MIMI PLUMB - LANDFALL

MIMI PLUMB
LANDFALL

Published by TBW Books, 2018
Book size 30 x 24.5 cm
Pages 120 pages included 53 duotone plates
Hardcover
First edition
Limited edition of 1000
Language English
ISBN 978-1-942953-36-4

" Mimi Plumb's Landfall encapsulates the anxieties of a world spinning out of balance, a mirror-land eerily reminiscent of our own time. The burnt out remains of a house fire open out onto equally decimated alpine landscapes, group shots of humans in lackadaisical embrace with high tech weapons of war...Plumb's photographs of manmade scars and refuses mingle in seductive rhythm with portraits of friends and strangers in disquieting poses, revealing in the underlying unease the artist saw in herself, her community, and the world at large.

“Years later the burnt lamp reminded me of when I was 9 years old, during the Cuban missile crisis in 1963, my mother told me there might be a nuclear war. For a period of time I would wake up in the middle of the night to repeatedly look at the hallway clock, and worried about not sleeping. At school, my classmates and I practiced getting under our desks.” -Mimi Plumb

Plumb’s jarring yet delicate approach to image-making comes together in Landfall to fuel a narrative as foreboding as it is beautiful.” -Publisher, TBW Books

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"Mimi Plumb's Landfall encapsulates the anxieties of a world out of balance, a mirror-land that eerily recalls our own times. The scorched remains of a house fire open onto equally decimated alpine landscapes, group shots of humans in a nonchalant embrace with high-tech weapons of war... Plumb's photographs of scars and man-made waste intertwine in a seductive rhythm with portraits of friends and strangers in eerie poses, reveling in the underlying unease the artist felt in herself, her community, and the world at large.

“Years later, the burned-out lamp reminded me of when I was 9 years old, during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963, my mother told me there might be a nuclear war. For a while, I would wake up in the middle of the night to repeatedly check the clock in the hallway and worry that I wouldn’t sleep. At school, my classmates and I practiced getting under our desks.” - Mimi Plumb

Plumb's jarring yet delicate approach to image-making comes together in Landfall to fuel a narrative that is as disturbing as it is beautiful.” - Publisher, TBW Books