ENFER OU CIEL - HEAVEN OR HELL
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ENFER OU CIEL - HEAVEN OR HELL
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Edited by Anne Biroleau
Published by Éditions de la Martinière, Paris | 2012
Hardcover, 240 pages, duotone images
Size: 30.5 x 22.4 cm
Language: French & English
ISBN: 9782732451947
Condition: Brand New
American photographer Joel-Peter Witkin (b. 1939) is renowned for his unique, provocative, and often disturbing body of work. Enfer ou ciel / Heaven or Hell presents a compelling survey of Witkin’s career, exploring the metaphysical, philosophical, and sometimes mystical dimensions of his photography. His subjects often drawn from marginalized communities, including transsexuals, sadomasochists, the mentally ill, and the physically handicapped reveal the glory and misery of the flesh, transcending mere spectacle to probe the human condition at its most profound.
This volume also situates Witkin’s work in dialogue with art history, showcasing influences from masters such as Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya, Rops, Picasso, and Ensor. Witkin’s techniques collage, palimpsest, manipulation of negatives and filters create images that are tactile, layered, and deeply resonant, placing him in the lineage of Sade, Bataille, and Christian mystics.
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Intermission exists in the space between documentation and devotion an ongoing archive of cultural fragments that refuse to vanish. Each title within our portfolio is selected not for trend, but for tension: between what was meant to disappear and what insists on remaining.
We work with objects that speak quietly but persistently publications, recordings, and editions that define the undercurrents of art, sound, and design. Together they form a living record of marginal brilliance, a collection that privileges significance over scale.
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Every Intermission title is handled as an artifact. We believe that preservation is an act of reverence one that begins the moment you open a cover or unspool a tape.
To experience a piece, do so slowly. Allow the air to touch the paper, let light fall softly over each page. Avoid excess pressure; handle edges rather than surfaces. Each mark, fold, or patina is part of its passage through time evidence of care rather than decay.
We encourage collectors to engage not only with the content, but with the gesture of preservation itself: a quiet commitment to memory.
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