Steve McQueen To Publish ‘Bounty’ Photography Series In New Book Collection
Why it matters: McQueen's 'Bounty' offers a powerful visual commentary on beauty, trauma, and the enduring legacy of colonialism.
- Steve McQueen will publish 'Bounty,' a book collection of 47 photographs from his exhibition, capturing Grenada's flora and its complex history.
- The images, taken in 2024, represent the modern world's contradictions, highlighting the beauty of plants that have witnessed the island's traumatic past.
- McQueen emphasizes the perverse beauty of the landscape, stating, "Sometimes the most horrible things happen in the most beautiful places."
- The book will include a new piece by writer Dionne Brand and Derek Walcott’s 1997 poem 'The Bounty,' an elegy to his mother.
- 'Bounty' will be available in conjunction with McQueen's first solo exhibition in the Netherlands, 'Atlas,' running from March to August 2026 at the De Pont Museum.
Artist-filmmaker Steve McQueen is releasing 'Bounty,' a new book collection featuring 47 meditative photographs of Grenada's flora, taken during a 2024 trip. These beautiful images starkly contrast the island's brutal colonial past, a theme further explored through accompanying texts by writer Dionne Brand and the late Nobel laureate Derek Walcott.
