Mark Forbes - Hatje Cantz

A film-style photo of a retro diner interior. In the foreground, a white table is set with a red and white checkered placemat, Coca-Cola napkins, and a caddy with cutlery and condiments. In the background, a teal vinyl booth, light blue chairs, and another table sit on a gray and blue checkered floor.

A matted photographic print of a retro diner scene is laid out on white tissue paper next to a gray pen. The photograph shows a table in the foreground with Coca-Cola logos and condiments, with a turquoise booth and chairs on a checkered floor in the background. The print is numbered, titled Table 21, and signed.

A two-page book spread. The left page features a quote by Theodor Seuss Geisel: Sometimes you will never know the true value of a moment until it becomes a memory. The right page displays a photograph of a tall ladder leaning against a white building, reaching toward a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds. The photograph is captioned Plate 17, Stairway to heaven.

A two-page spread from a book. The left page is a color photograph of a Shell gas station sign under a cloudy, grey sky. A light-colored sedan is parked on a wet, gravel lot next to a bare tree and a white building. The right page is blank, with the text Plate 19, Cold front in the lower right corner.

A two-page book spread. The left page is white with the text Plate 42 Nightglow. The right page displays a color photograph of a building at night. A red neon sign in the window reads BRUNSWICK CLUB OPEN, casting a vibrant red glow onto the dark pavement below.

An open book with a photograph on the right-hand page. The photo shows an empty dining area where a sharp, diagonal beam of sunlight streams in, illuminating a white chair and a table with a bright red tablecloth. The furniture casts long, dark shadows across the patterned carpet.

A diptych of two photographs. The photo on the left shows a person's legs sunbathing on a towel on a green lawn, shaded by a large, bright yellow umbrella. The photo on the right shows two empty seats inside a dimly lit airplane cabin, with a glass of orange juice on a tray table next to a bright window.

Mark Forbes

Collected Memories

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Author: Mark Forbes

By (artist): Mark Forbes

Edited by: Nadine Barth

November 2023, 112 Pages, 57 Photos

Hardcover

264mm x 281mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5681-5

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As Time Passes and Details Fade, Photographs Become our Memories

"As time passes and details fade, the photographs that we choose to hold onto become our memories. As a result when an image is made, explicitly or subconsciously, decisions are being made about how things will be remembered." These images are Australian photographer's Mark Forbes Collected Memories.
Five years in the making, his debut monograph presents a cohesive blend of carefully composed scenes, from faded interiors and common, relatable spaces, to the romance of our environment being reclaimed by nature. Turning the pages there is a stirring sense of both subtle ordinary beauty and inherent personality sprinkled across each of the large plates. Forbes' photographic preference, using medium format film, is slow and methodical-and this approach can be felt throughout the quiet pages.

Melbourne-based photographer MARK FORBES (*1980, Middlesbrough, UK) is best known for his considered and atmospheric documentary photography of street scenes, urban landscapes and interiors. He employs film as his medium of choice for personal documentary work—using predominantly traditional medium format cameras. His work has been widely exhibited in international public and private galleries.