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Kota Ezawa
/ Germany b.1969 /
Earth from moon
2006 / Colour aquatint on paper / 51.3 x 57.5cm; 29 x 37cm (comp.) / Acc. 2008.308 / Purchased 2008 with funds raised
through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal
Kota Ezawa
Earth from moon
2006
Earth from the moon
recreates the iconic ‘Earthrise’ photograph
taken by Apollo 8 astronaut William Anders in 1968. The print is
part of an ongoing body of work by Kota Ezawa titled ‘The history
of photography remix’, which presents an idiosyncratic survey
of Western photo culture, and includes reworked versions of
iconic images, from the history of photography and photographic
technology. By recasting or ‘remixing’ found photographs,
Ezawa creates boldly simplified forms that aim to communicate
the essence of the original.