Aperture Remix
Vik Muniz and others figure out how to make profound photos in a world that generates 30 billion images a year
“That’s my favorite Aperture book,” Muniz said. “That art book of [Edward] Weston’s, but it doesn’t have that picture.” Muniz said pointing to his work, a portrait of Weston’s lover titled The White Iris, “I actually used the book to make that picture so instead of putting the picture back in the book, I put the book in the picture. If you look at the side, all the bits and pieces are from the book, put together.” “So you tore an archival book?” the woman asked. “Yes, it was a first edition!” Muniz responded, “It was very cannibalistic.” More
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