

A friend of mine once strolled through galleries in Bejing and told me, he saw a Photographer that was doing stuff like like I do. So I researched a bit. It was at the Paris Bejing Art Gallery and it turned out to be a female french urban large format photographer by the name of Floriane de Lassée. Apparently she is very young and uses a 4x5 inch camera. I found out that she had a book on sale at amazon and so I instantly bought it!

The book consists of 96 Pages, has been published by Nazraeli Press (ISBN: 978-1590052280) and contains 41 Images. It features an Introduction by Virginie Luc. The printing quality is not the best luxury thing you have ever seen, but it is ok.

What counts are the images! They have been shot from rooftops and balconys in New York, Tokyo, Shanghai, Paris and Istanbul. That is what I love. And how sweet the spots are! I wonder how she managed everything, because this is my single most concern, how to get permissions for publicly unaccessible spots like Rooftops on office towers etc. To give you some impressions:

See more inspiring images at her website! http://www.florianedelassee.com/site/beijing-night-views-2008/ (this also contains images not in the book)

For a complete reference of contained Images look here and here.

And finally, an image I found on Flickr, that shows her during work. I always marvel when I see some fellow large format freak in an urban environment doing what I love. This seems so unreal, but at least it shows, that we are not alone!

If you would like to buy the book, it is still available at amazon.com - here