Palma, Luis Gonzalez Artist (13 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 10 pages. Published in 1993. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. Exhibition Catalog. One of the earliest catalogs ever published on the artist/photographer. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. The Catalog is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Small-size volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. The artist/photographer interspersed his work with poems by Francisco Najera, which are presented in both the Spanish original and English translation by Joan Lindgren. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Chicago to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Schneider-Blum-Loeb Gallery in 1993, a "follow-up" to his debut 1992 exhibition, and cemented his reputation in America. Presents "Luis Gonzalez Palma 1993". Gonzalez Palma, now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is now collectible. Published on the occasion of the landmark exhibition at the Schneider-Blum-Loeb Gallery in 1993, it is the "follow-up" to his debut 1992 exhibition, and cemented his reputation in America. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This is NOT a monograph or a book. But it is an important milestone in the artist's career and is eminently collectible as such. A rare copy thus. 5 full-page color plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 11 pages. Published in 1992. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. Inaugural Exhibition Catalog. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run of 500 copies as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Catalog is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Small-size volume format. Pictorial softcovers, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Introduction by David Travis, Curator of Photography at the Art Institute of Chicago, and one of the finest photography scholars of our time. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the exhibitions at the Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery from May 8 through June 12 and at the Art Institute of Chicago from April 18 through July 12, 1992. A lovely memento of two major events. The shows established the Guatemalan artist/photographer's reputation in the United States as a major contemporary figure. Luis Gonzalez Palma gained immediate, enormous, and well-deserved international recognition for portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white flowers on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. An absolute must-have collectible, not just memorabilia, item for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is now collectible. Published on the occasion of the exhibitions at the Schneider-Bluhm-Loeb Gallery and at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1992, the shows established the Guatemalan artist/photographer's reputation in the United States as a major contemporary figure. As far as we know, this is the only copy of the Exhibition Catalog available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This is a Catalog, neither a monograph nor a full-fledged book. But as his very first publication in the United States, it is important for Gonzalez Palma completists. A rare copy thus. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). no.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new copy in publishers boards and copper cloth binding.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 50 pages. Published in 2001. Rare Luis Gonzalez Palma collectible item. A pristine copy of the Exhibition Monograph, "Poetic Paradox: Ten Years of Innovation In Latino Art", signed by Luis Gonzalez Palma. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. There is no ISBN. The Exhibition Monograph is now rare. It is very beautifully produced and scrupulously curated by MACLA: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Art and photography by various Latin-American contributors. Text by various specialist/contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in the United States to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the landmark turn-of-the-century retrospective exhibition of the same name held in 2001 under the auspices of the Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana (MACLA), which was made possible with funding from the Andy Warhol Foundation For The Visual Arts. Presents "Poetic Paradox: Ten Years of Innovation In Latino Art". A celebration of the world-class achievement of Latin-American art in our time. Surely among its most celebrated artist/practitioners is Luis Gonzalez Palma, whose work is presented as a doublespread with brief commentary by him. "I am a postmodern Romantic" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). There are few equally eye-opening and enriching introductions to the vibrant, innovative, and exquisite works presented in this book. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma and contemporary Latin-American art/photography collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution (underneath the image) by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art and photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Exhibition Monograph available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. Some of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 128 pages. Published in 2005. Retrospective collection of contemporary art and photography. One of the most valuable books of its kind ever published. Limited Edition of 1000 copies. The first and only edition. Published as a hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The Limited Edition is now rare. The book is very beautifully produced, meticulously curated, insightfully annotated: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine as issued. Art and photography by various contributors. Text by various specialist/experts. