{"title":"Lia Darjes","description":"\u003ch2\u003eLia Darjes — Photographer and Artist\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLia Darjes, born in Berlin in 1984, lives and works between Hamburg and Berlin. Trained at HAW Hamburg in the class of Ute Mahler, she came to wider attention through \u003cem\u003eTempora Morte\u003c\/em\u003e, a documentary still life study of informal market stalls in Kaliningrad — work that established her approach to found subject matter: precise, methodical, resistant to sentimentality. Since 2019 she has been represented by Galerie Robert Morat, and since 2023 she has co-directed the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie alongside photographer Jörg Brüggemann.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection at Lokator100 gathers photobooks and artist publications by Lia Darjes. The featured title is \u003ca href=\"\/products\/plates-i-xxxi-lia-darjes\" title=\"View Plates I-XXXI by Lia Darjes — available now at Lokator100\"\u003ePlates I-XXXI - Lia Darjes\u003c\/a\u003e, published by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chose-commune\" title=\"Explore all Chose Commune titles available at Lokator100\"\u003eChose Commune\u003c\/a\u003e, an independent imprint whose editorial approach aligns closely with the kind of deliberate, form-conscious photography publishing represented here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the broader context of documentary and contemporary photography publishing may find further titles in the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Browse the full photobooks collection at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotobooks\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"plates-i-xxxi-lia-darjes","title":"Plates I-XXXI – Lia Darjes","description":"\u003ch2\u003eStaged Still Life and Uninvited Guests\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlates I-XXXI\u003c\/em\u003e is a photobook by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lia-darjes\" title=\"Browse all titles by Lia Darjes at Lokator100\"\u003eLia Darjes\u003c\/a\u003e, published in June 2024 by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chose-commune\" title=\"Explore all Chose Commune publications at Lokator100\"\u003eChose Commune\u003c\/a\u003e. The book presents 31 colour plates produced through a method that combines deliberate arrangement with documentary chance: food remnants are placed in a garden, a motion-triggered camera is left to record whatever arrives, and the resulting images are shaped as much by the subjects' behaviour as by the photographer's initial setup.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe protagonists are small animals — squirrels, sparrows, field mice, slugs, ants — that move through a scene constructed for them without their knowledge. The tension between the controlled still life arrangement and the unpredictable presence of these garden visitors gives the work its particular character. Colour is used with precision; the palette is vivid but not decorative. Silence is structural. The images read as contemporary still life photography that has absorbed something of the Dutch tradition while remaining firmly grounded in a documentary logic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithin \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lia-darjes\" title=\"Browse all titles by Lia Darjes at Lokator100\"\u003eLia Darjes\u003c\/a\u003e's practice, \u003cem\u003ePlates I-XXXI\u003c\/em\u003e extends a preoccupation with still life that was already present in \u003cem\u003eTempora Morte\u003c\/em\u003e, her earlier study of market stalls in Kaliningrad. Where that work exaggerated its subject toward the iconic, \u003cem\u003ePlates I-XXXI\u003c\/em\u003e is quieter and more contingent — dependent on what the motion-triggered camera actually records. The book was shortlisted for the \u003cstrong\u003e2024 Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the more closely watched annual recognitions in contemporary photobook publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConcept, editing, and sequencing are by \u003cstrong\u003eCécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi\u003c\/strong\u003e; design by Cécile Poimboeuf-Koizumi in collaboration with \u003cstrong\u003ePerrine Serre\u003c\/strong\u003e. The volume is bound as a section-sewn debossed hardcover and printed in French and English. It sits within the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/photography-photobooks\" title=\"Browse the full photobook catalogue at Lokator100\"\u003ePhotobooks\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue at Lokator100 as a first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chose Commune","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53282199961946,"sku":"9791096383429","price":46.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/3359\/1130\/files\/plates-i-xxxi-lia-darjes-cover.jpg?v=1778413712"}],"url":"https:\/\/lokator100.store\/collections\/lia-darjes.oembed","provider":"Lokator100","version":"1.0","type":"link"}