Skip to content

Booksellers & Trade Customers: Sign up for online bulk buying at trade.atlanticbooks.com for wholesale discounts

Booksellers: Create Account on our B2B Portal for wholesale discounts

Mesozoic Park: Terry Munro

by Terry Munro , Danielle Siemens
Save 28% Save 28%
Current price ₹2,458.00
Original price ₹3,426.00
Original price ₹3,426.00
Original price ₹3,426.00
(-28%)
₹2,458.00
Current price ₹2,458.00

Imported Edition - Ships in 18-21 Days

Free Shipping in India on orders above Rs. 500

Request Bulk Quantity Quote
+91
Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781912165162
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Black Dog Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Black Dog Press
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 68
  • Original Price: USD 34.95
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 386 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes

Mesozoic Park is an intriguing series of photographs documenting the construction of a (pseudo) prehistoric landscape in Calgary, Canada in the early 1980s. The history of photography has been dominated by the landscape: from its state as a pristine natural phenomenon, to its altered forms, and then to the manufactured, of which the city's Prehistoric Park is a prime example. The site includes multiple geologic structures that humans have built to mimic nature. The images in the monograph address the illusions that humanity creates for itself, as in our increasing quest to find substitutes for 'the real'. The simulated environment in Mesozoic Park focuses on the earth and landscape as packaging or amusement, and more importantly, as a site for social and political inquiry. The black and white photographs, printed in duotone, document a geological dream world in which a 'primordial' landscape has been cleverly designed and programmed for an artificial visitor experience. By exploring the park in great detail, Munro offers privileged access to what we never get to see: the construction of a facsimile panorama that will provide visitors with the illusion of time travel. The real and false are confused, no longer relevant in this walk through a purported 65 million year-old landscape. The book also contains photographs which show the artificial human construct in 2018.

Terry Munro is a photographer based in Calgary, Canada. He has been exhibiting his work since 1973 and has received numerous awards from the Canada Council and Alberta Foundation for the Arts. His work can be found in the San Francisco Art Institute, the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, the National Gallery of Canada, amongst others.

Trusted for over 49 years

Family Owned Company

Secure Payment

All Major Credit Cards/Debit Cards/UPI & More Accepted

New & Authentic Products

India's Largest Distributor

Need Support?

Whatsapp Us