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by Hatje Cantz in Germany to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Collection Remixed: Art And Photography In The Bronx Museum Collection". The museum's ground-breaking, innovative, and cutting-edge collection of modern art. The museum's reach is ambitiously global: Its Permanent Collection includes work by virtually every major or emergent artist and photographer from all over the world, with emphasis on the often-neglected areas of Asia, Africa, and Latin America. As such, many of the names will not be familiar to most viewers, but their art will speak for itself. Some, like Kara Walker and Seydou Keita, are established, if still controversial, names. One, in particular, has a sentimental attachment to the Bronx Museum because it gave him his first ever solo exhibition in the United States: Luis Gonzalez Palma. Amen to that gallant and prescient gesture. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma and contemporary art/photography collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art and photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Limited Edition available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare signed copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. Some of the greatest artists and photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA, SEYDOU KEITA, AND KARA WALKER TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 0917535006. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 228 pages. Published in 2002. Landmark collection of contemporary Latin-American art photography. One of the most important and most beautiful art photography books of its kind ever published in our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as hardcover original only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. A brilliant production by Wim Melis: Regular-sized volume format. Pictorial hard boards with copper cloth overboards and titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by various contributors, THE Who's Who of contemporary Latin-American photography. You name him or her, he or she is in this book (until the turn of the 21st century). Curated with text by Wim Melis. Text by various other expert/specialists. Printed on pristine-white, archival stock paper in Amsterdam, The Netherlands to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Published on the occasion of the Nooderlicht Photography Festival, which was held in various venues, in 2002. Presents "Mundos Creados: Latin-American Photography". The ground-breaking European retrospective festival on contemporary Latin-American art photography. Produced as a handy reference guide to its subject, Wim Melis divides his book into two parts: "Mundos Creados I" and "Mundos Creados II", with an extended Epilogue. The exhibition itself was divided into four parts, as a "quadrivium", to make the rich subject more easily digestible. Collectively, they capture the vitality, diversity, and beauty of contemporary Latin-American art photography. Luis Gonzalez Palma opens "Mundos Creados I". So many names are not yet familiar to most reader-viewers, but their work speaks for itself. They will astonish, surprise, and delight. And of course, the works of Graciela Iturbide, Flor Garduno, Mario Cravo Neto, and Miguel Rio Branco are also here, in all their transcendent beauty and power. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma and contemporary art photography collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on his Contribution by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The latter opens "Mundos Creados I", a distinct honor. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the Exhibition Monograph available online and despite its slight imperfection (slight pinch on top of the front board corner, but it's there) is still in fine condition overall: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This pioneering book will probably not materialize again because all of the copies sold out upon publication, most of them spirited away by Rare Book library and private collections. A rare signed copy thus. Hundreds of plates. Some of the greatest artist/photographers of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 9076703191. Signed by Author.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 82 pages. Published in 1993. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. One of the most sensational photographic debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. The First Edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original of 1000 copies only that sold out shortly after publication. The First Edition is now rare. A stunningly beautiful production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial softcovers with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The photograph of the boy on the cover ("Retrato del Nino") has become one of Gonzalez Palma's iconic images. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by Maria Cristina Orive with an accompanying felicitous translation in English. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Luis Gonzalez Palma". His ground-breaking and breathtakingly beautiful first collection. Luis Gonzalez Palma, who is now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "The feverish productivity of Luis Gonzalez Palma is the fruit of an active, intense personality, curious about all forms of contemporary creation; to the same extent, it is the fruit of a ritual art where working on the transformation of that which is natural is fundamental to the aesthetic outcome" (Introduction). Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons" (it was also used as the cover image of the Dutch Edition of Garcia Marquez's masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude"). Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). "I manipulate in order to emphasize the heart-rending" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing (Softcover) still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. A rare copy thus. 32 color, 10 duotone plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 9509536164. no.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. Unpaginated. Published in 1998. The artist/photographer's second collection. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only in Italian and English Versions. This is the Italian-Language version. It is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Donatello Pistocchio and Fulvio Forleo: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Afterword Essay by Laura Leonelli. