Women R Beautiful
by Rafael Fuchs_Volume II
by Rafael Fuchs
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About the Book
A book and a fine art signed (optional) / limited edition print of you choice.
Rafael Fuchs is a world-renowned photographer and mixed-media artist based in NY.
His on-going project “Women R Beautiful” started in the 80s.
The title is a homage to the book “Women Are Beautiful” by Garry Winogrand (1975).
Fuchs has been exploring the same topic, with fresh and challenging perspectives.
This book is a special ART EDITION of just 50 BOOKS.
Printed on a gorgeous Mohawk superfine eggshell paper, with 112 pages. It includes 57 portraits and 4 contact-sheets .
When purchasing this book , the buyer is entitled to a SIGNED ARCHIVAL PHOTO RAG PRINT (20x16”) of any image of their choice from this book for just $250 plus shipping. This prints are in a limited edition of just 15.
Rafael's portraits of women are created with a Democratic Eye , whether it’s a celebrity figure or your "next door neighbor” ; whether it’s done in a studio or location , and whether he’s using digital or analog photography methods.
This book “Women R Beautiful” Volume II (2021) is a sequel to the book bushwick "Women R Beautiful” Volume I (2019), and an expansion of his portraiture work geographically as well as the photographic process itself.
You can find images that were taken back in the 80s, with a polaroid Pos-neg film type, you can see special printing techniques done with photographic chemicals , as well as digital photographs.
A few of the portraits are of : Beyonce, Heather Graham, Mary J. Blige, JK Rowling, Pink, Elizabeth Watson, Julia Stiles, Patty Hearst, Helena Christensen, and many more women that you might have not heard of, yet,, but now you will .
The book includes a few images that are at the permanent collection of The National Portrait Gallery in London, and/or in other institutions and private collection across the globe.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Fine Art Photography
- Additional Categories Fine Art, Coffee Table Books
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Project Option: Standard Portrait, 8×10 in, 20×25 cm
# of Pages: 110 -
Isbn
- Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781034697787
- Softcover: 9781034697770
- Publish Date: Mar 29, 2021
- Language English
- Keywords Celebrities, Photography, Fuchs, Women R Beautiful
About the Creator
Rafael Fuchs has earned his place as one of the most important photographers of his generation. A recipient of many awards, he captured portraits and images of some of the most influential figures of the past 30 years, and these images embraced many magazine covers as well as became a part of distinctive private collections and Museums around the globe, as The National Portrait Gallery in London. (Portraits of JK Rowling and Emily Watson.) Some of his other popular portrait subjects are: : Colin Powell, Beyonce, Burt Reynolds ,Geoffrey Rush,Malcolm McLaren, Frank Stella, Michael Stipe, Pink, Julia Stiles, and more. Rafael gained numerous awards from organizations as: APA, PDN, Creativity, CA, and gained grants, as from The Marie Walsh Sharpe foundation. His work has been shown and collected globally , and he published 12 books up to date. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Rafael moved to NYC in the 80s. In 2012 Rafael founded Fuchs Projects in Bushwick, Bklyn, NY.