July 2011 update: some Images from Absence of Water series have been considered for publication to be included in Pools 2 book due out in Fall 2012 published by Rizzoli, designed by Sam Shahid and edited by Kelly Klein and Cary Leitzes.
February 2012 update: Theprintspace’s fifth annual group show will open its doors for Sample 12 on Thursday 2nd February 2012. The exhibition showcases a cross-section of images by photographers who have printed their work at theprintspace in 2011. Two of my images were chosen to be in the exhibition which was compiled by award-winning reportage photographer Toby Smith.
October 2011 update: TAG Fine Arts and Gigi Cifali will be showing the series "Absence of Water" at AAF Battersea Park stand H10 | 20 – 23 October, Battersea Evolution, Battersea Park, London, SW11 4NJ
December 2011 update: Absence of Water series will be pubblished in
Insight magazine Volume 5: Environment/Water 2011
NEWS
Inspired by a desire to design a new pool for her own Long Island backyard,
Kelly Klein sought out and put together the most arresting and iconic photographs of swimming pools in all their various forms to create this unique and stunning book. The photographs are as inspiring as they are moving, revealing an incredible wealth of styles and designs in climates and cultures across the globe, and evoking the sensations of rest and nostalgia, the clarity of water and light, the coexistence of coolness and warmth, and the insinuations of sex and romance that can bring such character to a swimming pool. Included are pools in all shapes, sizes, colours, and settings, from Tangiers and Miami to the ancient magnificence of Hadrian's Villa; from Coney Island to the Côte d'Azur; from the robber baron 1880s through the prosperous 1990s, and captured by great photographers such as
Lartigue, Stieglitz, Munkacsi, Weston, Mapplethorpe, and Weber. Republished in its entirety from the original first edition of 1992, including 187 photographs and a note from
Esther Williams, Pools is a classic of modern design photography and an inspiration to aesthetes and creative homeowners alike.
Copyright all images © Gigi Cifali
SERIES
PORTRAITS
INFORMATIONS
October 2011 update: TAG Fine Arts and Gigi Cifali will be showing the series "Absence of Water" at AAF Hampstead stand E8| 27 – 30 October, East Heath, Lower Fairground Site, East Heath Rd, Hampstead Heath NW3
January 2012 update: TAG Fine Arts and Gigi Cifali will be showing the series "Absence of Water" at London Art Fair stand 40| 18 - 22 January, Business Deign Centre, London N1
November 2011 update: Il Ritrovo di Rob Shazar and Gigi Cifali will exhibit at Step 09 Art Fair 3th Edition in Milan 25 – 27 November Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, via San Vittore, Milan
Publisher: Rizzoli Intl Pubns
Publication Date: May-08-2007
Pages: 208
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: 12.50 (W) x 14.00 (H) x 1.50 (D)
ISBN: 0847829189
Subject: ARCHITECTURE / Residential
February 2012 update: On Sunday 26th February Marconi Gallery and Design? Studio Associato are delighted to present Absence of Water, a Gigi Cifali solo exhibition organised in cooperation with the Gallery Il Ritrovo di Rob Shazar of Sant'Agata De' Goti (BN). The exhibition will be opened at 6.00 p.m. At Design? Studio Associato, 36 D'Annunzio street San Benedetto del Tronto. The event is cured by Dario Ciferri.