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "Il Silenzio dei Maya". All-"bleed" photographic reproductions and doublespreads. Portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place. "Luis Gonzalez Palma is best-known for his strange, quiet portraits of the Mayan and Mestizo women in his native Guatemala. There is a contradictory quality to many of these portraits. The subjects are women who belong to cultures that have been marginalized yet the photographs have a distinctly European, even Victorian, appearance. Even when dressed in their native clothing, the subjects are often posed in a way that negates their native-ness. Despite that, the faces of the subjects often seem to be challenging the viewer, as if they're proclaiming their refusal to disappear totally. His body of work has been described as existing on both 'the bright and dark sides of Reason'. I'm not at all sure what that means, but it seems somehow appropriate. It's clear Gonzalez Palma's photography extends into the realm of metaphor. There is more to his photographs than what appears in his photographs" (Greg Fallis). "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the half-title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only other signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing/Italian Language Version available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The other copy is also available from us. A rare signed copy thus. 70 plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 8885121497. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 208 pages. Published in 2014. Retrospective collection of photographs and original artworks. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The 2014 First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions, particularly the 2015 Softcover Edition. Published in a small and limited first print run by La Fabrica as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now rare. An austerely elegant production by La Fabrica: Oversize-volume format. Pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by various contributors. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Madrid, Spain to the highest standards. The reproduction quality is exemplary in every respect. Without DJ, as issued. Presents "Luis Gonzalez Palma". More portraits rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. "Explores the artistic evolution of Luis Gonzalez Palma. His carefully composed images are characterized by his luxuriant use of props. His combinations of flower wreaths, wings, scepters, breastplates, and other handcrafted objects create a rich, symbolic atmosphere" (Publisher's blurb). "His body of work has been described as existing on both 'the bright and dark sides of Reason'. I'm not at all sure what that means, but it seems somehow appropriate. It's clear Gonzalez Palma's photography extends into the realm of metaphor. There is more to his photographs than what appears in his photographs" (Greg Fallis). "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the 2014 First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with the 2015 Softcover Edition. Copies available online command many hundreds of dollars more. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Lavishly illustrated with color plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 8415691882. no.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 152 pages. Published in 1999. Retrospective collection of photographs. Now considered a contemporary art photography classic. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. An austerely elegant production by Luis Gonzalez Palma and James Crump: Oversize-volume format. Red cloth boards with titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Essay by John Wood. Matching red satin ribbon bound-in. Printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "Poems of Sorrow". His very first book to be published in the United States. He has gained an international cult following for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great Garcia Marquez used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the cover DJ of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons" (it was also used as the cover image for the Dutch Edition of Garcia Marquez's masterpiece, "One Hundred Years of Solitude"). Gonzalez Palma's photographs capture what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain. "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). "I live in a country where there is mysticism and violence at the same time, where you are enjoying nature and the helicopters are flying overhead to bomb some region, where you know that as you are working, someone is being killed or someone is being baptized" (Luis Gonzalez Palma). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the half-title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws even if their dealers don't say so. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternaitve. A rare signed copy thus. 70 color plates. One of the finest Latin American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 1892041057. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. 82 pages. Published in 1993. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. One of the most sensational photographic debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Published in a one-time-only print run as a hardcover original of 50 copies only. Produced for the exclusive use of the publisher and artist, none of the copies was commercially sold. The regular trade edition itself is a softcover original of 1000 copies only. Both First Editions are now rare. A stunningly beautiful production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The photograph of the boy on the cover ("Retrato del Nino") has become one of Gonzalez Palma's iconic images. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by Maria Cristina Orive with an accompanying felicitous translation in English. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its rare Hardcover Edition, "Luis Gonzalez Palma". His ground-breaking and breathtakingly beautiful first collection. Luis Gonzalez Palma, who is now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "The feverish productivity of Luis Gonzalez Palma is the fruit of an active, intense personality, curious about all forms of contemporary creation; to the same extent, it is the fruit of a ritual art where working on the transformation of that which is natural is fundamental to the aesthetic outcome" (Introduction). Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. This is one of few copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This Hardcover Edition was published in a one-time-only print run of 50 copies only for the exclusive use of the publisher and artist. None of the copies was commercially sold. A rare copy thus. 32 color, 10 duotone plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 9509536164. no.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. Unpaginated. Published in 1998. The artist/photographer's second collection. One of the most beautiful art photography books of our time. The first and only edition. Published in a small and limited print run as a hardcover original only in Italian and English Versions. This is the English-Language Version, which had less than half the print run as the Italian. It is now rare. An austerely elegant production by Donatello Pistocchio and Fulvio Forleo: Oversize-volume format. Black cloth boards with gilt titles embossed on cover and spine, as issued. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Afterword Essay by Laura Leonelli. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper by EBS in Verona, Italy to the highest standards. In pictorial DJ with white titles on the cover and spine, as issued. Presents Luis Gonzalez Palma's "The Silence of The Gaze". All-"bleed" photographic reproductions and doublespreads. The Latin-American artist/photographer has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "Luis Gonzalez Palma is best-known for his strange, quiet portraits of the Mayan and Mestizo women in his native Guatemala. There is a contradictory quality to many of these portraits. The subjects are women who belong to cultures that have been marginalized yet the photographs have a distinctly European, even Victorian, appearance. Even when dressed in their native clothing, the subjects are often posed in a way that negates their native-ness. Despite that, the faces of the subjects often seem to be challenging the viewer, as if they're proclaiming their refusal to disappear totally. His body of work has been described as existing on both 'the bright and dark sides of Reason'. I'm not at all sure what that means, but it seems somehow appropriate. It's clear Gonzalez Palma's photography extends into the realm of metaphor. There is more to his photographs than what appears in his photographs" (Greg Fallis). "Gonzalez Palma's images unfold with increasing significance, resulting in an underlying sense of tension and foreboding that is only slightly eased by their sheer loveliness" (A. D. Miller). An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing/English-Language Version available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: The English-Language Version had less than half the print run compared to the Italian-Language Version. A rare signed copy thus. 70 plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 8885121497. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st Printing. Signed. 82 pages. Published in 1993. The artist/photographer's breakthrough debut collection. One of the most sensational photographic debuts of the last decade of the 20th century. The First Hardcover Edition. Published in a one-time-only print run as a hardcover original of 50 copies only. Produced for the exclusive use of the publisher and artist, none of the copies was commercially sold. The regular trade edition itself is a softcover original of 1000 copies only. Both First Editions are now rare. A stunningly beautiful production by Luis Gonzalez Palma: Oversize-volume format. Glossy pictorial hard boards with titles on the cover and spine, as issued. The photograph of the boy on the cover ("Retrato del Nino") has become one of Gonzalez Palma's iconic images. Photographs by Luis Gonzalez Palma. Text by Maria Cristina Orive with an accompanying felicitous translation in English. Printed on pristine-white, thick coated stock paper in Buenos Aires, Argentina to the highest standards. Without DJ, as issued. Presents, in its rare Hardcover Edition, "Luis Gonzalez Palma". His ground-breaking and breathtakingly beautiful first collection. Luis Gonzalez Palma, who is now based in Argentina, has gained enormous and well-deserved international recognition over the past decade for his portraits that are rich with the symbolism of indigenous myth and culture, Catholicism and humanity. The figures that inhabit Gonzalez Palma's mythic world (angels, devils, hybrid creatures, and enigmatic characters) transcend time and place, suggesting that mysticism and beauty are his ultimate subject matter. "The feverish productivity of Luis Gonzalez Palma is the fruit of an active, intense personality, curious about all forms of contemporary creation; to the same extent, it is the fruit of a ritual art where working on the transformation of that which is natural is fundamental to the aesthetic outcome" (Introduction). Regarded by the Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez as the finest Latin-American photographer of his generation, the late great writer used "La Rosa" (duotone with oil varnish) for the DJ cover of his novel, "Of Love And Other Demons". Gonzalez Palma's photograph of a woman garlanded with a skull, toned and white roses on her hair is a striking image that, by itself, captures what he is trying to say about the paradox of Latin America: A continent of ineffable beauty and unspeakable pain at the same time. An absolute "must-have" title for Luis Gonzalez Palma collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in blue ink-pen on the title page by Luis Gonzalez Palma. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. It comes with rare copies of two exquisite Souvenir Materials, one of them also signed and inscribed by the artist. This title is a contemporary art photography classic. As far as we know, this is the only such signed copy (with signed Souvenir Material) of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: This Hardcover Edition was published in a one-time-only print run of 50 copies only for the exclusive use of the publisher and artist. None of the copies was commercially sold. The accompanying Souvenir Materials are no longer available anywhere else. A rare signed set thus. 32 color, 10 duotone plates. One of the finest Latin-American artist/photographers of our time. A fine collectible set. (SEE ALSO OTHER LUIS GONZALEZ PALMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG) ISBN 9509536164. Signed by Author.