Literary Chickens
$75.49
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
8 November 2018
Summary
From the best-selling photographer of Ancient Trees: Portraits of Time, here are grand, platinum-palladium portraits of Gallus gallus. Funny, fierce, and flamboyant, heritage-breed chickens assess the camera in black and white. Like marble busts, Beth Moon’s focus on the birds’ faces reveals character traits about the birds and - if we look long enough - about ourselves. Moon’s approach is underscored with pairings from classic literature, which - rather than simply anthropomorphising the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780789213099 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0789213095 |
| Author: | Beth Moon |
| Publisher: | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 8 November 2018 |
| Weight: | 1.13kg |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 286mm |
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Critics Review
”…Sure to raise a few eyebrows in your home. “
“Each image deftly showcases the hen’s individuality and personality while acting as a powerful statement to respect and revere the animals we share this earth with.” - Photo-eye“Chickens have never looked grander.” - The Wall Street Journal“Beth Moon is a gifted photographer with abundant creative insight and an eye for unconventional subject matter. Literary Chickens delights the eye and arouses the mind.” - New York Journal of Books
About The Author
Beth Moon
Beth Moon is a photographer based in New York who has gained international recognition for her large-scale, richly toned platinum prints. Her prints are held in numerous public and private collections and have appeared in more than 60 solo and group exhibitions in the United States, Italy, England, France, Israel, Brazil, Dubai, Singapore, and Canada, receiving widespread critical acclaim.
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