KRASS CLEMENT/ DRUM

Photographed in a small pub in Drum, Ireland, on a single evening and with only a few rolls of film (and a rumored five pints of Gu inness), Krass Clement (born 1946) created one of the most important contributions to the contemporary Danish photobook. His 1996 D rum opens in a darkening and foggy town, with a workday ending and some men heading off for a drink. Through subtle shifts in focus and a masterful filmic sequencing, the book comes to concentrate on one principal character in the shadowy pub: a hunched, weather-b eaten old m...[Read more]