Description
In this landmark collection William T Vollmann offers a kaleidoscopic retrospective of the visual artwork he has produced over four decades with new commentary from Vollmann on his process inspiration and the many intersections with his writing
The celebrated author of over twentyfive books among them the National Book Awardwinning novel Europe Central the sevenvolume Rising Up and Rising Down based on Vollmanns career as a war correspondent and the twovolume climate change investigation Carbon Ideologies Vollmanns equally ambitious and prolific career as a photographer printmaker and painter reflects the artists deep interest in people existing on the margins a profound empathy for his subjects and the humility and generosity to meet them on their terms
In Shadows of Love Shadows of Loneliness a series of essays commissioned especially for this book lays out Vollmanns views on what photographs can and should say how he chooses what to represent beauty suffering compassion love desire ideology thoughts on photographic consensuality and any number of technical descriptions Particularly useful for Vollmann fans and scholars are the crossreferences between these artistic and photographic projects and his books
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