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"It's a peculiar and supremely deliberate technique, honed over three decades, and it results in some of the most sumptuous and fresh photographs I've ever seen." -Time Out New York
Since 1976, French photographer Jean-Luc Mylayne has travelled the world in search of birds to photograph. His quest begins with a long, patient period of observation and culminates in a single image--Mylane does not believe in capturing his subject twice. In thirty-three years, the artist has taken no more than three hundred photographs. Mylayne, who defines himself as a film director, is extremely precise in constructing what he calls his "scenes," taking into account a number of variables, like the season or the time of day. Mylayne's process, the tentative approach of the bird, and the dialogue between artist and subject present thought-provoking questions on the nature of time. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Lyon, France, this mesmerizing book presents a previously unpublished series of 68 photographs taken between 1992 and 2008. With stunning reproductions, Jean-Luc Mylayne is a powerful account of an original and idiosyncratic artist at work.