Your order: 0 itemsPeter Kayafas
The Merry Cemetery of Sapanta
This entrancing full-color book (the first by American photographer Peter Kayafas) documents the astounding folk art of Ion Stan Patras (1908-1977), a Romanian woodcarver whose life’s work was the storytelling grave markers of his northern Romanian village, Sapanta. Kayafas fell under the spell of these vividly colored, painted masterpieces in 2003, and returned to Romania in 2004 determined to capture both the artwork and poetic epitaphs on the grave markers. Whether someone died young or old, quietly in his bed or far from home, Patras’ markers remain unique memorials, and Kayafas’ photos do them justice. Includes meticulously translated epitaphs by Adrian Sahlean.
61/2 x 91/2 inches / 120 pp / 47 color
ISBN: 978-0-9797768-0-9
Retail Price: $45.00
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Robert Knoth
Hira Mandi
Socio-documentary photographer Robert Knoth takes us to the red-light district of Lahore, Pakistan, and into the secret and illicit world of the hijras – defined as “neither men nor women,” they are transgender men, hermaphrodites or other males who take a female role. In a luxurious, full-color, silk-bound volume, Knoth’s portraits paint a picture of this particular aspect of Muslim society, where the strict separation of the sexes has given men and boys particular roles in the sex industry. With powerful attention to detail, Knoth’s work has received international acclaim, and his photos have been compared to the work of Diane Arbus, Eugene Smith and August Sander. An invitation to a hidden world.
48 pp / extensive b&w
ISBN: 978-90-5330-620-8
Retail Price: $49.95