| Gods of Earth and Heaven
     
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Hardcover
124 pages
Twelvetrees Pr
Published 1989
Amazon.com
Once you have witnessed the dark, sensational visions of Joel-Peter Witkin, you will never be the same again. Witkin gets to you. Here you will encounter hermaphrodites, malformed bodies, Siamese twins, corpses, fetuses, cut-off heads, and self-torturers. Witkin's compositions go far beyond conventional "freak show" tableaux to achieve a sinister and dignified beauty, and he includes numerous art-historical references that add context and acerbic wit. This exquisitely produced collection of black-and-white photographs will take you, as Guy Blaisdell writes in an essay at the end of the book, into "a human afterworld ... one that comes before or after the death of this world--a place where the spirits of the dead live on by sitting as works of art for their portraits, descending into our moment and returning always to their identical selves." Warning: Not for those under 18 and/or easily disturbed. |
Aperture: On Location With: Annie Leibovitz, Lorna Simpson, Susan Meiselas, Cindy Sherman, Adam Fuss, Joel-Peter Witkin, Jon Goodman
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Joel-Peter Witkin (Photofile)
Eugenia Parry Janis (Author) |  |
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Joel-Peter Witkin
Eugenia Parry |  |
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Disciple & Master
Joel-Peter Witkin; & Pierre Borhan (Introduction) |  |
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Witkin
Joel-Peter Witkin; Germano Celant; & Castello Di Rivoli |  |
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The Bone House
Joel-Peter Witkin; & Jack Woody (Editor) |  |
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Harms Way: Lust & Madness, Murder & Mayhem: A Book of Photographs
Joel-Peter Witkin (Editor) |  |
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