Nudes

Zurich: Edition Stemmle. Fine in Fine dj. (c.1996). 1st English-language edition. Hardcover. [lovely, as-new copy, with no discernible wear to either book or jacket]. (B&W photographs) From the Romanian-born photographer's introduction: "To me, photography is essentially a poetic medium. I think of it as a theatrical mode of writing, somewhere to set down all my obsessively and tirelessly unfolding fantasies. Every session, staged and conceived as a dramatic sequence, integrates Woman into a world of dreams. Mythical and multiple, Woman invented who, by turns, assumes the different facets of the hundreds of mirrors I ponder. I can only imagine eroticism in its metaphysical dimension. I adore all that is excessive, dreamlike, curious. So I have adopted as my own these words by Baudelaire: 'In art, only the bizarre is beautiful.'" ****NOTE that additional postage charges will be assessed for international shipping of this heavy oversize book; if this concerns you, please contact us for a shipping quote before placing your order. As always at ReadInk, domestic Media Mail shipping is free.**** .