Windows to the Unexpected
Albarrán Cabrera
RM
English
Hardcover
First Edition
88 pages
222 × 315 mm
2025
ISBN 9788410290211
Anna Cabrera and Angel Albarrán are among the most innovative and renowned photographers of their generation. Windows to the Unexpected is the second book in a trilogy that began with the bestselling book Remembering the Future, where the authors explore complexities of form and narrative in photography. This book delves into the tension between the visible and the unforeseen, inviting viewers to question what they see and uncover what lies beyond the image.
Inspired by Julio Cortázar’s essay of the same name, this volume examines how the unexpected emerges in images without warning, challenging conventional perceptions of reality. The unexpected is not manufactured but revealed, transforming photography into a space of multiple interpretations, where the extraordinary is hidden within the ordinary. Albarrán Cabrera are widely recognized for their mastery of platinum, palladium, cyanotype, and gelatin silver processes and have pioneered and developed new techniques in their color prints, incorporating pigments, Japanese paper, and gold leaf. Their work has been exhibited in Spain, Japan, the Netherlands, France, Germany, Lebanon, Italy, and the United States. Prestigious private collections and institutions such as Hermès, the Goetz Collection, the German Bundestag Art Collection and Banco Santander hold selections of their photographs.
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About the Artists
Angel Albarrán (b.1969, Barcelona) and Anna Cabrera (b. 1969, Sevilla) have worked collaboratively as photographers since 1996. A rich inner philosophy about memory and experience — and a special curiosity for photographic chemistry — guide their aesthetic practice. Influenced by both occidental and oriental thinkers and artists, their photographs question our assumptions of time, place and identity in order to stimulate a new understanding of one’s own experience and perception. For the artists, “being conscious of our surroundings isn’t just an important part of life —our surroundings and how we interpret them is life as we know it.”
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About the Publisher
RM is an independent, prestigious publisher focusing primarily on photography and contemporary art, while also maintaining a curated catalogue of Latin American literary classics.
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