Sound Affects Book

Sound Affects is Christian Patterson’s first book; a series of color photographs of Memphis, Tennessee, the ‘Birthplace of Rock ‘n Roll’ and the ‘Home of the Blues.’ The photographs are light-borne visual melodies — musical arrangements of color, light, rhythm and form exploring musical places, music’s presence and the musicality of everyday life.

Sound Affects book

STANDARD EDITION

Edition Kaune, Sudendorf, 2008.
Hardcover, blue linen with white silkscreen.
9 x 12 inches. 112 pages, 47 color plates.
Introduction, “Fuck You Memphis!”, by Robert Gordon.
Essay, “A Concrete Kind of Fiction”, by Susanna Ott.
English/German text.
Edition of 700 OUT OF PRINT

REVIEWS

Photonews Zeitung für Fotografie, May 2009.
Photo-Eye Magazine, 31 December 2008.
Memphis Magazine, July 2008.
Camera Austria, June-October 2008.

“Patterson expresses his interest in light with virtually synesthetic references.” — Kerstin Stremmel, Camera Austria

“Patterson has crafted an eloquent sequence of images that honor elder visionaries while demonstrating the growth of the medium.” — George Slade, Photo-Eye

Sound Affects special edition book

SPECIAL EDITION

Edition Kaune, Sudendorf, 2008.
Hardcover, white linen with blue silkscreen (reverse).
Slipcase, blue linen with white silkscreen.
Book numbered and signed.
Includes (1) 8 x 10 inch print, numbered and signed. Choice of (3) prints, 20 copies each.
Edition of 60 SOLD OUT.

LIBRARY COLLECTIONS

C/O Berlin, Berlin
Fotohof, Salzburg
Indie Photobook Library, Washington D.C.
The International Center of Photography, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York