peter bobby photographs

Publications with ISBN

Reception

Reception is the first major monograph by artist emerging Peter Bobby who studied MA Fine Art at University of Wales Institute Cardiff, and now lives in London. Lavishly produced, abundantly illustrated with ultra-violet gloss sealed images, Reception collates works made over the last five years. Always devoid of human presence, Peter Bobby photographs the interiors of recently completed corporate buildings. Every surface shines and every object is placed with precision. The glossy photographs appear initially seductive, yet as we are drawn closer, we become aware of an environment which is alien, stark and unpopulated. Through his technique of photographing, and the absence of human presence, Bobby's work cleverly blurs the distinction between art, architecture and corporate image-making.

Artist and writer Paul Jeff introduces the work with an essay which cites Bobby's work within the pictorial dimensions of space and the passage of time.

Text extract taken from www.ffotogallery.org

Size: 285 x 235 mm

16 colour plates

Binding: softback, 40pp

Text: english

Edition: 500

Published: february 2003

ISBN 1 872771 26 2

Price: £5.00

In association with Mission Gallery

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Locale

Settings that are at once familiar to us form the backdrop to the works in Locale. In different ways, the artists in Locale explore the nature of consumerism, aspiration and illusion. However, their respective insights not only observe but are also, through their particular constructions, interwoven to these acts of scrutiny, providing the show with further narrative twists.

This publication features a newly commissioned essay by Paul Kilsby.

Published by: Unit 2

ISBN: 1 899 764 51 8

Design by: Fraser Muggeridge Studio

Text: english

Edition: 1000

Published: November 2005

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West - Ffotobiennal

Reflecting the independent spirit of some of Wales’ emerging photographers, West embraces landscape photography, portraiture, documentary realism and more experimental uses of the medium. From Peter Bobby’s huge colour-saturated interiors of upmarket leisure and business complexes and Jamie Davies’ clinical studies of Irish clubs across Britain, to Tina Carr & Annemarie Schöne’s sensitive portraits of pensioners in care, West responds to some of the burning cultural and social issues of the day. This fully illustrated colour catalogue produced to coincide with the first biennial of contemporary photography in Wales, represents an important critical forum for independent photography and digital art in the country. West features the work of fourteen photographers and artists, who collectively demonstrate that photographic art in Wales is quirky, alive and full of inspiration.

Text extract taken from www.ffotogallery.org

Size: 210 x 170 mm

48 colour and black & white plates

Binding: soft back, 72pp

Text: english & welsh

ISBN: 1 872771 75 0

Price: £5.00

Edition: 500

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Publications without ISBN

The Core of Industry

The Core of Industry is an International Photography Award promoted by the Municipality and the Associazione Industriali of Reggio Emilia in the contest of Fotografia Europea 2008. The award and publication aims to focus on the varied reality of present-day European industry, through the ability of photography to document – as well as depict and interpret in an original and innovative manner – the human, social and historical phenomena of the contemporary world. Architecture and landscape, as well as the environmental context, and the human and social consequences of industrial change, are some of the possible approaches to research that will emphasize critical situations as well as situations of excellence.

Published by: Fotographia Europia

Supported by: Comune di Reggio Emilia & Industriali Reggio Emilia

Design by: Alias

Text: English and Italian

Published: May 2008

Publication no longer available

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eCPR

Established in 2000 as the Centre for Photographic Research and designated as European Centre for Photographic Research in 2008, eCPR provides a focus in Wales for high quality research in photography that builds on both its institutional heritage and internationally renowned scholarship. It aims to develop work that addresses both the cultural histories of photography and the contemporary issues and debates informing photographic and film-based art and documentary practices. This publication brings together the work of a number of the eCPR members and visiting fellows including: Joan Fontcuberta, Paul Seawright, Anne Hardy, Russell Roberts, Helen Sear, Ian Walker, Donovan Wylie, Ken Grant, Michael Corris, Ronnie Close and Peter Bobby.

Published by: eCPR (European Centre for Photographic Research)

Design by: Andreas Rüthi

Text: English

Published: 2006

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Publications as editor

BRINK

This beautifully realised publication includes the work of 43 emerging photographers/artists, an essay by Professor Mark Durden, an introduction by Geraint Cunnick, and a transcription of a round table discussion that looks at the position of art production in Wales, especially in relation to Newport, as a major centre for photographic education over the last 30 years. This discussion includes contributions from Chris Coppock, Alicia Miller, Helen Sear and Peter Finnemore, and was chaired by Geraint Cunnick. The publication was launched in June 2008 at two public events in London and Cardiff.

Published by: The University of Wales, Newport

ISBN: 1 899274 37 6

Edited by: Peter Bobby and Ronnie Close

Design by: Steven Dawson

Published: June 2008

Edition of 600

Price: £10 plus postage

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