Book of the Week

Chili: Les routes de la mémoire
by Patrick Zachmann

Photographer Patrick Zachmann devotes himself to the observation of groups of humans, as a means of questioning their identity and their culture. In this book, he rediscovers Chile, three decades after Pinochet seized power. His images of abandoned villages and derelict industries lost in the desert, which can be reached only by driving endless roads, help us understand the anxiety of the place.

The photograph is completely abstracted from life, yet it looks like life. That is what has always excited me about photography.

Richard Kalvar