22.19 by Christopher Hery
"22:19 illustrates the wide range of emotions—fear, boredom, camaraderie, relief—that two young men experienced during a very intense 8-minute period.
This book is designed to gradually reveal to the reader/viewer the location, the story, and its ending in a cinematic way.
Time is the key element here, allowing the photographer to play with the perceptions of the reader and—ultimately—demonstrate the power of the photographic book in our digital age. Millions of people have consumed images of this event in various media formats, but very few have realized the variety of emotions felt by the protagonists during these 8 minutes.
This book allows the photographer to tell his own version of the event and—simultaneously—pay tribute to the art of photography and the art of cinematography.
Christopher Hery, then a reporter and journalist at the Cannes Film Festival, attended a marathon of 8 minutes during which 150 photographers present "shot" actor Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn before the screening of the film Drive in 2011.
The photographer captured the images he came for, but the experience was intense and deeply impactful. The noise, the flashes, the shouts from the photographers, the neighbors pushing you to prevent you from getting the right shot, and then the "two young men," the focus of all attention for 8 long minutes!
Once looking over all the images taken, Christopher Hery realized the intensity of this moment shared by the two men, and he became aware of the richness of the emotions he captured in his images...
This book is a floating, suspended journey into a moment in the lives of these "two young men." A powerful moment of their lives, a moment they had to share. A moment we all imagine, a moment we've all seen on television or online, a moment of frenzy, an insanity, that the protagonists ultimately endure without moving, like in slow motion, simply feeling the madness swirling around them.
A stunning, captivating book. A book in four-color printing—black, red, blue, white. A book with a necessarily linear narrative but that takes us on a real journey, a somewhat crazy journey, a very human journey.
"22:19 illustrates the wide range of emotions—fear, boredom, camaraderie, relief—that two young men experienced during a very intense 8-minute period.
This book is designed to gradually reveal to the reader/viewer the location, the story, and its ending in a cinematic way.
Time is the key element here, allowing the photographer to play with the perceptions of the reader and—ultimately—demonstrate the power of the photographic book in our digital age. Millions of people have consumed images of this event in various media formats, but very few have realized the variety of emotions felt by the protagonists during these 8 minutes.
This book allows the photographer to tell his own version of the event and—simultaneously—pay tribute to the art of photography and the art of cinematography.
Christopher Hery, then a reporter and journalist at the Cannes Film Festival, attended a marathon of 8 minutes during which 150 photographers present "shot" actor Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn before the screening of the film Drive in 2011.
The photographer captured the images he came for, but the experience was intense and deeply impactful. The noise, the flashes, the shouts from the photographers, the neighbors pushing you to prevent you from getting the right shot, and then the "two young men," the focus of all attention for 8 long minutes!
Once looking over all the images taken, Christopher Hery realized the intensity of this moment shared by the two men, and he became aware of the richness of the emotions he captured in his images...
This book is a floating, suspended journey into a moment in the lives of these "two young men." A powerful moment of their lives, a moment they had to share. A moment we all imagine, a moment we've all seen on television or online, a moment of frenzy, an insanity, that the protagonists ultimately endure without moving, like in slow motion, simply feeling the madness swirling around them.
A stunning, captivating book. A book in four-color printing—black, red, blue, white. A book with a necessarily linear narrative but that takes us on a real journey, a somewhat crazy journey, a very human journey.
"22:19 illustrates the wide range of emotions—fear, boredom, camaraderie, relief—that two young men experienced during a very intense 8-minute period.
This book is designed to gradually reveal to the reader/viewer the location, the story, and its ending in a cinematic way.
Time is the key element here, allowing the photographer to play with the perceptions of the reader and—ultimately—demonstrate the power of the photographic book in our digital age. Millions of people have consumed images of this event in various media formats, but very few have realized the variety of emotions felt by the protagonists during these 8 minutes.
This book allows the photographer to tell his own version of the event and—simultaneously—pay tribute to the art of photography and the art of cinematography.
Christopher Hery, then a reporter and journalist at the Cannes Film Festival, attended a marathon of 8 minutes during which 150 photographers present "shot" actor Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn before the screening of the film Drive in 2011.
The photographer captured the images he came for, but the experience was intense and deeply impactful. The noise, the flashes, the shouts from the photographers, the neighbors pushing you to prevent you from getting the right shot, and then the "two young men," the focus of all attention for 8 long minutes!
Once looking over all the images taken, Christopher Hery realized the intensity of this moment shared by the two men, and he became aware of the richness of the emotions he captured in his images...
This book is a floating, suspended journey into a moment in the lives of these "two young men." A powerful moment of their lives, a moment they had to share. A moment we all imagine, a moment we've all seen on television or online, a moment of frenzy, an insanity, that the protagonists ultimately endure without moving, like in slow motion, simply feeling the madness swirling around them.
A stunning, captivating book. A book in four-color printing—black, red, blue, white. A book with a necessarily linear narrative but that takes us on a real journey, a somewhat crazy journey, a very human journey.