Between Sky & Earth: Liberto Macarro (Imago Mundi)
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Between Sky & Earth: Liberto Macarro (Imago Mundi) Details
Animals are everywhere in rock art and they are represented without limits, with no borders. They merge with the earth and the sky. In the photography of Liberto Macarro we find the same worldview, the same sensations. One nature: landscape, animals, men closely linked, intertwined. Macarro, a French photographer who lives in the mountainous region of Savoy, has photographed cows and other large mammals (elephants, camels) in the Alps, Spain, India, Tibet. His photographs are generally close up of the animals, often concentrating on their hides or on parts of the animal and the surrounding landscape. As the celebrated French writer Daniel Pennac says, 'Until now, since I quit the city for the mountains, I believed I was seeing cows in the landscape. Now, the photos of Liberto Macarro present me with another view: the cows are the landscape by themselves, in their solemn majesty. Lines of the backs merge with the profiles of the mountains, hides that resemble patches of grass, muscles and articulat
Reviews
I was quite intrigued by the concept of photographing animals -as- landscape. I'm not much of a photographer - but just the idea was eye-opening. As it turns out, the photos are interestingly varied...and to me, it's a wonderful lesson in perception: what does one choose to notice? Especially when I am, or a companion is, focused on negatives within (worries, anger, anxiety), I want to be able to get in touch with the moment and my environment instead... This cool book now comes to mind as a touchstone when I need to see beauty and fascination around me and have gratitude for all the wonders of the world (even in -parts- of anything; even in places I might be tempted to call ugly - not that the places in these photos are such to me). I think I will pass this book on - it's well worth "infecting" others with its message.
