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Double Take: Reconstructing the History of Photography
By Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger, Thames & Hudson, £24.95, 128 pages, hardback, ISBN 978-0500021224
In 2011, Andreas Gursky, AP 9 June) Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger, both of whom decided to embark on a challenge: could they use models and studio lighting to recreate Gursky's image in the comfort of their Zurich studio? Quite incredibly, it worked. That one image was the genesis for the set of images that make up this really quite impressive volume. Following the Gursky image, the artists decided to recreate several famous 20th- and 21st-century landmark images including Frances Browne's shot of the doomed and Robert Capa's ‘The Falling Soldier'. The dedication and craftsmanship that has gone into each uncanny image is breathtaking. This fantastic project questions photography's veracity and opens up a strong dialogue about how easy it is to trust visual imagery and our reliance on it to inform us. ★★★★★
