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ZBIGNIEW KOSC
Journey to the Ruins of Ancient Egypt |
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Zbigniew Kosc ® Ramesses II, The Luxor Temple, 1996, b/w print, 48 x 20 cm
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The making of ruins happens everywhere in the world all the time. Warsaw was reduced to ruins (I saw the ruins when I was a child) as was much of London. In Russia ruination is in progress. Could Russia be rebuilt? New York could be a ruin one day. Could New York be rebuilt or will we eventually visit its ruins as we do in Egypt now? 'Fallen Glory' is an exhibition about the ruins of ancient Egypt, its emphasis is not documentary, not representational, but rather conceptual and philosophical. The ruins were sometimes photographed as if part of nature, and sometimes as abstract objects. The images explore the grandeur of monumental architecture in the last stage of its existence and can be seen as emblematic of the transience of all cultures and the way they record and celebrate themselves. The series of black and white panoramic photographs - taken between 1986 and 1999 - has made possible by the support of the Foundation Found for Visual Art, Design and Architecture (Amsterdam) and Agfa-Gevaert (Leverkussen). Some of the work has been shown before at the Architectural Association in London (1996) and at the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam (1998). |
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Zbigniew Kosc ® Ramesseum II, Luxor West Bank, 1996, b/w print, 48 x 20 cm
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Zbigniew Kosc 1951 born in Gdansk, Poland
1968-76 studied at Warsaw University, Ph.D. in Social Psychology 1984-89 studied photography at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam 1981- travels to Egypt, Greece, Russia, Kurdistan and many other countries 1987- regularly shows his photographs on exhibitions in The Netherlands and abroad 1989 his book 'Athos' published by U.Bär Verlag Zurich and other publications follow 1989, 1990, 1999 & 2003 received grants of The Foundation Fund for Visual Art, Design and Architecture (Amsterdam) 1997 received sponsoring by Agfa-Gevaert Leverkussen, Germany 1997-8 worked as photographer in Egypt with the Dutch, Polish and American archeologists in Saqqara and Berenike |
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Zbigniew Kosc ® Ramesseum I, Luxor West Bank, 1996, b/w print, 48 x 20 cm
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"... Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert... The lone and level sand stretch far away."
Ozymandias, Percy B. Shelley
all prints are archival quality and are for sale Index of photographs more images of the Egyptian monuments The Pyramids of Egypt The Pyramids of Giza , Saqqara, Dashur, Abu Sir & Meidum The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III Luxor Medinet Habu The Colossi of Memnon Luxor Thebes The Ramesseum Luxor Thebes The Temple of Seti I Luxor Thebes The Karnak Temple Luxor The Luxor Temple Luxor The Avenue of Sphinxes at ther Luxor Temple Luxor The Temple of Hathor Dendera The Temple of Horus Edfu The Temple of Khnum Esna The Temple of Sobek and Haroeris Kom Ombo The Cenotaph Temple of Seti I Abydos The Elephantine Aswan The Temple of Isis Aswan/Philae The Obelisk Heliopolis The Zoser Step Pyramid & Mummies excavated Saqqara 'South Building' Saqqara The Archaic Tombs Saqqara The Mereruka and Ptahothep tombs Saqqara The Lower Unas Temple Saqqara The Solar Temple Abu Gurob The fallen colossus of Rameses II Memphis The Temple of Hathor Memphis Karanis Fayum The pyramid of Havara Fayum The Amon Temple Tanis (San el-Higgar ) The Temple of Bastet Bubastis The Pompey Pillar Alexandria The Iseum Behbet el-Haggar Mendes Tel er-Roba The Great Temple Abu Simbel Roman harbour city Berenike The Temple of Mandulis Kalabsha Avaris Delta Nabatean inscriptions Sinai Vetrus Hydruma Eastern Desert etc.
Ancient Egypt References
Ababda Bedouins of the Eastern Desert Judaica in Cairo and Alexandria Copyright © Zbigniew Kosc Amsterdam 2007 All Rights Reserved mail to z.kosc@chello.nl if you want to purchase prints go to my print store
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