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Flowers for Lisa A D E L I R I U M O F P H OTO G R A P H I C I N V E N T I O N
ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
S E LLING POINTS ●● Abelardo Morell is a highly
● ● BY A B E L A R D O M O R E L L ● C O N V E R S AT I O N W I T H L AW R E N C E W E S C H L E R
respected art photographer with a devoted following. His photographs are in major museum collections ●● Showcases a variety of photographic and artistic techniques: multiple-exposure
A luxe volume of exquisite and unconventional floral still life images by acclaimed photographer Abelardo Morell
images of living bouquets; tableaux that layer painting, photography, and digital imaging; trompe l’oeil constructions; and collage ●● Morell and Weschler both receive wide media attention for their books ●● Flowers are a perennially popular subject in art and gift book markets
S PECIFICATIONS 100 color photographs 144 pages WIDTH: 10" • 254mm HEIGHT: 12" • 305mm Hardcover with jacket PUB MONTH: OCTOBER PHOTOGRAPHY • NATURE ISBN 978-1-4197-3233-1 ISBN 978-1-4197-3233-1 US $60.00 CAN $75.00 UK £45.00
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est known for his surreal camera obscura pictures and luminous black-and-white
photographs of books, photographer Abelardo
Morell now turns his transformative lens to one of the most common of artistic subjects, the flower. The concept for Flowers for Lisa emerged when Morell gave his wife, Lisa, a photograph of flowers on her birthday. “Flowers are part of a long
ISBN 978-1-68335-321-8
tradition of still life in art,” writes Morell. “Precisely because flowers are such a conventional subject, I felt a strong desire to describe them in new, inventive ways.” With nods to the work of Jan Brueghel, Édouard Manet, Georgia O’Keeffe, René Magritte, and others, Morell does just that; the images are as innovative as they are arresting.
ALSO AVAIL AB LE Abelardo Morell’s photographs have been collected and shown at the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and more than 70 other museums world-
Sally Mann ISBN 978-1-4197-2903-4 ISBN 978-1-4197-2903-4 US $55.00 CAN $69.00 UK 5 5£40.00 500 9 781419 729034
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wide. Lawrence Weschler is the award-winning author of True to Life (about David Hockney), Mr. Wilson’s Cabinet of Wonder, and Everything That Rises, among many other books.
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