Richard Mosse

Richard Mosse (born 1980, Kilkenny, Ireland) is an Irish conceptual documentary photographer. He is best known for his photographs of the war in the Eastern Congo using colour infrared film intended to create a new perspective on conflict.[1]

Aperture has published two books of his work and he won the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize in 2014. Mosse is a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[2]

Life and work

Mosse lives and works in New York and Berlin.[1][3]

His received a BA in English literature from King's College London in 2001, an MRes in cultural studies from the London Consortium in 2003, a postgraduate diploma in fine art from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2005 and a photography MFA from Yale School of Art in 2008.[4]

He has worked in Iran, Pakistan, Haiti and the former Yugoslavia. He is best known for his infrared images from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1] For his infrared photographs he used a large format camera and the now-discontinued Kodak Aerochrome film. Aerochrome is a false-color infrared film originally intended for aerial vegetation surveys and for military reconnaissance, such as to identify camouflaged targets. It registers a spectrum of infrared light invisible to the human eye, rendering the green landscape and soldiers' uniforms in vivid hues of lavender, crimson and hot pink.

Critic Sean O'Hagan, writing in The Guardian, said "His images from there often seem to skirt the real and the fictional, simply though [sic] their heightened and unreal colours. He has made the familiar seem strange and the real seem heightened to the point of absurdity. This is war reportage – but not as we know it."[1] Willy Staley, writing in the New York Times Magazine, said "Mosse highlights the eastern Congo's natural bounty while acknowledging both the medium's origins and, he points out, the West’s tendency to see in the Congo only darkness and insanity."[5]

In June 2015 Mosse became a nominee member of Magnum Photos.[2]

Publications

Films

Solo exhibitions

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 O'Hagan, Sean (23 August 2012). "Photographer Richard Mosse to represent Ireland at Venice Biennale". The Guardian. Retrieved 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Magnum announces latest nominees". British Journal of Photography (Apptitude Media) 162 (7839): 7. 2015.
  3. ↑ http://www.carliergebauer.com/artists/richard_mosse/cv
  4. ↑ Mosse, Richard. "About". Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Staley, Willy (14 December 2012). "The Color of War". New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  6. ↑ , Jack Shainman Galler. Accessed 23 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Richard Mosse, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin. Accessed 14 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Richard Mosse, The Photographers' Gallery, London. Accessed 14 May 2014.
  9. ↑ "Richard Mosse, photographer", Annenberg Public Policy Center.
  10. ↑ Richard Mosse - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY. Accessed 7 September 2015.
  11. ↑ "Deutsche Börse 2014: Richard Mosse wins photography prize – in pictures". The Guardian. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  12. ↑ Vincent, Alice (12 May 2014). "Richard Mosse wins Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2014". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  13. ↑ Davies, Lucy (14 May 2014). "Richard Mosse: Congo's civil war, Interview". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 14 May 2014.

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