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Style Code: PO1337
Hardcover, 240 x 290 mm, 64 pages, 2025, ISBN 9789083612713
“When I was a child, my father would take me to the Blijdorp Zoo in Rotterdam and we’d sketch the elephants together. Observing, looking at animals with attention, was instilled in me from then on. Near the end of his life, when my dad was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, we visited the elephants in Rotterdam one last time. In his pencil drawings from this outing, the elephants appear as abstractions, conveying something direct and genuine, often found in children’s art.” This book is an attempt to give weight and presence to these animals, a contemplation of our often complex relationships with animals and the importance of being able to empathise with other sentient beings.
オランダの写真家 シャルロット・デュマが、幼少期に父親とオランダ・ロッテルダムのBlijdorp Zoo（ブライドルプ動物園）で象を描いた経験を通じて、動物との関係や観察の仕方が培われたという記憶を起点にした一冊。
本書には、彼女の父がアルツハイマー病を患い、末期に再び動物園を訪れたときに描いたスケッチが登場。そこに描かれた象の姿は抽象化された形で表現され、子どもの絵によくみられる率直さや純真さが感じられる。
