Kourtney Roy - The Tourist (SIGNED)

“Some contexts indicate our intentions so clearly that we don’t even need to speak them to be understood. With The Tourist, Kourtney Roy once again distinguishes herself as a virtuoso of contextual creation. The Tourist contains all the Roy trademarks we have come to love and expect: self-portraiture, a cinematic approach, her distinctive color palette, and a tension between witty wink and sinister atmosphere, conventional and bizarre, chic and tacky.
We also discover with pleasure that the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred. But what makes The Tourist so special is the meticulous organization of the moment when we leave our extensive world and enter her intensive one.
Roy creates a visual metaphor for a universe we think we know. Yet her masterful use of juxtaposition tells us that this is not the world we thought it was.” The details are meticulously crafted and arranged, the scenes both familiar and strange. The diving mask above the mouth with a cigarette dangling from it, the pool attendant's mop abandoned near a fake temple; furry slippers near the water are never a good idea, nor are stilettos on the slippery edge of a pool.
The overall effect is like a hammer blow to the holiday cliché. According to numerous studies, most people prefer the anticipation and memory to the actual experience of their holidays. This is why photographs are so important to them. They eliminate disappointments and create a pearly memory of pleasures that did not take place.
Roy reverses the ritual by taking us to a setting that appears glamorous, but in reality is much closer to our own experience: one-night stands turned romantic liaisons; the boredom that leads to emptying a bottle of alcohol in an extreme version of the cocktail enjoyed by the pool; the ice cream that melts and flows among the cheap jewelry; a feeling of disquiet, as if someone was going to shout "Shark!", but not to signal the presence of a turquoise plastic balloon..." -Del Barrett, excerpt.

Kourtney Roy was born in 1981 in Ontario, Canada. Her photographs have been awarded the Prix Picto in 2007, the Emily Award in Canada in 2012, the Carte Blanche PMU/Le Bal in 2013, and her nomination for the Prix Élysée at the Musée de l'Élysée in Lausanne in 2014. She was also nominated by Pernod Ricard for their Carte Blanche in 2018 at Paris Photo. Kourtney Roy has exhibited in France at Le Bal, Paris, in 2014 and at Paris Photo in 2018. Her work has also been exhibited in China, Italy, Switzerland at the Musée de l'Élysée, the United States, Australia, and the Photo Biennale 2017 in Moscow. In 2019, she won the OVNI Prize at the Brest European Short Film Festival with her short film Morning Vegas.

Weight: 1200 g
Dimensions: 24.5 × 33 cm
ISBN: 9791092265941
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: André Frère editions
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 132
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New (Sealed)

2 different covers available :
Cover1 = photo 1 (This is a signed copy)
Cover2= photo 2 (NOT Signed)