Maybe it has something to do with growing up speaking two languages, but I loved diptychs before I knew how to spell the word. Pairings always fascinate me: the interplay between disparate things; the unexpected associations they evoke. I was delighted to find that Todd Eberle’s new book “Empire of Space” was chock full of such wonderful visual dialogues. Taken from a long and prolific career, Eberle’s twosomes plainly show the photographer’s wit and sense of whimsy—indeed, the critic David Hickey calls him the “Noël Coward of photography.” Here’s a peek inside.
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Iggy Pop, Mercer Hotel, New York City, June 2001 / Barcelona-style chair, Museum of the Americas, São Paulo, Brazil, August 2003
All images Todd Eberle, from Empire of Space, Rizzoli.
