Tracing a career of more than thirty years this celebration of the prodigiously talented Dutch
photographer includes vibrantly colored portraiture landscapes still lifes abstract
compositions and fashion editorials. From her early African-inspired work to her more
recent experiments in interventionist techniques Viviane Sassen has gained international
acclaim for her striking dynamic images that explore a range of themes and subjects-from
identity gender and the body to race fashion and the environment. This retrospective book
brings together both well- and lesser-known works and includes pieces from her recent series
"Paint Studies " in which early photographs are reimagined with ink and painterly marks and
"Venus and Mercury " a collection of exquisite photomontages based on the history of the Palace
of Versailles. Illuminating texts by Dawn Ades Clothilde Morette Simon Baker Damarice Amao
and Dan Thawley make this the definitive overview of an important and ever-evolving
photographer.
