{"product_id":"john-gossage-a-dozen-failures","title":"John Gossage — A Dozen Failures","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Dozen Failures is both a singular statement as a photobook and a commentary on a life spent making some of the classic photobooks of our time, among them The Pond, There and Gone, The Romance Industry, and Berlin in the Time of the Wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvery photograph is in some way perfect (as a technical feat) and in another way a failure (as representational “residue”). So what makes a picture a “failure” – something worthy of further contemplation? It goes far deeper than merely being a mistake. Failures teach us about life and the self in ways as powerful as – and far more confoundingly than – successes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOr, as Gossage says, they show us “a love lost through lack of skill and misunderstanding.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wolf Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53920537117015,"sku":"BOO 4119 U","price":70.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0503\/4914\/6272\/files\/4119-1_551b143f-72f9-4d5f-82a3-d6b4af8ad817.jpg?v=1782991658","url":"https:\/\/www.wolf-books.com\/products\/john-gossage-a-dozen-failures","provider":"Wolf Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}