Erik Kessels is een Nederlandse kunstenaar en maker wiens werk zich richt op fotografie, waarbij hij vaak gevonden en alledaagse beelden gebruikt. Zijn publicaties kenmerken zich door een gevoel voor absurditeit en humor, en verkennen de grenzen van de functionaliteit van een beeld. Kessels duikt in de esthetiek van gewone, onbedoeld vastgelegde foto's en onthult daarin verborgen verhalen en poëzie. Zijn werk nodigt uit tot reflectie over hoe fotografie onze wereld vormgeeft en vastlegt.
Reclamemaker en fotoverzamelaar Erik Kessels en auteur Christine Otten maakten gezamenlijk het Boekenweekessay 2011. In het kader van het motto van de Boekenweek 'GESCHREVEN PORTRETTEN –Curriculum Vitae' en in opdracht van Stichting CPNB komen zij met een fictief fotoverhaal, getiteld Good Luck.
A fun and fabulous take on the art of making mistakes. Erik Kessels celebrates imperfection and failure and shows why they are an essential part of the creative process. Failed it! celebrates the power of mistakes and shows how they can enrich the creative process. This is part photobook and part guide to loosening up and making mistakes to take the fear out of failure and encourage experimentation. It showcases the best and most hilarious examples of imperfection and failure across a broad range of creative forms, including art, design, photography, architecture and product design, to inspire and encourage creatives to embrace and celebrate their mistakes. We live in an era when everyone is striving for perfection and we have become afraid of failure, which limits our potential. Mistakes help us find new ways of thinking and innovative solutions, and failures can change our perceptions and open up new ways of looking things. This book transforms mistakes from something to be embarrassed about into a cause for celebration. It includes over 150 visual examples drawn from Kessels personal collection of artworks and found photographs, along with tips, quotes, anecdotes and wisdom for celebrating with failure. To quote Kessels: 'the ubiquity of Apple + Z, means that we can literally undo any mistake before it has had time to breathe, be considered and — perhaps — evolve into something else: a fascinating, strange, provocative or even original piece of work. This book asks readers to embrace their fuck-ups, learn from them and celebrate their tawdry glory'.
Focusing on the evolving relationship between people and photography, Erik Kessels challenges the way images are consumed rather than appreciated. This volume serves as a comprehensive guide to his diverse artistic practice, showcasing over twenty series and including essays from notable critics. It coincides with a significant mid-career retrospective at CAMERA in Turin, Italy, highlighting Kessels' unique contributions to contemporary photography and encouraging deeper engagement with visual culture.
Tras la publicación de Usted puede ser lo bueno que quiera ser y ?Qué buen consejo! Phaidon publica esta guía sobre cómo aprovechar los errores laborales y convertirlos en una oportunidad. Erik Kessles (Director de Arte y cofundador de KesselsKramer, una agencia de comunicación con oficinas en ámsterdam, Londres y Los ángeles) celebra las imperfecciones y los errores y nos enseña por qué son una parte imprescindible de cualquier proceso creativo. Contiene más de 100 de los mejores y más divertidos ejemplos visuales de "fallos" en Fotografía, Arte, Diseño y Arquitectura acompañados de textos, consejos, anécdotas y sabiduría para que acabemos por abrazar y realmente aprender de nuestros errores.