Publisher/Stanley Barker

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"Opening the Sky" is a collection of works by American photographer Larry Fink (1941–2023). Active for over half a century from the 1960s, Fink was a master of American photography who consistently depicted the sense of distance between people, physicality, and the activities of community with sharp insights through powerful monochrome images that made use of flash. In his representative work "Social Graces," he contrasted the upper class and the working class to highlight the structure of society, but in this book, he entered a logging site on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State in 1980 and documented the daily lives of loggers facing giant trees. The photographs capture not only the power of falling trees and dangerous work, but also conversations with colleagues, brief moments of rest, and the light filtering into the forest, quietly conveying reverence for nature, the dignity of labor, and the strength of humans living in harmony with the earth. This book is also one of the early representative works published in 2015 by the British photobook publisher Stanley/Barker, shortly after its founding. This book, which marks the direction of the publishing activities of a company that has built a global reputation for its excellent editing and beautiful bookbinding, is an important work that brilliantly combines Larry Fink's mature perspective with Stanley/Barker's high publishing philosophy.