Retinal Shift — Mikhael Subotzky, Steidl 2012

Seeing is never neutral. Expanding far beyond a conventional exhibition catalogue, this 488-page volume dismantles the authority of the image through archives, surveillance material, found photographs, and Subotzky’s own work centered on Grahamstown. The opening spread—high-resolution photographs of the artist’s retinas—frames vision as both subject and instrument. Designed by Michael Aberman and Emmet Byrne and edited by Ivan Vladislavić, this Steidl publication stands as a rigorous investigation into how images construct place, memory, and power.

Technical Sheet
Title: Retinal Shift
Artist / Author: Mikhael Subotzky
Writers: Mikhael Subotzky
Editor: Ivan Vladislavić
Design: Michael Aberman, Emmet Byrne
Publisher: Steidl, Göttingen
Date: 2012
Pages: 488
Dimensions (cm): 21.5 × 28.5 cm
Language: English
Country: South Africa
ISBN: 978-3-86930-539-4