{"product_id":"mark-borthwick-social-documentaries-amid-this-piste-2002","title":"MARK BORTHWICK — Social Documentaries Amid this Piste, Self-published, c. 2002","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist photobook. 21.0 × 27.2 cm. 240 pages. Printed wraps. Black-and-white xerox \/ photocopy printing throughout. Self-published by Mark Borthwick, c. 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally related to the scarce 250-copy edition, this self-published photocopy version was reportedly produced by the artist in a very small, undocumented number after the original edition had become hard to find. The book gathers Borthwick’s photographs, text fragments, DIY shoots and personal references into a loose visual diary: fashion plates shot against plain walls and in outdoor light, handwritten and typed texts, landscape photographs, maps, close-up studies of hands and objects, and sequences of figures in motion or at rest. The photocopied surface is not simply a cheaper reproduction — it changes the register of the work, making the images flatter, grainier and more unified, absorbing fashion, personal photography and writing into the same grey field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe interior moves between registers without announcement: a woman standing against a wall in a striped dress faces a woman from behind in a plain black shift; a seated figure cross-legged on the floor faces a standing figure seen from behind, hair loose, holding something at her back; a typed poem headed \u003cem\u003eIn order of things\u003c\/em\u003e faces a grayscale landscape of a lone young tree in an open field; a numbered list headed \u003cem\u003ePlus\u003c\/em\u003e faces a close-up of two hands holding a thin wire or thread between them, a small ring suspended from it; a page headed \u003cem\u003eNew York \/ F train\u003c\/em\u003e carries thirteen numbered observations about strangers on the subway, facing a small reproduction of a map labelled \u003cem\u003eBerlin \/ Teilgebiet B\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorthwick’s work sits between fashion, music, artist book culture and private image-making. By the late 1990s and early 2000s, his collaborations with Maison Martin Margiela and his quiet, anti-commercial photographic language helped define a more intimate and improvised visual culture around fashion publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondition: good used condition. Age toning to pages and covers, light handling wear, natural softness to the printed wraps. Xerox production gives the book an intentionally grey, degraded, atmospheric surface.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark Borthwick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53858595602770,"sku":"BORTHWICK-SOCIALDOC-CAT-2002","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Borthwick_Mark._The_Xerox_Books._2002_book_1_inside_1.jpg?v=1782641837","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/mark-borthwick-social-documentaries-amid-this-piste-2002","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}