BywaysByways is the first monograph by the legendary Oscar winning cinematographer Sir Roger A Deakins, best known for his collaborations with directors such as the Coen brothers, Sam Mendes and Denis Villeneuve. 'Byways' includes previously unpublished black and white photographs spanning five decades, from 1971 to the present. After graduating from college Deakins spent a year photographing life in rural North Devon, in South West England, on a commission

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and an extremely fine grain structure

the wettest dew on the softest leaf

and optimized sharpness benefit this film's use for nature

Foreword written by art dealer and curator Oscar Humphries (b

000 photographs: a body of vernacular work capturing over half a century of life in vivid colour

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in which he playfully inhabits African and African American characters and archetypes

Traveling for his cinematic work has allowed Deakins to photograph landscapes all over the world

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Contextualizing these pieces are essays by LaCharles Ward and Fred Moten and a chronology by Raul Muñoz

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