{"product_id":"zone-eleven","title":"Zone Eleven","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Zone Eleven” alludes to Ansel Adams’ Zone System, a method for controlling exposure of the negative in order to obtain a full range of tonality in the photographic print―from the deepest black of Zone 0 to the brightest highlight in Zone 10. “Zone Eleven” is a metaphor coined by artist Mike Mandel in his challenge to create a book of Adams’ photographs outside of the bounds of his personal work. Many of these photographs were found in the archives of Adams' commercial and editorial assignments, and from his experimentation with the new Polaroid material of the times.\u003cbr\u003e\nFor this book, Mandel has unearthed images that are unexpected for Adams, and created a new context of facing-page relationships and sequence. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZone Eleven\u003c\/span\u003e is the product of Mandel’s research into over 50,000 Adams images located within four different archives, from which he presents a body of Adams’ work that was largely unknown until now.\u003cbr\u003e\nMike Mandel is well known for his collaboration with Larry Sultan from the 1970s to the 1990s. They published \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvidence\u003c\/span\u003e in 1977, a collection of 59 photographs chosen from more than two million images that the artists viewed at the archives of government agencies and tech-oriented corporations. Conceptually, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZone Eleven\u003c\/span\u003e is a companion book to \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvidence\u003c\/span\u003e. As \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEvidence\u003c\/span\u003e reframes the institutional documentary photograph with new context and meaning, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZone Eleven\u003c\/span\u003e responds to the audience expectation of “the iconic Ansel Adams nature photograph.” But Mandel selects images that do not fit that expectation. \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eZone Eleven\u003c\/span\u003e is a book of Ansel Adams images that surprisingly speak to issues of social relations, the built environment and alienation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"CAP BOOKSHOP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52209099702581,"sku":"9788862087483","price":21.0,"currency_code":"KWD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/4157\/3429\/files\/31U8P1bSnEL._AC_UY218.jpg?v=1768477398","url":"https:\/\/capbookshop.com\/ar\/products\/zone-eleven","provider":"CAP BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}