{"product_id":"candida-hfer-opera-de-paris-9783829602303","title":"Candida Hfer: Opera de Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003eCandida Hfers works have something timeless about them  and opera is perhaps the most timeless cultural delight. Having dedicated a photographic series to the cathedrals of knowledge that are libraries  Hfer in her most recent cycle captures opera houses  the palaces of performing arts. Hfers earlier pictures of public spaceslibraries  lecture halls  museums  meeting roomsforever devoid of people  made us sense the presence of those absent. Her opera photographs take us one step beyond: empty foyers  orchestras  stages  wings  and boxes make us imagine both theprotagonistsperformers and audienceand the fictitious figures  plots  and places that populate these venues during a night at the opera. In her most recent publication Candida Hfer portrays two Paris opera houses that are exemplary for their age and time: the neoclassicist Palais Garnier (1875)  original Phantom of the Opera site  and the modern-style Opra Bastille (1989).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650576080949,"sku":"ByrdShop_3829602308","price":346.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9783829602303.jpg?v=1781799432","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/candida-hfer-opera-de-paris-9783829602303","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}