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| Author | Björk |
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| Cover artist | Stéphanie Cohen |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Photography, biography |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury USA |
Publication date | September 20, 2001 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 1-582-34226-1 |
| OCLC | 48045180 |
Björk or Björk as a book is a 192-page coffee table book published by the Icelandic singer and composer Björk Guðmundsdóttir (2001), designed by M/M Paris.
Background
To coincide with the release of Björk's fourth studio album Vespertine (2001), Björk released a photo-book. [1] The eponymous book has been created by Björk and has been edited and designed by celebrated Paris based design firm M/M (Paris) who, along with photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, have also created the artwork for Vespertine and directed the video for the first single off the album, " Hidden Place". The photograph on the rear cover of the book is an early test shot for the video. The book is non-chronological and all the images have been specifically chosen to illustrate this creative process.
The book is divided into 3 sections:
- Photography - a series of photographs of Björk
- Words – text pieces, including an interview conducted by Björk with David Attenborough.
- Contributions ("Four Pages for Björk") – Björk asks her collaborators to contribute 4 pages to illustrate her belief that her public self is the result of many great and creative minds and not just a personal product.
The book features a dust jacket made in fabric. It has been designed as a transportable working manual rather than a traditional, hardback, coffee-table book. [1]
Credits
Credits taken from M/M (Paris) website. [2]
Contributions by
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Words by
- Björk & Sir David Attenborough
- introduced by Jefferson Hack
- Stéphanie Cohen
- Philippe Parreno
- Rick Poynorand
- Won Tchoi
References
- ^ a b "Intro". bjork.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "bjork as a book". M/M Paris.
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