1ère édition tirée à 300 exemplaires Numérotés & Signés.
Livre fait à la main.
Coffret de 6 livrets brochés.
Cet ouvrage a été imprimé dans 5 différents pays et assemblé dans une unique boîte! De Delhi à Bregenz, de Yangoon à Istanbul.
FERNWEH – A Man’s Journey est un fascinant récit de voyage qui dévoile la vie de trois générations d’hommes qui partageaient une passion pour le voyage, la photographie et les montagnes ; introduction de Natasha Christia, photos en n.b.
The book was printed in five different countries and assembled into one box! From Delhi to Bregenz from Yangon to Istanbul.
FERNWEH – A man’s archive is a riveting travelogue memoir that unwraps the lifetime of three generations of men who shared a passion for travelling, photography and the mountains.
Excerpt from the introduction:
…FERNWEH unwraps the lifetimes of three generations of men: Lukas’ grandfather Viktor Birk, who served as a soldier in the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany during World War II; his father Andreas Birk, a hippy traveller and adventurer of the 1970s and 80s; and finally, Lukas himself, a contemporary wanderer and artist.
To bring this sophisticated albeit cryptic visual depository to life, Birk has referred both to his progenitors’ legacy and to his own history as an artist. Old travellers’ guides, maps and handcrafted Birk family photo albums of homeland mountain excursions and far-away road journeys coexist with materials from Lukas’ personal archive, such as prints, journals, travel memoirs, and portraits of anonymous men, all collected and/or produced between 1999 and 2017…
