Layers

Layers by Malcolm Venville

Published by Spine Publishing, London, 2003. First edition.

Approx size: 32cm H x 25.5cm W (approx 12 ½” H x 10" W). Hardback with dust jacket. Photography.

 "There is nothing typical about Venville's work. In this personal selection of over 200 photographs, Venville combines simplicity with elegance, creating a strange, many layered effect. The images, accompanied by the Venville's commentary, are explanatory, yet his insight into the hidden work of an advertising photographer is highlighted by his own impassioned imagination. His subjects are diverse, including actors, directors, insiders of advertising, unknown faces and chance acquaintances. Venville, born to profoundly deaf parents, inhabits the world between the deaf and the hearing, and this collection deliberately conveys this. Whether he is photographing friends or lovers, setting up studio shots for professional commissions, or exploring the favelas of Rio Janeiro, Venville instinctively captures the inner being of his sitters. Described by Venville himself as 'an emotional guide to taking photographs', this personal album is the first published collection of his work."

Book condition: Brand new