PAOLO ROVERSI: STUDIO

Printed in Germany by Steidl Publishers in 2009

ISBN: 978-3-86521-758-5

Hardcover Photobook

120 pages

THE SELECTION OF ALL BLACK-AND-WHITE IMAGES FOR THIS BRIEF RETROSPECTIVE OF TWO DECADES OF WORK OVERFLOWS WITH ROMANTICISM. WE SEE FADED, SCRATCHED, WEATHERED IMAGES OF BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE WITH GLOWING LUMINOUS SKIN, SURROUNDED BY POOLS OF RICH DARKNESS. ROVERSI WORKS HIS TRUSTY POLAROID IN MASTERLY FASHION, USING LONG EXPOSURES, NARROW DEPTHS OF FIELD, WARM LIGHT, AND ALL OF THE SIGNATURE QUIRKY QUALITIES OF 8X10 POLAROID NEGATIVES.

“My photography is more subtraction than addition. I always try to take off things…We all have a sort of mask of expression. You say goodbye, you smile, you are scared. I try to take all these masks away and little by little subtract until you have something pure left.” – Paolo Roversi

THIS BOOK COMES BRAND NEW AND FACTORY SEALED IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP

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